Abdominoplasty Improves Quality of Life, Psychological Distress, and Eating Disorder Symptoms: A Prospective Study
Table 1
Values for the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and Raitasalo’s modification of the Beck Depression Inventory (RBDI) for women having nonpostbariatric (aesthetic) abdominoplasty ( = 53).
Baseline score
Follow-up score
value
Drive for thinness
4.81 (5.16)
2.96 (3.84)
<0.001
Bulimia
0.73 (1.61)
0.25 (0.81)
0.016
Body dissatisfaction
9.08 (4.83)
4.26 (2.95)
<0.001
Ineffectiveness
0.70 (1.59)
0.28 (0.74)
0.048
Perfectionism
2.40 (3.23)
2.23 (2.79)
0.951
Interpersonal distrust
0.61 (1.50)
0.47 (1.08)
0.326
Interoceptive awareness
1.20 (2.10)
0.74 (1.44)
0.170
Maturity fears
2.16 (1.93)
2.25 (1.65)
0.850
EDI summary
21.69 (15.10)
13.43 (9.91)
<0.001
Depression score
1.81 (2.18)
0.74 (1.35)
<0.001
Self-esteem score
7.13 (3.13)
8.64 (3.20)
<0.001
Anxious
6 (11)
3 (6)
0.289
Depressive
6 (11)
1 (2)
0.031
Values are mean (SD) for scores and frequencies (%) for cases. Wilcoxon signed rank test for scores, McNemar test for cases.