The Bariatric Quality of Life (BQL) index: A measure of well-being in obesity surgery patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 538-545

  Weiner, Sylvia ^a   Sauerland, Stefan ^b   Fein, Martin ^a   Blanco, Rafael ^c   Pomhoff, Ingmar ^c   Weiner, Rudolf A ^c  

^a Obesity Academy Frankfurt eV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Hospital Sachsenhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Psychology; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BARIATRICS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 18044381121     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892053723439     Document Type: Article

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