Employment Outcomes One Year after Bariatric Surgery: the Role of Patient and Psychosocial Factors

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 514-522

  Sockalingam, Sanjeev ^a,b,c   Wnuk, Susan ^a,c   Kantarovich, Karin ^d   Meaney, Christopher ^e   Okrainec, Allan ^a,c,f   Hawa, Raed ^a,b,c   Cassin, Stephanie ^c,g  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d York University   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bariatric; Employment; Mental disorders; Obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAM EMPLOYMENT ABSENCE AND PRODUCTIVITY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL PATIENT; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925510806     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-014-1443-3     Document Type: Article

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