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- Title
Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life After Bariatric Surgery.
- Authors
Khandalavala, Birgit; Geske, Jenenne; Nirmalraj, Maya; Koran-Scholl, Jessica; Neumann-Potash, Linda; McBride, Corrigan
- Abstract
Background: Bariatric surgery is typically associated with improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, recent reports are conflicting, and the aim of this study was to determine factors that would be predictive for long-term outcomes after bariatric procedures. Methods: One thousand five hundred and seventy-three patients at one Midwestern academic medical center who underwent any type of bariatric surgery were sent the SF-36 survey. Three hundred and fifty completed surveys collected over a 3-month period were returned. Multivariate analysis was conducted. Results: The physical and mental component scores were significantly lower than the norm population mean. Age at time of surgery, pre-surgical body mass index (BMI) and duration since surgery were negatively related to HRQoL. Conclusions: Improvements in HRQoL following bariatric surgery do not appear to be sustained over the long term. Older patients and those with high pre-surgical obesity do not appear to have the same benefits in HRQoL over time.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; BARIATRIC surgery; GASTRECTOMY; OLDER patients; PREOPERATIVE period
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2015, Vol 25, Issue 12, p2302
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-015-1684-9