Emma A van Reekum, Michael Darcy, Jaslyn Drage, Joshua Xu, Kimberly Ng, Benjamin Forestell, Nancy Santesso, Raed A Joundi, Jorge Wong, Aristithes Doumouras, Valerie H Taylor, Salim Yusuf, Ryan Van Lieshout
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate psychiatric and cognitive functioning after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) with a systematic review and meta-analysis. To systematically review and meta-analyze psychiatric and cognitive outcomes following metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS).
Methods: Six databases were searched. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and nonrandomized studies (NRS) of people with obesity comparing MBS with any nonsurgical intervention or control condition were included. Main outcomes included symptoms of depression, anxiety, and non-normative eating, substance use disorder diagnosis, suicide death, and cognitive performance in attention, memory, and executive function. Evidence certainty was assessed with GRADE. Heterogeneity was explored with subgroup analyses of ≤ 2 years vs. > 2 years post-intervention.
Results: There were 79 studies (75 NRS and 4 RCTs) found, including 732,149 people with obesity who underwent MBS, and 7,670,770 who did not. Among RCTs, MBS may improve depressive symptoms (standardized mean difference [SMD] = -0.40, 95% CI -1.04, 0.24; very low certainty). Among NRS, there was low to very low certainty that MBS may improve depressive (SMD = 0.56, 95% CI -0.87, -0.26), anxiety (SMD = -0.60, 95% CI -1.00, -0.19), and non-normative eating symptoms (SMD = -0.75, 95% CI -0.97, -0.53) and cognitive performance in attention (SMD = -0.72, 95% CI -1.61, 0.17), but not executive function or memory. MBS may slightly increase suicide deaths (1/1000 more people, 95% CI 0 fewer to 3 more; very low certainty) and substance use disorders (4/100 more, 95% CI from 1 to 9 more; low certainty) > 2-years post-surgery.
Conclusions: Compared to nonsurgical conditions, MBS may improve depression, anxiety, non-normative eating, and attention, but slightly increase suicides and substance use disorders. There was low to very low certainty in most outcomes, therefore additionalhigh-quality studies are needed to strengthen the evidence base.
期刊介绍:
Obesity Reviews is a monthly journal publishing reviews on all disciplines related to obesity and its comorbidities. This includes basic and behavioral sciences, clinical treatment and outcomes, epidemiology, prevention and public health. The journal should, therefore, appeal to all professionals with an interest in obesity and its comorbidities.
Review types may include systematic narrative reviews, quantitative meta-analyses and narrative reviews but all must offer new insights, critical or novel perspectives that will enhance the state of knowledge in the field.
The editorial policy is to publish high quality peer-reviewed manuscripts that provide needed new insight into all aspects of obesity and its related comorbidities while minimizing the period between submission and publication.