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Observational studyBritish journal of health psychology2022

Psychological functioning and well-being before and after bariatric surgery; what is the benefit of being self-compassionate?

Johanna Eveliina Pyykkö, Ömrüm Aydin, Victor E A Gerdes, Yaïr I Z Acherman, Albert K Groen, Arnold W van de Laar, Max Nieuwdorp, Robbert Sanderman, Mariët Hagedoorn

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Depressive symptoms at short-, medium-, and long-term follow-up after bariatric surgical procedures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Johanna Eveliina PyykköDepartment of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6561-4025
Ömrüm AydinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Spaarne Gasthuis, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
Victor E A GerdesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Spaarne Gasthuis, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
Yaïr I Z AchermanDepartment of Surgery, Spaarne Gasthuis, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
Albert K GroenDepartment of Experimental Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands.
Arnold W van de LaarDepartment of Surgery, Spaarne Gasthuis, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
Max NieuwdorpDepartment of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands.
Robbert SandermanDepartment of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0823-1159
Mariët HagedoornDepartment of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3444-3662

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate whether patients' psychological well-being (depression, quality of life, body image satisfaction) and functioning (self-efficacy for eating and exercising behaviours and food cravings) improve 12 months after bariatric surgery and whether self-compassion is associated with better psychological outcomes and lower weight after bariatric surgery.

designLongitudinal, prospective observational study.

methodsBariatric patients (n = 126, 77.8% female, 46.4 ± 10.8 years) completed the Self-compassion Scale, Center for Epidemiology Studies Depression Scale, Impact of Weight on Quality-of-Life questionnaire, Body Image Scale, Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire, Spinal Cord Injury Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale, and G-Food Craving Questionnaire pre-operatively and 12 months post-operatively. A medical professional measured patients' weight during each assessment. Data were analysed using repeated measures t-tests and multivariate regression analyses with Benjamini-Hochberg correction for multiple testing.

resultsPatients' BMI, depression, and food cravings decreased significantly after surgery while quality of life, body image satisfaction, and self-efficacy to exercise improved. Higher self-compassion was associated with lower post-operative depression, greater quality of life, higher body image satisfaction, and better self-efficacy for eating behaviours (p-values <.05) but not with post-operative BMI, self-efficacy to exercise, or food cravings.

conclusionsEven though pre-operative self-compassion was not directly associated with a lower 12-month post-operative BMI, it had a positive relationship with patients' post-operative well-being and self-efficacy for controlling eating behaviour. In turn, this could help patients to manage their health long after bariatric surgery. Further work regarding the role of self-compassion on long-term health outcomes would be worthwhile.

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Bariatric SurgeryObesity, MorbidBody ImageCravingFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMaleQuality of Lifebariatric surgeryobesitypsychologyself-compassionweight loss

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PMID33982392
PMCPMC9292754

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