title: Do psychosocial factors predict weight loss following gastric surgery for obesity?
abstract: This study was undertaken to determine whether psychosocial factors determined during a pre-operative semi-structured psychiatric interview were associated either with the amount of weight loss following obesity surgery or with dropping out from follow-up after surgery. Multiple regression and discriminant function analysis of weight loss at six, twelve, twenty four and thirty six months showed no correlation between psychosocial variables and the amount of weight lost or with dropping out from follow-up. It is concluded that the type of psychiatric interview performed in this study does not yield information which reliably predicts weight loss after surgery for obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville SA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schrader
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stefanovic
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elmslie
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slavotinek
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000523:psychology*; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*