Research Article

Screening for Psychiatric Disorders in Bariatric Surgery Candidates with the German Version of the Patient Health Questionnaire

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics.

Whole sampleMaleFemale value

35584 (24%)271 (76%)
Age (years)41.8 ± 12.343.7 ± 23.541.2 ± 17.0
BMI (kg/m2)47.8 ± 8.450.2 ± 11.347.0 ± 9.0
Somatic ICD-10 diagnoses    
 E66.0011 (3%)1 (1%)10 (4%)
 E66.0133 (9%)6 (7%)27 (10%)
 E66.02309 (88%)75 (90%)234 (86%)
 Q87.12 (1%)2 (2%)0 (0%)
Psychiatric disorders   
 Depressive disorders161 (54%)30 (36%)131 (48%)
 Eating disorders44 (12%)8 (10%)36 (13%)
 Other disorders23 (6%)3 (4%)20 (7%)
 No disorder127 (36%)43 (51%)84 (31%)
PHQ depression category  
 No depression105 (29%)33 (39%)72 (26%)
 Mild depression119 (34%)24 (29%)95 (35%)
 Moderate depression86 (24%)18 (21%)68 (25%)
 Moderate-severe depression32 (9%)9 (11%)23 (9%)
 Severe depression13 (4%)0 (0%)13 (5%)
PHQ other categories
 Somatization11.2 ± 9.09.3 ± 7.511.8 ± 8.0
 Stress symptoms7.8 ± 6.07.0 ± 6.08.1 ± 6.0
 Panic23 (6%)5 (6%)18 (7%)
 Anxiety25 (7%)5 (6%)20 (7%)
 Bulimia26 (7%)4 (5%)22 (8%)
 Binge eating25 (7%)3 (4%)22 (8%)
 Alcoholism11 (3%)6 (7%)5 (2%)
 PTSD10 (3%)1 (1%)9 (3%)
 Medication56 (16%)6 (7%)50 (18%)

Significance ≤0.05.
aSignificant difference between male and female patients in at least one diagnostic category.