Health behaviors exhibited by patients qualified for bariatric surgery has never been evaluated simultaneously with depressive symptoms.
Objectives:
To compare the health behaviors of obese patients with the general Polish population and establish their associations with demographic and clinical factors.
Subjects and Methods:
Proper nutrition habits, preventive behaviors, health practices, and positive mental attitude were evaluated with the Juczynski Health Behaviors. Inventory in 93 patients (66 females) qualified for bariatric surgery (44.2 ± 11.5 years, body mass index [BMI] = 44.3 ± 10.5, percent excess body weight [%EBW] = 81% ± 39%), and depressive symptoms were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory.
Results:
Scores obtained are similar to those of the general Polish population. Women scored higher in the proper nutrition habit category than men (p = 0.02), but they scored lower in health practices and positive mental attitude than women in the general population. Higher severity of depressive symptoms negatively correlated with proper eating habits (R = −0.21; p = 0.04). Higher BMI and higher %EBW were correlated to higher scores in health practices (R > 0.24, p = 0.02), independent of age.
Conclusions:
Generally, associations between health behaviors, BMI, and %EBW are weakly positive or absent. Therefore, they either do not contribute to the development of obesity or they might be adopted by patients once the disease is underway.
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