The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Anxiety Symptoms
The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Anxiety Symptoms

Summary/Abstract: Anxiety and obesity are both major public health problems, aff ecting millions of people of all ages and cultures. Whereas anxiety is reported more in developed countries, where it is the most prevalent mental disorder, obesity is one of the most prevalent global public health disorders. The connection between obesity and anxiety is a complex one, with the emotional eating being one of the many plausible mediators that act between these two major health issues. Thus, in this study we tried to see if there is a correlation between these two aspects, as studied in patients which were hospitalized for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery. In this way, although the results of our study do not support the idea that individuals with anxiety symptoms loose less weight compared to their healthy counterparts, close surveillance of these patients is still needed to help identifying populations at risk, which would benefi t from adjunctive interventions that target anxiety in patients who show no reduction in these symptoms after the procedure. The important results of our study showed a reduction in the number of patients with severe anxiety and in those with mild to moderate symptoms after the bariatric procedure which will likely result in a positive health outcome of these patients.

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