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Vol. 16 (2021)

PRE-OPERATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT IN OBESE PATIENTS, CANDIDATES FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY

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Antonio Bruno
antonio.bruno@unime.it
Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morpho-functional Imaging, University Hospital of Messina Martino", Messina., Italy, Italy.
Carmela Mento
Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morpho-functional Imaging, University Hospital "G. Martino", Messina. Italy, Italy.
Amelia Rizzo
Psychiatric Unit, University Hospital of Messina “G. Martino”, Messina, Italy, Italy.
Federico Arnone
Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morpho-functional Imaging, University Hospital of Messina "G. Martino", Messina, Italy, Italy.
Maria L. Caracciolo
Department of Mental Health of Messina, Messina, Italy, Italy.
Maria R. A. Muscatello
Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morpho-functional Imaging, University Hospital of Messina "G. Martino", Messina, Italy, Italy.
Giuseppe Navarra
Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Messina “G. Martino”, Messina, Italy, Italy.
Rocco A. Zoccali
Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morpho-functional Imaging, University Hospital of Messina "G. Martino Messina. Italy, Italy.
Gianluca Pandolfo
Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morpho-functional Imaging, University Hospital of Messina "G. Martino", Messina, Italy, Italy.
No evidence of specific personality traits characterizing the obese population has ever emerged.
Furthermore, studies addressing personological differences between obese individuals with and
without Binge Eating Disorder (BED) are not always consistent. In this study 70 obese patients, 22
males and 48 females, (Age range 18 - 67 years; M = 40.70; SD = 12.24) candidates for bariatric
surgery, were evaluated with the following instruments: Eating Disorder Inventory, Binge Scale
Questionnaire, Big Five Questionnaire and Rorschach Inkblot Test. Findings showed that the two
groups were statistically different concerning food disorders, with worse results in obese patients
with BED, but no personality differences emerged on the self-reported questionnaires. Conversely,
Rorschach's responses and the analysis with the projective method, highlighted qualitative
differences in mental functioning. These findings encourage the use of a projective test in the pre
surgical assessment for evaluating deeper eating-related problems as a possible individual marker
of the post-operative outcome.

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PRE-OPERATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT IN OBESE PATIENTS, CANDIDATES FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY. (2025). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 16. https://www.embj.org/home/article/view/86
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