The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Long-term Depression Treatment in Patients With Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In a large multisite cohort of Veterans who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), initiation of (ie, incident) and persistence of (ie, continuation of preoperative) depression treatment are compared with matched nonsurgical controls.

Background

Bariatric surgery has been associated with short-term improvements in depression but less is known about longer term outcomes.

Methods

In a retrospective cohort study, we matched 1713 Veterans with depression treatment who underwent bariatric surgery in Veterans Administration bariatric centers from fiscal year 2001 to 2016 to 15,056 nonsurgical controls using sequential stratification and examined the persistence of depression treatment via generalized estimating equation

SUBMITTER: Smith VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9429034 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature