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. 2008 Nov-Dec;49(6):478-86.
doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.49.6.478.

Impact of antidepressant use on gastric bypass surgery patients' weight loss and health-related quality-of-life outcomes

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Impact of antidepressant use on gastric bypass surgery patients' weight loss and health-related quality-of-life outcomes

Robert J Love et al. Psychosomatics. 2008 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Background: Psychological factors may be predictive of post-surgical adjustment and successful outcomes in obesity-surgery populations.

Objective: The authors compared post-gastric bypass surgery (GBS) outcomes of patients being given active psychotropic treatment for depression, with those of patients without treatment or identifiable need for treatment at enrollment.

Method: Outcome measures included weight and repeated administration of the Medical Outcome Survey Short Form-36 (SF-36).

Results: There was no impact of antidepressant treatment on GBS patients' weight loss or SF-36 outcomes.

Conclusion: Therefore, patients with actively treated depression should be expected to have GBS outcomes equivalent to those of patients without identifiable psychiatric illness or treatment.

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