Binge eating disorder and eating self‐efficacy in adults seeking bariatric surgery

Abstract

This study assessed the relationships between binge eating disorder (BED) and eating self-efficacy in a sample of patients prior to bariatric surgery. The study also examined the extent that BED status accounted for variance in self-efficacy after controlling for demographic factors (age, sex and race), physical variables (comorbidities and body mass index [BMI]) and depressive symptoms. This was a cross-sectional study of pre-surgical data from patients seeking bariatric surgery at a university-based healthcare system (N = 98; mean ± SD age of 46.2 ± 12.5 years; BMI of 45.4 ± 7.2 kg/m 2 ; 86.7% female; and 60.2% of patients self-identified as White). Patients

Transcultural Adaptation and Validation of the Eating Self-Efficacy Brief Scale (ESEBS): The Brazilian version

“…(2022) [33]found that among patients seeking bariatric surgery, those diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) had signi cantly lower scores on the eating self-e cacy subscales, including control over negative emotions and social pressure, compared to those without BED.…”

“…Moreover, several studies reported reduced eating self-e cacy in individuals with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) when facing situations characterized by negative emotions or physical discomfort, as compared to people without this diagnosis [e.g. [12][13][14].…”