...Phillip J. Dijkhorst; Robin A. Debi; Claire E.E. de Vries; Dennis J.S. Makarawung; Aebele B. Mink van der Molen; Steve M.M. de Castro; Ruben N. van Veen Introduction: Excess skin after bariatric metabolic surgery may negatively impact quality of life (QoL). Nevertheless, not every eligible patient...

... of the present longitudinal study was to investigate whether dumping after obesity surgery is associated with pre-/postoperative eating disorder symptoms or addiction-like eating beyond the type of surgery, gender, health-realted quality of life (HRQoL) and anxiety/depressive symptoms. Methods: The study...

...Kelly G.H. van de Pas; Maartje A.P. de Krom; Bjorn Winkens; François M.H. van Dielen; Anita C.E. Vreugdenhil Introduction: Children and adolescents with overweight and obesity have an impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, it is unclear which of these children are most affected...

... educational level, and single/divorced civil status, together with lower levels of depression, binge eating, higher perceived quality of life, and motivation to change were predictors of enhanced IGB treatment outcomes. Dissatisfaction with treatment was higher in those with impaired obesity-related social...

... values and quality of life were assessed at baseline and after 15 weeks. Results: HbA 1c decreased from 7.3% at baseline to 6.5% at 15 weeks ( p < 0.001), median body weight by 11.9 kg ( p < 0.001), median BMI by 4.3 ( p < 0.001) and median waist circumference by 11.0 cm ( p < 0.001). Two...

... on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has never been studied. Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the effects of 2 cycling training modalities, i.e., ECC vs. CON, in adolescents with obesity on HRQOL and health perception (HP). Methods: A total of 24 adolescents with obesity, aged 12–16 years...

... and health burdens. Obesity has a negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with reference to physical and mental health status, social relationships, and economic factors. The aim of the present study is to investigate the association of number of comorbidities, psychological status...

... worldwide. Substantial regaining of weight or severe reflux might compromise quality of life (QOL) after SG in the long-term follow-up. Long-term data on patients’ QOL is limited, even though the persistent improvement in QOL is one of the aims of bariatric surgery. The objective of this study...

...Felix Nickel; Lukas Schmidt; Johannes Sander; Christian Tapking; Thomas Bruckner; Beat-Peter Müller-Stich; Lars Fischer Objective: Obesity surgery provides sustainable weight loss, improvement of comorbidities, and improved quality of life (QOL). There is few evidence on the patient perspective...

...Zoltan Pataky; Isabelle Carrard; Valerie Gay; Aurélien Thomas; Anne Carpentier; Elisabetta Bobbioni-Harsch; Alain Golay Objective: To evaluate the effects of weight loss on endocannabinoids, cardiometabolic and psychological parameters, eating disorders (ED) as well as quality of life (QoL...

...) with a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2 at five German university hospitals. Primary outcomes were adherence (participation rate ≥ 5/6 sessions) and quality of life (DISABKIDS-37) 6 months after randomization. Secondary outcomes included depression, self-esteem, and perceived stress scores. Results: Of 397 screened...

... and controlling for sociodemographic factors. Results: Psychological variables were assessed using validated self-report questionnaires. Self-compassion partially mediated the relationships between self-stigma and depression, somatic symptoms, and health status / quality of life, lowering the predictive effect...

...Paulo N. Vieira; António L. Palmeira; Jutta Mata; Ronette L. Kolotkin; Marlene N. Silva; Luís B. Sardinha; Pedro J. Teixeira Objective: We examined BMI-based obesity categories and risk for poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and psychological well-being (PWB). Methods: Participants were...

...Virginia A. Aparicio; Francisco B. Ortega; Ana Carbonell-Baeza; Daniel Camiletti; Jonatan R. Ruiz; Manuel Delgado-Fernández Objective: To analyze the association of weight status with anxiety, depression, quality of life and physical fitness in fibromyalgia (FM) patients. Methods: The sample...

...Sanjeev Sockalingam; Susan Wnuk; Rachel Strimas; Raed Hawa; Allan Okrainec Objective: Patients presenting for bariatric surgery have high rates of psychiatric co-morbidity and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) compared to the general population. In this study, we aimed to determine...

...Tor-Ivar Karlsen; Einar K. Tveitå; Gerd K. Natvig; Serena Tonstad; Jøran Hjelmesæth Background: The Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) is one of the most commonly applied generic quality of life instruments. The construct validity of the instrument in patients...

...Junilla K. Larsen; Hanna Zijlstra; Bert van Ramshort; Rinie Geenen Background: A low quality of life has been regarded a cue to action. Some patients with unsuccessful weight loss after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) undergo a conversion of gastric banding to gastric by-pass...

...Sylvia Weiner; Stefan Sauerland; Rudolf Weiner; M. Cyzewski; Jens Brandt; Edgar Neugebauer Background: The Bariatric Quality of Life Index (BQL) was created and validated as a nine-factor model in 2005 for the measurement of quality of life (QoL)inpatients before and after bariatric surgery. Even...

...Stefan Sauerland; Sylvia Weiner; Eva Häusler; Karin Dolezalova; Luigi Angrisani; Carlos Masdevall Noguera; Manuel García-Caballero; Marc Immenroth Background: The Moorehead-Ardelt II (MA-II) questionnaire is the most frequently applied instrument to assess quality of life (QoL )in bariatric surgery...