ArticleObesity surgery2022
Depression and Anxiety Incidence During Pregnancy Between Bariatric Surgery Patients and Matched Control Subjects.
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- Mental Health in Pregnant Women with a History of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review of Depression, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, and Substance Use.Obesity surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Mental health during pregnancy and postpartum in women with a history of bariatric surgery: A scoping review.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Levels of stress, anxiety, and depression during pregnancy after bariatric surgery: A comparative study with women with obesity.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Mental Health After Childbirth in Women with Previous Bariatric Surgery: The SPOtMom Pilot Study.Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association · 2025Observational
- Gender and age specific dynamics of health-related postoperative outcome measures following the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.Surgery open science · 2024Article
- Maternal and fetal/neonatal outcomes in pregnancy, delivery and postpartum following bariatric surgery and comparison with pregnant women with obesity: a study protocol for a prospective cohort.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Medical and Psychological Aspects of Pregnancy in Women with Obesity and after Bariatric Surgery.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Pre-Operative Substance Use Disorder is Associated with Higher Risk of Long-Term Mortality Following Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Benefits and Risks of Bariatric Surgery on Women's Reproductive Health: a Narrative Review.Obesity surgery · 2023Review
- Pregnant Women Following Bariatric Surgery: a Focus on Maternal Mental Health and Its Impact on Birth Outcomes.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeObesity is a well-known risk factor for depression and mental illnesses. Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is a common treatment for individuals with severe obesity. Studies suggest that MBS is associated with increased risk of depression. However, little is known if pregnant women following MBS have greater incidence of depression/anxiety than non-surgical pregnant women with severe obesity. MATERIALS AND
methodsUtah Bariatric Surgery Registry (UBSR) was used to identify subjects who underwent bariatric surgery between 1996 and 2016 and were matched (1:2 matching) to subjects with severe obesity from the Utah Population Database (UPDB). Depression and anxiety diagnoses during pregnancy were identified from birth records and electronic medical records (EMRs) during 10 months before birth. A multivariate logistic regression with clustering due to same subjects with multiple births was used.
resultsPatients included 1427 MBS women (associated 2492 births) and 2854 non-surgical women (associated 4984 births). In the surgical group, 24.4% of the pregnancies had diagnosed depression/anxiety, while 14.3% of the pregnancies in the control group had depression/anxiety (p < 0.01). The surgery group had 1.51 times higher odds of depression and/or anxiety during pregnancy than the control group after controlling for covariates (OR = 1.51, p < 0.01).
conclusionThe present study provides evidence that women who previously underwent MBS have higher odds of depression/anxiety during pregnancy than women with obesity who did not undergo MBS.
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