| Title | Relationship between Quality of Life and Weight Loss 1 Year after Gastric Bypass. | | Author(s) | Klingemann J, Pataky Z, Iliescu I, Golay A | | Institution | Service of Therapeutic Education for Chronic Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre, Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. | | Source | Dig Surg 2009 Nov 13; 26(5):430-433. | | Abstract | Background/Aims: Improving health-related quality of life (HRQoL) along with decreasing obesity-related morbidity is one of the cornerstones of bariatric surgery. The aim of the study was to investigate how losing weight influences the HRQoL 1 year after gastric bypass and whether HRQoL prior to surgery predicts the amount of weight loss 1 year after gastric bypass.
Methods: One hundred and thirty-nine obese women [median (range): age 45 years (20-71), BMI 44 (29-88)] admitted for gastric bypass were selected prospectively and completed the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) quality of life questionnaire before and 1 year after surgery.
Results: Weight loss 1 year after gastric bypass was significant [-37 kg (9-74), p < 0.001] and led to an improvement of quality of life [NHP total score before surgery 62 (39-76) and after surgery 20 (7-65), p < 0.001].
Conclusions: HRQoL improves dramatically 1 year after gastric bypass. This HRQoL improvement is not influenced by the amount of weight loss, but rather by the BMI achieved at that time. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19923833 |
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