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Introduction: Obesity is a worldwide problem, and thereare several genetic, metabolic and, social factors that can in-crease the risk of suffering it, however, psychological aspectsplay an important role in the development of the disease. Itis known that bariatric surgery has been a method that im-proves the quality of life in patients with obesity and evenmore so when intervening in the area of mental health. Objective: To evaluate which are the most relevant psy-chological aspects associated with the development of obesityin patients who are candidates for bariatric surgery. Methodology: It is a study with a quantitative focus, it isa prospective transversal study with a level of descriptiveanalysis, in a group of 30 women with obesity who are can-didates for bariatric surgery. They were evaluated employinga semi-structured interview and instruments that allowedthem to identify the existence of anxiety, psychopathologicalsymptoms, somatic symptoms, and positive mental health. Results: It was identified that, on average, each womanpresents 3 pathological symptoms related to mental health asa major depressive episode, suicide risk, life-long anxiety dis-orders, and generalized anxiety, and that 28.97% of the eval-uated population presents trait anxiety. Likewise, 80% of theparticipants manifested a constant presence of somatic symp-toms added to the physiological problems that obesity brings. Discussion: The women with obesity evaluated presenttrait anxiety, that is, it is more linked to their personality, andtherefore require greater psychological and nutritional ac-companiment Conclusion. women candidates for bariatric surgery pres-ent comorbidity with anxiety, distress, depression, and suici-dal risk, so they should have psychological and multidiscipli-nary care. (AU)
