Abstract

BIRCK, Camila Chiarelli  and  SOUZA, Fernanda Pasquoto de. Anxiety and binge eating in patients who are candidates for bariatric surgery. Aletheia [online]. 2020, vol.53, n.1, pp.29-41. ISSN 1413-0394.

Bariatric surgery is known as obesity surgery or stomach reduction. Psychic factors influences eating habits in patients and it can prevent the success of the intervention. This study aimed to verify the prevalence of binge eating in patients who are candidates for bariatric surgery, by using sociodemographic questionnaire, Food Compulsion Scale (ECAP) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale. Among the 109 interviewees, the flolowing results were highlighted: 27.5% of respondents had severe anxiety level and 82.6% hadn’t any symptoms of binge eating. We emphasize the importance of pay attention to female patients, who was the public that most sought the surgery and presented higher levels of anxiety. It bounces that compulsion and anxiety should be analyzed and handled, helping the preparation for surgery. Future studies would be suggested to expand the sample and to investigate other emotional factors that influences obesity, by relating them.

Keywords : Binge eating; Anxiety; Bariatric surgery.

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