A replicated five cluster MMPI typology of morbidly obese female candidates for gastric bypass

摘要: This study clusters empirically into subgroups the preoperative MMPI profiles of morbidly obese females seeking a gastric bypass, assesses replicability across different subject populations and tests hypotheses that cluster inclusion bears significant relationship to weight loss post-operative follow-up behavior. One hundred seventy women participated: 85 were patients at The University Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, (UTHSCSA), from Cherryhill Medical Surgical (CMSC), Albion, Michigan. A hierarchical analytic technique was applied using cosine measure average linkage within groups method. Purification two samples resulted in seven with 59 cases UTHSCSA sample six 62 CMSC sample. Five containing 94 subjects (55 percent) replicated (UTHSCSA = 44; 50). Discriminant analysis yielded four statistically functions. chi 2 test employed discern differences based on group inclusion. Demographic between geographic are discussed. year studies found personality type indexed loss, appointment frequency, duration for Antonio