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Author(s) -
Lubaale Yovani A Moses
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb06867.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , weight loss , gastric banding , medicine , morbid obesity , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , obesity
The objective of this study was to measure psychosocial functioning in morbid obese patients before and after horizontal gastric banding surgery, and to analyse the relations between the changes in psychosocial functioning and preoperative variables and degree of weight loss.