Assessing Sexual Abuse/Attack Histories with Bariatric Surgery Patients

• NCJ Number: 232056
• Journal: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Volume: 19 Issue: 4 Dated: July/August 2010 Pages: 469-484
• Author(s): David Mahony
• Date Published: July 2010
• Length: 16 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined the effect sexual abuse/attack on bariatric surgery patients' subsequent weight loss.

Abstract

This study assessed sexual abuse/attack histories in 537 bariatric surgery patients using the PsyBari. The prevalence rates found were lower (15.5 percent, 19.3 percent of women, 5.2 percent of men) than other studies that used bariatric surgery patients but consistent with studies that used nonbariatric obese subjects. Furthermore, bariatric surgery patients who disclosed sexual abuse/attack were more likely to disclose physical abuse, psychological problems, psychological treatment, psychiatric medication, and psychiatric hospitalization. Among bariatric surgery patients who disclosed sexual abuse/attack, females were more likely to disclose suicidal ideation. A logistic regression found that for females, physical abuse and suicidal ideation reliably predicted abuse/attack status. For males, psychological problems, psychiatric medications, hospitalization, and suicidal ideation, reliably predicted abuse/attack status. Tables and references (Published Abstract)