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Gender Differences in the Psychopathology of Obesity: How Relevant Is the Role of Binge Eating Behaviors?

Background: Obesity is a condition that affects humans both physically and mentally. Moreover, many psychopathological conditions can be observed in obese patients that may threaten the positive outcomes of bariatric surgery. Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the main psychopathological...

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Autores principales: Di Natale, Chiara, Lucidi, Lorenza, Montemitro, Chiara, Pettorruso, Mauro, Collevecchio, Rebecca, Di Caprio, Lucia, Giampietro, Luana, Aceto, Liberato, Martinotti, Giovanni, Giannantonio, Massimo di
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9321462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35884761
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12070955
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author Di Natale, Chiara
Lucidi, Lorenza
Montemitro, Chiara
Pettorruso, Mauro
Collevecchio, Rebecca
Di Caprio, Lucia
Giampietro, Luana
Aceto, Liberato
Martinotti, Giovanni
Giannantonio, Massimo di
author_facet Di Natale, Chiara
Lucidi, Lorenza
Montemitro, Chiara
Pettorruso, Mauro
Collevecchio, Rebecca
Di Caprio, Lucia
Giampietro, Luana
Aceto, Liberato
Martinotti, Giovanni
Giannantonio, Massimo di
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description Background: Obesity is a condition that affects humans both physically and mentally. Moreover, many psychopathological conditions can be observed in obese patients that may threaten the positive outcomes of bariatric surgery. Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the main psychopathological correlates of obese candidates for bariatric surgery, with particular attention on the relationship between psychopathology and gender. Methods: In total, 273 candidates for bariatric surgery for obesity underwent a psychiatric evaluation using a compilation of psychometric scales: the Revised Symptom Checklist 90-R (SCL-90-R), the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), the Binge Eating Scale (BES), the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT) and the Obesity-Related Well-Being (ORWELL 97). The sample was divided on the basis of gender and binge eating disorder (BED) severity. Comparisons between the groups were performed using an analysis of variance model (ANOVA) or a Pearson’s chi-squared test. Further, we also divided our sample into a severe binge eating group (score > 27), a mild to moderate group (18 < score < 26) and a low/no symptoms group (score < 17). Results: Male and female subjects showed different results for the BES, with higher scores reported among women (17.50 ± 9.59) compared to men (14.08 ± 8.64). Women also showed higher scores across most of the SCL-90-R domains and worse outcomes in terms of quality of life. Both women and men in the severe binge eating group reported higher scores for the SCL-90-R. Conclusion: The symptoms of BED, along with body image dissatisfaction (BID), are among the most important to investigate for candidates for bariatric surgery in order to improve the surgery outcomes. Level of evidence: Level III as the evidence came from a cohort analytic study.
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spelling pubmed-93214622022-07-27 Gender Differences in the Psychopathology of Obesity: How Relevant Is the Role of Binge Eating Behaviors? Di Natale, Chiara Lucidi, Lorenza Montemitro, Chiara Pettorruso, Mauro Collevecchio, Rebecca Di Caprio, Lucia Giampietro, Luana Aceto, Liberato Martinotti, Giovanni Giannantonio, Massimo di Brain Sci Article Background: Obesity is a condition that affects humans both physically and mentally. Moreover, many psychopathological conditions can be observed in obese patients that may threaten the positive outcomes of bariatric surgery. Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the main psychopathological correlates of obese candidates for bariatric surgery, with particular attention on the relationship between psychopathology and gender. Methods: In total, 273 candidates for bariatric surgery for obesity underwent a psychiatric evaluation using a compilation of psychometric scales: the Revised Symptom Checklist 90-R (SCL-90-R), the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), the Binge Eating Scale (BES), the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT) and the Obesity-Related Well-Being (ORWELL 97). The sample was divided on the basis of gender and binge eating disorder (BED) severity. Comparisons between the groups were performed using an analysis of variance model (ANOVA) or a Pearson’s chi-squared test. Further, we also divided our sample into a severe binge eating group (score > 27), a mild to moderate group (18 < score < 26) and a low/no symptoms group (score < 17). Results: Male and female subjects showed different results for the BES, with higher scores reported among women (17.50 ± 9.59) compared to men (14.08 ± 8.64). Women also showed higher scores across most of the SCL-90-R domains and worse outcomes in terms of quality of life. Both women and men in the severe binge eating group reported higher scores for the SCL-90-R. Conclusion: The symptoms of BED, along with body image dissatisfaction (BID), are among the most important to investigate for candidates for bariatric surgery in order to improve the surgery outcomes. Level of evidence: Level III as the evidence came from a cohort analytic study. MDPI 2022-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9321462/ /pubmed/35884761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12070955 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Di Natale, Chiara
Lucidi, Lorenza
Montemitro, Chiara
Pettorruso, Mauro
Collevecchio, Rebecca
Di Caprio, Lucia
Giampietro, Luana
Aceto, Liberato
Martinotti, Giovanni
Giannantonio, Massimo di
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title_full_unstemmed Gender Differences in the Psychopathology of Obesity: How Relevant Is the Role of Binge Eating Behaviors?
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title_sort gender differences in the psychopathology of obesity: how relevant is the role of binge eating behaviors?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9321462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35884761
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12070955
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