Sociodemographic factors related to bariatric follow-up appointment attendance and weight outcomes.

Background: Follow-up care after bariatric surgery is essential in preventing postsurgical complications and promoting long-term weight loss maintenance. However, many patients do not attend postsurgical appointments with the bariatric team, which may contribute to poor surgical outcomes.

Objectives: This study sought to understand sociodemographic factors related to follow-up appointment attendance and weight outcomes.

The role of anxiety and depression in understanding the relationship between coping and weight loss 24 months after bariatric surgery.

Background: The relationship between coping (i.e., how a person deals with stress) and weight loss after bariatric surgery is relatively inconsistent.

Intrapersonal coping predicts greater weight loss 24 months after bariatric surgery.

Purpose: Coping is related to numerous health outcomes, including weight loss. However, the relationship between coping and weight loss after bariatric surgery remains unclear.

Objectives: The first objective of this study was to examine cross-sectional relationships between coping, anxiety, and depression.

Psychometric Properties of the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory Among Patients Pursuing Bariatric Surgery.

The Brief COPE Inventory is a widely used scale that measures how a person copes with a specific situation. Despite its widespread use, the factor structure of this scale is somewhat unclear and has not been tested among patients pursuing bariatric surgery. We tested competing factor analytic models of the Brief COPE Inventory among patients pursuing bariatric surgery to identify the best fitting factor model for use in pre-surgical psychological evaluations.