The prognostic significance of depressive symptoms for predicting quality of life 12 months after gastric bypass
Masheb RM, White MA, Toth CM, Burke-Martindale CH, Rothschild B, Grilo CM. The prognostic significance of depressive symptoms for predicting quality of life 12 months after gastric bypass. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2007, 48: 231-236. PMID: 17445516, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBeck Depression InventoryGastric bypass surgeryDepressive symptomsPhysical HRQLBypass surgeryMental HRQLPrognostic significanceBDI scoresMedical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 Health SurveyShort Form-36 Health SurveyPostoperative health-related qualityBaseline body mass indexShort form-36 health survey (SF-36) scaleBaseline BDIGastric bypass patientsHealth-related qualityLife 12 monthsRelative prognostic significanceQuality of lifeMeasures of weightPostoperative HRQLGastric bypassBypass patientsObese patients