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. 2020 Mar 9;30(7):2511–2518. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04483-7

Table 2.

Associations between psychiatric diagnoses and delayed discharge after gastric bypass surgery, odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)

Total Hospital stay ≥ 90th percentile of number of postoperative days in somatic wardd Crude OR conditioned on calendar year (95% CI) Model 1b Adjusted OR (95% CI) Model 2c Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Number Number %
All 22,539 2215 9.8
None of the below mentioned diagnoses and no antidepressant medication prescribed since 2005 13,059 1118 8.6 REF 1.00 REF 1.00 REF 1.00
Diagnosis below or antidepressant medication 9480 1097 11.6 1.43 (1.31–1.56) 1.42 (1.30–1.56) 1.47 (1.34–1.62)
Diagnosis below
Diagnoses since 1997
Severe mental illness (Bipolar disorder/ Schizophrenia)a 375 42 11.2 1.55 (1.10–2.17) 0.96 (0.52–1.78) 0.92 (0.48–1.75)
Depression a, e 2100 275 13.1 1.68 (1.45–1.94) 1.38 (1.11–1.71) 1.43 (1.13–1.80)
Neurotic disorders f 2769 358 12.9 1.68 (1.47–1.91) 1.48 (1.23–1.78) 1.47 (1.21–1.79)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 314 44 14.0 1.99 (1.42–2.79) 1.51 (0.82–2.79) 1.58 (0.83–3.00)
Substance use disorder or treatment for substance use disorder 971 135 13.9 1.79 (1.47–2.18) 1.39 (1.02–1.91) 1.41 (1.01–1.97)
Eating disorder 285 39 13.7 1.76 (1.23–2.50) 1.72 (0.93–3.16) 1.97 (1.04–3.71)
Personality disorder 551 77 14.0 1.82 (1.41–2.36) 1.29 (0.68–2.45) 1.20 (0.60–2.37)
Self-harm 1169 154 13.2 1.57 (1.31–1.89) 1.16 (0.87–1.55) 1.25 (0.92–1.69)
None of the above, but antidepressant medication prescribed after year 2005g 4624 497 10.7 1.31 (1.17–1.46) 1.24 (1.10–1.39) 1.31 (1.16–1.48)

aIn case of diagnoses of both severe mental illness and depression, severe mental illness was chosen.

bAdjusted for age, sex, conditioned on calendar year.

cAdjusted for age, sex, type of gastric bypass surgery, the other diagnoses since 1997 (including treatment for SUD, but not antidepressant medication) (reviewer #1, comment #4) and conditioned on calendar year.

d≥ 90th percentile of number of postoperative days was ≥6 days in 2008–2009, ≥5 days in 2010, and ≥4 days in 2011–2012.

eDoes not include the group prescribed antidepressants with no diagnosis of depression.

fAgoraphobia, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, reaction to severe stress including post-traumatic stress syndrome, adjustment disorders, dissociative and conversion disorders, somatoform disorders, other nonpsychotic mental disorders (reviewer #2, comment #5)

gFilled prescription from the pharmacotherapeutic group N06A (according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system, ATC).