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Differences in Psychological Health and Weight Loss after Bariatric Metabolic Surgery between Patients with and without Pain Syndromes.

Johanna Eveliina PyykköMax ZwartjesMax NieuwdorpNienke van OlstSjoerd C BruinArnold W van de LaarRobbert SandermanMariët HagedoornVictor E A Gerdes
Published in: Obesity surgery (2024)
Patients with and without chronic pain showed similar improvements in weight and psychological wellbeing and behaviours after BMS. The relationship between weight loss and the improvement of self-efficacy to control eating behaviours was weaker among patients with chronic pain syndrome. Further work, measuring pain severity over time, is needed to shed light on the mechanism underlying pain and postoperative change in psychological wellbeing and weight loss.
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