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Quality of Life and Bariatric Surgery

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Quality of life includes mental, physical, and social well-being. Besides increased morbidity and mortality, obesity is also associated with reduced quality of life in patients with obesity, which report BMI to be associated with fatigue, chronic pain, and physical limitations, ultimately resulting in poor patient health perception and reduced quality of life (QOL). The success of a bariatric intervention does not only relate to weight loss, but is also determined by its effect on QOL, behaviors of eating disorders, food tolerance, and resolution of co-morbidities. It is expected that after bariatric surgery quality of life improves due to weight loss, better function, and resolution of co-morbidities, however, the occurrence of side effects may hinder that. In fact, the great majority of studies in the literature conclude that health related quality of life improves drastically within months after bariatric surgery with maintained effect up to 10 years post-operatively in some patients. In this chapter, we will cover the different tools that currently exist to assess QOL on patients pre and post-bariatric surgery, in the short, medium and long-term.

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El-Abd, R., Al-Sabah, S. (2021). Quality of Life and Bariatric Surgery. In: Al-Sabah, S., Aminian, A., Angrisani, L., Al Haddad, E., Kow, L. (eds) Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57373-7_39

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