Quality of Life One Year After Bariatric Surgery: the Moderator Role of Spirituality

Abstract

Background This study aimed to assess quality of life in obese patients 1 year after bariatric surgery taking into consideration the influence of socio-demographic, clinical, and psychological variables. Methods A sample of 90 patients undergoing bariatric surgery was assessed in two moments: before surgery and 1 year after surgery. Results Social support, problem-focused coping strategies, and quality of life increased after surgery, while eating disorder behaviour and impulsiveness decreased. The presence of eating disorder behaviour predicted worse physical and mental quality of life and higher satisfaction with social support predicted better physical and mental quality of life. In addition, higher impulsiveness predicted worse mental quality of life. Spirituality moderated the relationship between impulsiveness and mental/physical quality of life. Conclusions Interventions should focus on promoting social support and coping strategies particularly spirituality since it played an important role in quality of life.

Personality trait associations with quality-of-life outcomes following bariatric surgery: a systematic review

“…Two studies were excluded: one because the authors did not assess the relationship between personality and QoL [ 10 ]; the other study was not reported in English [ 2 ]. Forward and backward citation searches were conducted for the four articles that met inclusion criteria and resulted in one additional study [ 58 ]. A total of five articles met the inclusion criteria.…”

“…Bariatric samples ranged from n = 51 to n = 127. Studies were conducted across multiple countries including Portugal [ 58 ], the Netherlands [ 69 ] China [ 41 ], and Israel [ 11 ]. Research by Caltabiano [ 8 ] was conducted online and participant demographics were not reported.…”

“…Lee et al [ 41 ] reported no dropouts within their sample, whereas Canetti et al [ 11 ] assessed and reported no significant differences between initial measures from completers and non-completers. Neither Pereira et al [ 58 ] or Van Hout et al [ 69 ] described statistical investigation of loss to follow-up.…”

Associação entre a percepção da qualidade de vida, percepção do apoio familiar e recidiva de peso em mulheres com mais de 24 meses de cirurgia bariátrica

“…Quanto à associação entre percepção da qualidade de vida e apoio familiar percebido, Pereira et al, (2019), ao avaliarem a satisfação com o apoio social por meio da Escala de Satisfação com o Suporte Social (ESSS) e a qualidade de vida por meio do instrumento SF-36 de 90 pacientes após 12 meses de cirurgia bariátrica, constataram que a qualidade de vida no componente físico e mental e a satisfação com o apoio social (incluindo o apoio familiar) apresentaram associação positiva, sugerindo que os pacientes satisfeitos com o apoio familiar possuíam melhor percepção de sua qualidade de vida, corroborando com os resultados encontrados no presente estudo.…”

Social Support for People with Morbid Obesity in a Bariatric Surgery Programme: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

“…Various studies have demonstrated the importance of social support in different phases of obesity [ 27 ]. Social support is associated with making the decision to undergo bariatric surgery [ 28 ], post-surgery results [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ], stress levels [ 33 ], information prior to treatment [ 34 ] and coping strategies [ 35 ]. Other studies have explored the experiences of patients in MO support groups after undergoing bariatric surgery [ 36 , 37 ] or patients who are expecting bariatric surgery alongside their partners [ 38 , 39 ].…”