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Psychological Diagnoses and Weight Loss among Appalachian Bariatric Surgery Patients.

Makenzie L BarrCassie BrodeLawrence E TaboneStephanie J CoxMelissa D Olfert
Published in: Journal of obesity (2020)
Other than baseline weight, BDI-II and BAI scores were not related to %EWL outcomes in patients receiving bariatric surgery in the Appalachian region. Future work should examine mixed methods approaches to capture prospective and longitudinal data to more thoroughly delve into mental health aspects of our Appalachian patients and improve efforts to recapture postoperative patients who may have been lost to follow-up.
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