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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021

Assessing psychopathology in bariatric surgery candidates: discriminant validity of the SCL-90-R and SCL-K-9 in a large sample of patients.

Emanuela Bianciardi, Paolo Gentileschi, Cinzia Niolu, Marco Innamorati, Mariantonietta Fabbricatore, Lorenzo Maria Contini, Leonardo Procenesi, Alberto Siracusano, Claudio Imperatori

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06363747 (The Medically Reproducing Bariatric Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT06363747 phase2 / phase3active not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

The Medically Reproducing Bariatric Surgery (MRB) II Study: SEMAGLUTIDE Followed by OPTIFAST in Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes

TypeinterventionalSponsorDurham VA Medical CenterRan2024 to 2025Enrolled50ConditionsType 2 Diabetes, ObesityArmsVery Low Calorie Diet
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emanuela BianciardiPsychiatric Chair, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Cracovia, 50, 00133, Rome, Italy. bianciardi@med.uniroma2.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-6953
Paolo GentileschiObesity Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Cinzia NioluPsychiatric Chair, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Cracovia, 50, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Marco InnamoratiCognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Science, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Mariantonietta FabbricatoreCognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Science, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo Maria ContiniPsychiatric Chair, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Cracovia, 50, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Leonardo ProcenesiPsychiatric Chair, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Cracovia, 50, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Alberto SiracusanoPsychiatric Chair, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Cracovia, 50, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Claudio ImperatoriCognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Science, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
University of Rome Tor Vergata · ITEuropean University of Rome · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePre-surgical psychosocial evaluation of bariatric surgery (BS) patients should identify psychiatric issues that could worsen after surgery and those requiring additional ongoing intervention. In this view, the use of reliable, appropriate and concise evaluating instruments is of critical importance. The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical utility of both the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R) and its brief unidimensional version, the so-called Symptom-Checklist-K-9 (SCL-K-9) in detecting the presence of psychiatric disorders among bariatric surgery (BS) candidates.

methodsSeven-hundred-and-ninety-eight BS candidates (563 women and 235 men; mean age: 44.15 ± 11.45) were enrolled in the present study. All participants underwent a full psychiatric interview and were administered the SCL-90-R.

resultsThree-hundred-and-sixty-two patients (45.4%) met the criteria for a diagnosis of at least one psychiatric disorder and ninety-nine patients (12.4%) had psychiatric comorbidities. In the current sample, 219 patients (27.4%) met the criteria for binge eating disorders (BED), 158 (19.8%) met the criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD), and 67 (8.4%) met both criteria. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves procedure showed that both the SCL-90-R and the SCL-K-9 satisfactorily categorize patients with any psychiatric disorder, both BED and MDD (area under the ROC curve ≥ 0.70, p < 0.001).

conclusionOur results suggest that the SCL-90-R and the SCL-K-9 may represent first-level screening tests identifying at-risk patients, eligible for a more expensive or time-consuming clinical assessment. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional, descriptive study.

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Bariatric SurgeryBinge-Eating DisorderMajor Depressive DisorderAdultComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedBariatric surgeryBinge eating disorderMajor depressive disorderObesityPsychosocial assessmentSCL-90-RSCL-K-9

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PMID33226607
PMCPMC8437842
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