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July 19, 2010British journal of surgeryOpen Access

Prospective study of health-related quality of life after Roux-en-Y bypass surgery for morbid obesity

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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

CCC-Y ChangCHC.C. HuangYCY.L. Chang

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Overview

May support counseling on expected QOL trajectory after RYGB; leaves open causal confirmation and durability in randomized trials.

Structured PICO

Does Roux-en-Y gastric bypass improve health-related quality of life in patients with morbid obesity?

P
Population
102 patients with morbid obesity
I
Intervention
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery
O
Outcome
Health-related quality of life (QOL) measured by WHOQOL-BREF at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after surgerypatient reported

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.

Cite This Study

Chang et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cc373263fc0f117fabb4fhttps://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.7179
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