Health-related quality of life in patients seeking gastric bypass surgery vs non-treatment-seeking controls

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-377

  Kolotkin, Ronette L ^a   Crosby, Ross D ^b,c   Pendleton, Robert ^d   Strong, Michael ^d   Gress, Richard E ^d   Adams, Ted ^d  

^a Obesity and Quality of Life Consulting   (United States)

^b NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass surgery; Health related quality of life (HRQOL); IWQOL Lite; Morbid obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPACT OF WEIGHT ON QUALITY OF LIFE LITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0038118404     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203765887688     Document Type: Article

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