Trajectories of depressive symptoms and relationships with weight loss in the seven years after bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While depression generally improves after bariatric surgery, less is known regarding heterogeneity in long-term symptom change. Given that depressive symptoms have been associated with weight change following bariatric surgery, identifying and characterizing subgroups with more severe depressive symptoms may have prognostic utility for understanding post-surgical weight loss. This study sought to characterize patterns of change in depressive symptoms and evaluate associations with weight loss in the seven years following bariatric surgery.

Methods

Participants were 2308 patients who underwent bariatric surgery as part of the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 (LABS-2) study. Depressive symptoms (measured by the Beck Depression Inventory) and weight w

SUBMITTER: Smith KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8320367 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature