Table 1 Pre- and post-operative development in psychometric scores
From: From bingeing to cutting: the substitution of a mal-adaptive coping strategy after bariatric surgery
Measure | Baseline | 18 month follow-up | Development |
|---|---|---|---|
Psychiatric symptom load (GSI t score from SCL90r) | High (score 80)a | High (score 80)a | Unchanged |
Depression (BDI-II) | Severe (score 36) | Moderate (score 24) | Improved |
Difficulty in emotion regulation (DERS) | Score 96 | Score 126 | Aggravatedb |
Attachment style (ECR scale) | Anxious 4.0 Avoidant 1.6 | Anxious 5.7 Avoidant 2.1 | More anxious More avoidant |
Eating disorder risk composite (t-score from EDI-3 subscale) | At risk (score 64) | Not at risk (score 39) | Improved |
Bulimia Nervosa (t-score from EDI-3 BN subscale) | High (score 71) | Low (score 36) | Improved |
Drive for thinness (t-score from EDI-3 DT subscale) | High (score 54) | Moderate (score 43) | Improved |
Body dissatisfaction (t-score from EDI-3 BD subscale) | High (score 60) | Moderate-high (score 47) | Improved |