Preoperative Mental Disorders and Hospital Healthcare Use in the First Year After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Study
The presence of preoperative mental disorders was weakly related to higher total non-routine hospital healthcare use in the first year after MBS. Models explained only 5-13% of the variation in appointment frequency, meaning unmeasured and/or unknown factors play a role in healthcare use.
Authors
- Nadia Botros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9694-5946)
- Elske M. van den Berg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3889-9897)
- Laura N. Deden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1243-5111)
- Eric J. Hazebroek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5458-3334)
Institutions
- Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases (NL)
- Rijnstate Hospital (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity Surgery
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-025-07769-w
- Primary Topic
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00