Table 2.
Baseline demographics, eating behaviors, anxiety, and depression among 102 patients admitted for bariatric surgery by treatment arm.
| Total (n = 102) |
Intervention (n = 50) |
Controls (n = 52) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| BMI (kg/m2) | 43.5 (4.9) | 43.6 (5.1) | 43.5 (4.7) |
| Weight (kg) | 128.0 (19.1) | 129.1 (18.0) | 126.9 (20.1) |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 69 | 31 | 38 |
| Male | 33 | 19 | 14 |
| Age (years) | 42.6 (9.8) | 44.1 (9.8) | 41.2 (9.6) |
| Educational level | |||
| <12th grade | 84 (82.4) | 41 (82.0) | 43 (82.7) |
| High school/college degree | 18 (17.6) | 9 (18.0) | 9 (17.3) |
| Employment | |||
| Employed | 55 (53.9) | 26 (52.0) | 29 (55.8) |
| Unemployed | 6 (5.9) | 3 (6.0) | 3 (5.8) |
| Temporary pension | 21 (20.6) | 11 (22.0) | 10 (19.2) |
| Disabled | 20 (19.6) | 10 (20.0) | 10 (19.2) |
| Eating behaviors | |||
| Emotional eating | 52.4 (26.0) | 53.4 (27.1) | 51.4 (25.0) |
| Uncontrolled eating | 49.0 (18.8) | 50.5 (17.7) | 47.4 (20.0) |
| Cognitive restraint | 44.1 (20.5) | 42.7 (19.7) | 45.5 (21.2) |
| Affective symptoms | |||
| Anxiety | 6.7 (3.9) | 7.0 (4.2) | 6.5 (3.7) |
| Depression | 5.1 (3.4) | 5.5 (3.7) | 4.7 (3.0) |
Number (%) or mean (SD). The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ R-21) was used to measure the three domains of eating behaviors, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to measure anxiety and depression.