Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
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Surg Obes Relat Dis · Mar 2011
Comparative Study Controlled Clinical TrialAdolescent bariatric surgery: caregiver and family functioning across the first postoperative year.
The present study examined the psychological distress, parenting stress, and family functioning in female caregivers of adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery compared to that of caregivers of adolescents with extreme obesity not undergoing surgery across the first postoperative year. ⋯ Our initial findings suggest that caregivers of adolescents with extreme obesity present with limited dysfunction and that bariatric surgery has no effect on caregiver distress, parenting stress, or family functioning across the first postoperative year. Larger samples and longer term follow-up will allow examination of what role caregiver/family factors play in the adolescent postoperative outcomes.