Why the study?
Does Roux-en-Y gastric bypass improve health-related quality of life in patients with morbid obesity?
Population
102 patients with morbid obesity
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
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May support counseling on expected QOL trajectory after RYGB; leaves open causal confirmation and durability in randomized trials.
Does Roux-en-Y gastric bypass improve health-related quality of life in patients with morbid obesity?
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass significantly improves health-related quality of life in morbidly obese patients over 1 year, despite a transient decline at 3-6 months associated with surgical complications.
Chang et al. (2010) studied this question.