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Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2010 Jul 29;7(2):145–150. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2010.07.004

Table 2.

Adolescent BMI, Caregiver Adjustment and Family Functioning Means and Standard Deviations at Baseline/Pre-Surgery (T₁) and at 6 Months (T₂) and 12 Months (T₃) Post-Surgery.

	Bariatric (n=16) M±SD			Comparison (n=28) M±SD

Scale/Timepoint	T₁	T₂	T₃	T₁	T₂	T₃
Adolescent BMI	66.24±12.0	45.82±9.9	41.11±9.6	46.25±4.7	47.09±4.9	46.45±4.7
Psychological Distress^a
Global Severity Index	53.25±9.5	49.94±12.0	52.40±12.4	55.96±12.4	54.33±11.2	54.52±13.4
Parenting Stress^b
Parent Domain	53.33±24.9	50.00±21.5	45.31±20.8	54.15±22.8	52.50±24.0	50.87±23.9
Family Functioning^c
General Functioning	1.58±0.4	1.64±0.6	1.65±0.5	1.84±0.5	1.81±0.4	1.82±0.5

Note.

Caregiver distress based on Symptom Checklist-90-Revised; T-scores are reported in the table but all analyses were completed using raw scores;

Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents; Percentile scores are reported in the table but all analyses were completed using raw scores;

McMaster Family Assessment Device.