Application of the unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in post-bariatric surgery patients: an effectiveness and feasibility study in group format
Obesity is a serious health problem with global implications. Bariatric surgery (BS) is the most used and effective treatment, but there are patients who do not lose a substantial amount of weight, a fact that has been related with the presence of emotional eating, anxiety and depression symptoms. T...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Murcia |
| Repository: | DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digitum.um.es:10201/125373 |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.482301 http://hdl.handle.net/10201/125373 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Bariatric surgery Emotional disorders Transdiagnostic Group format Unified Protocol Cirugía bariátrica Trastornos emocionales Transdiagnóstico Formato grupal Protocolo Unificado CDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - Psicología |
| Summary: | Obesity is a serious health problem with global implications. Bariatric surgery (BS) is the most used and effective treatment, but there are patients who do not lose a substantial amount of weight, a fact that has been related with the presence of emotional eating, anxiety and depression symptoms. The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness and feasi-bility of an emotion regulation-based intervention called Unified Protocol (UP), applied in group format to 6 post-BS patients presenting emotional disorders/symptoms. Results at post-treatment shown high attendance rates and satisfaction with the UP scores and significant improvements on neuroticism, eating disorders symptoms and emotional eating. At 6-month follow-up we found significant reductions on anxiety symptoms, neuroti-cism, maladjustment and dysregulation (d = 0.83-1.46) and the body mass index remained stable over time. These preliminary results are encouraging about the effectiveness and feasibility of the UP to treat emotional dysreg-ulation in patients after BS. |
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