TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental Healthcare Utilization in Patients Seeking Bariatric Surgery
T2 - The Role of Attachment Behavior
AU - Aarts, Floor
AU - Hinnen, Chris
AU - Gerdes, Victor E. A.
AU - Brandjes, Dees P. M.
AU - Geenen, Rinie
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Obesity may be a factor contributing to mental health in patients seeking bariatric surgery. Whether a person uses mental healthcare may have its roots in attachment behavior. The present study (N=260) identified that attachment anxiety was associated with more mental healthcare visits (OR=1.86, 95% CI=1.11-2.54, p=0.02), present use of medication (OR=2.30, 95% CI=1.43-3.68, p=0.001), and previously prescribed medication (OR=2.01, 95% CI=1.13-3.57, p=0.02). Furthermore, the use of previously prescribed medication was especially prevalent in patients with high attachment anxiety and low attachment avoidance (OR=2.96, 95% CI=1.35-6.50, p=0.007). The observation that attachment behavior is associated with mental healthcare utilization indicates that it should be recognized and considered by healthcare providers working with patients with morbid obesity for therapeutic and economic reasons.
AB - Obesity may be a factor contributing to mental health in patients seeking bariatric surgery. Whether a person uses mental healthcare may have its roots in attachment behavior. The present study (N=260) identified that attachment anxiety was associated with more mental healthcare visits (OR=1.86, 95% CI=1.11-2.54, p=0.02), present use of medication (OR=2.30, 95% CI=1.43-3.68, p=0.001), and previously prescribed medication (OR=2.01, 95% CI=1.13-3.57, p=0.02). Furthermore, the use of previously prescribed medication was especially prevalent in patients with high attachment anxiety and low attachment avoidance (OR=2.96, 95% CI=1.35-6.50, p=0.007). The observation that attachment behavior is associated with mental healthcare utilization indicates that it should be recognized and considered by healthcare providers working with patients with morbid obesity for therapeutic and economic reasons.
KW - OBESE SUBJECTS
KW - QUALITY
KW - ILLNESS
KW - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
KW - CANDIDATES
KW - STRESS
KW - SAMPLE
KW - STYLE
U2 - 10.1089/bari.2013.0002
DO - 10.1089/bari.2013.0002
M3 - Article
SN - 2168-023X
VL - 8
SP - 134
EP - 138
JO - Bariatric surgical practice and patient care
JF - Bariatric surgical practice and patient care
IS - 4
ER -