Personality dimensions, depression, and eating behavior in individuals seeking bariatric surgery: a cluster analysis
Alessandro Rodolico,
Valentina Lucia La Rosa,
Caterina Romaniello
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionPsychiatric comorbidity is frequent in bariatric surgery candidates. This study aimed to classify bariatric surgery patients according to patterns of preoperative measures of the severity of the eating disorder (ED), depression, and personality traits.MethodsIn the present cross-sectional study, 115 adult candidates for bariatric surgery (75 females, 65.22% of sample; mean age 37) were considered for analysis. Patients’ sociodemographic and psychopathological variables were collected. K-Means clust… Show more
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