Impact of bariatric surgery on depression, anxiety and stress symptoms among patients with morbid obesity: international multicentre study in Poland and Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a need to investigate how adopting different strategies for treating obesity in different countries in the European Union affects the psychological well-being of patients.

Aims

The aim of this study was to perform a comparative evaluation of psychiatric symptoms (depression, anxiety and stress) in patients undergoing bariatric surgery versus patients receiving conservative treatment for morbid obesity in Poland and Germany.

Method

A multicentre international prospective cohort study with 155 patients who underwent bariatric surgery and 409 patients who received conservative weight reduction treatment. Evaluation of the psychiatric symptoms was carried out for each patient at baseline and after 12 months of active treatment using a standardised Depr

SUBMITTER: Paczkowska A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811782 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature