Excessive Skin and Sexual Function: Relationship with Psychological Variables and Weight Regain in Women After Bariatric Surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1149-1154

  Ramalho, Sofia ^a   Bastos, Ana Pinto ^a   Silva, Cátia ^a   Vaz, Ana Rita ^a   Brandão, Isabel ^b   Machado, Paulo P P ^a   Conceição, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Depression; Excessive skin; Female sexual functioning; Weight regain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE FIT INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXCESSIVE HANGING SKIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL FIT INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATH ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SKIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY IMAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SKIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84930760356     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-014-1514-5     Document Type: Article

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