Childhood sexual abuse is not associated with a poor outcome after gastric banding for severe obesity.
BACKGROUND
The aim of this study was to examine whether a history of childhood sexual abuse is associated with weight, health, and depression after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding for severe obesity.


METHODS
157 patients (144 female, 13 male) filled out questionnaires on average 34 months after surgery (range 8-68 months).


RESULTS
23% of the participants, all women, reported a history of childhood sexual abuse. There were no differences between patients with and without a history of childhood sexual abuse on weight and physical health, but the group with a history of childhood sexual abuse showed a higher level of depression.


CONCLUSIONS
A reported history of childhood sexual abuse does not appear to impact on weight outcome after bariatric surgery, but some patients may need additional psychological treatment for their mental health problems.
Larsen
Junilla K
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Department of Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. j.larsen@maw.ru.nl
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D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015905:Gastric Balloon; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss