ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018
Alexithymia Predicts Attrition and Outcome in Weight-Loss Obesity Treatment.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04035512 (The "Expressive Writing" as Psychological Intervention in Bariatric Population. Prospective Longitudinal Multi Centric Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The "Expressive Writing" as Psychological Intervention in Bariatric Population. Prospective Longitudinal Multi Centric Study
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Independent role of alexithymia on weight loss outcomes in obese women: a six month follow-up study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Association Between Circulating Cytokines and Psychosomatic Syndromes in Patients with Mood Disorders.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Improvement in binge eating and alexithymia predicts weight loss at 9-month follow-up of the lifestyle modification program.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- Predicting Attrition Patterns from Pediatric Weight Management Programs.Proceedings of machine learning research · 2022Article
- Obesity and Psychological Factors Associated with Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery: A Longitudinal Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Psychosomatic syndromes are associated with IL-6 pro-inflammatory cytokine in heart failure patients.PloS one · 2022Article
- Predictors of attrition from a weight loss program. A study of adult patients with obesity in a community setting.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Implicit facial emotion recognition of fear and anger in obesity.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Observational
- Relationship between psychological stress and metabolism in morbidly obese individuals.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2020Article
- Editorial: "No Words for Feelings, Yet!" Exploring Alexithymia, Disorder of Affect Regulation, and the "Mind-Body" Connection.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
Obesity is a psychosomatic condition characterized by a complex interaction of biological and psychological factors and a large body of research has aimed to identify variables limiting efficacy and determining high attrition rates in weight loss programs. In this study, we used the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR), designed to broaden the clinician's perspective on patients' problems by providing additional clinical information not found in the more traditional psychiatric classification, to predict psychosomatic variables that may limit efficacy and determine attrition in clinical interventions with people with obesity. We evaluated 82 consecutive participants with obesity at baseline for psychopathology, psychosomatic correlates, psychological distress, and eating-related symptoms before entering a weight loss program. Regression models were used to assess attrition and outcome at a 6-month follow-up and per-protocol and intention-to-treat analyses were performed. DPCR alexithymia significantly predicted attrition (OR = 6.9), and unsuccessful weight-loss (OR = 11.3). These findings suggest that the identification of psychosomatic factors, in addition to psychological and psychopathological factors, may predict adherence to weight-loss programs.
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