Pattern of Changes in Quality of Life of Obese Patients After Sleeve Gastrectomy in Sulaimani Provence -Kurdistan-Iraq, Based on 4 Years Experience in Two Bariatric Centers

Overview

Journal Ann Med Surg (Lond)

Publisher Wolters Kluwer

Specialty Medical Education

Date 2018 Jun 16

PMID 29904608

Citations 2

Authors

Hiwa Omer Ahmed

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Abstract

Background: Obesity influences all aspects of the life of obese patients physically, psychologically, socially and monetarily, it is not only a disease but rather a beginning point of a group of ailments and inabilities, which gradually impacts and changes all aspects of their life.

Objectives: The changes in the Quality of life in respect to the amount of access weight lost after sleeve gastrectomy.

Patients Materials And Methods: A prospective longitudinal study evaluating 40 female patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy within 4 years, starting from July 4th, 2012 up to July 5th, 2016.

Results: More than three-quarter of the patients were not satisfied with their body before their operation, but six to twelve months after their weight loss; (N = 36, 90%) of them were satisfied with their new body image. Half of the patients were unhappy before their operation, but twelve months later (N = 31, 77.5%) of them became much happier. Regarding satisfaction with the body image, noticeable improvement occurred since (N = 36, 90%) of them were satisfied with their new body image. While, most of them have had low self-esteem and (N 27, 67.5%) of the patients had no self-esteem at all, 12 months after the operation (N = 35, 87.5%) felt great improvement in their self-esteem (p-value = ). A significant decrease in appetite was noticed in (N = 39, 97.5%) of the patients after 12 months.

Conclusion: Significant changes in the parallel pattern to the extent of EWL were noticed in the quality of life of morbidly obese patients after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

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