Health and appearance: Factors motivating the decision to seek bariatric surgery

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Rebecca L PearlNoel N Williams

Abstract

Few studies have examined the motivating factors and people that lead patients to seek bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery helps to improve body image, but little is known about patients' desired changes in the appearance of specific body parts. To identify key factors and people motivating patients' decision to seek bariatric surgery, and to assess body dissatisfaction and desire for surgery to change the appearance of specific body parts. U.S. university-based hospital clinic. Patients seeking bariatric surgery (N = 208, 78.4% women, 52.4% black, mean age = 42.0 ± 12.3 yr, mean body mass index = 46.7 ± 8.5 kg/m2) completed the Reasons for Bariatric Surgery questionnaire before their preoperative Psychosocial-behavioral evaluation. Participants rated (1-10) the importance of 15 potential reasons and 7 potential people motivating their decision to seek bariatric surgery. Participants also rated their dissatisfaction and desire for surgery to change the appearance of 11 body parts. Mean scores of motivating factors were highest for Physical Health (9.9 ± .4), followed by Longevity (9.7 ± .9). Patients reported high body dissatisfaction and desire for surgery to change the appearance of several body parts, including stomach and ...Continue Reading

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