SynthesisObesity surgery2012
Do postoperative psychotherapeutic interventions and support groups influence weight loss following bariatric surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized trials.
Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03488966 (Mindfulness Based Eating Awareness Training), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mindfulness Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT) for Bariatric Surgery Patients: The Effects of Mindfulness on Psychosocial and Physical Functioning
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- European guideline on obesity care in patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases - Joint European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism / United European Gastroenterology guideline.United European gastroenterology journal · 2022Guideline
- Psychological Interventions and Bariatric Surgery among People with Clinically Severe Obesity-A Systematic Review with Bayesian Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Behavioural Interventions for Severe Obesity Before and/or After Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Obesity surgery · 2016Pooled it
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- The feasibility of a behavioral group intervention after weight-loss surgery: A randomized pilot trial.PloS one · 2019Trial
- A Pilot Study on Telephone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients Six-Months Post-Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2017Trial
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of telephone-based cognitive behavioural therapy for preoperative bariatric surgery patients.Behaviour research and therapy · 2016Trial
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- 'Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Individual's Experience of Living With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery: Scope of the Problem, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment.Current diabetes reports · 2023Review
- Prevalence and Outcomes of Depression After Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2022Review
- Treatment Options for Poor Responders to Bariatric Surgery.Current obesity reports · 2020Review
- Bariatric Support Groups Predicts Long-term Weight Loss.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Depression and Suicide After Bariatric Surgery.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Psychosocial Concerns Following Bariatric Surgery: Current Status.Current obesity reports · 2019Review
- Modifiable factors associated with weight regain after bariatric surgery: a scoping review.F1000Research · 2019Article
- Perceived Social Support for Exercise and Weight Loss in Adolescents Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
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Abstract
Bariatric surgery is currently considered the most effective treatment of severe obesity, but considerable individual variations in weight loss results have been reported. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies investigating the effect of psychotherapeutic interventions and support groups on weight loss following bariatric surgery. A literature search was conducted in the databases PubMed and PsycINFO, identifying nine eligible studies reporting results of the effect of psychotherapeutic interventions and support groups on weight loss following bariatric surgery. The results revealed a statistically significant overall effect of both psychotherapeutic interventions and support groups on weight loss (pooled effect size correlation (ESr) = 0.18; p < 0.0001). When comparing the effect sizes of psychotherapeutic interventions and support groups, no difference was found (p = 0.51). Higher quality studies had smaller effect sizes (0.16) than studies with low quality scores (0.22), but the difference did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.26). Patients attending psychotherapeutic interventions or support groups in combination with bariatric surgery appeared to experience greater weight loss results than patients treated with bariatric surgery only. However, research in this area is characterized by a lack of methodological rigor, and it is recommended that future study designs include randomization and active attention control conditions.
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