%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of quality of life in severely obese patients after bariatric surgery carried out in the public healthcare system
%A Khawali
%A Cristina
%A Ferraz
%A Marcos Bosi
%A Zanella
%A Maria Tereza
%A Ferreira
%A Sandra R. G.
%J Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
%R 10.1590/S0004-27302012000100006
%X objectives: to assess qol of obese patients in the brazilian public healthcare system, before and after bariatric surgery, and to determine the appropriateness of the moorehead-ardelt questionnaire ii (m-a-qolqii) compared with the short-form health survey (sf-36). subjects and methods: forty-one severe obese patients in a waiting-list, and 84 patients who underwent bariatric surgery were included. correlations were tested and reliability determined by the cronbach's coefficient. results: bmi differed between the pre- and post-surgery groups (52.3 ¡À 8.3 kg/m2 vs. 32.5 ¡À 6.4 kg/m2, p < 0.001). the latter showed better scores in the sf-36 domains than in the pre-surgery. sf-36 and m-a-qolqii categories were correlated (r = 0.53, 0.49 and 0.47, for vitality, mental health, and general health domains, p < 0.001). in the logistic regression, age, previous bmi, and loss of excess weight were associated with functional capacity. conclusions: the outcomes of bariatric surgery obtained in a brazilian public healthcare center were successful. m-a-qolii represents a useful tool to assess surgery outcomes, including qol.
%K severe obesity
%K quality of life
%K assessment
%K bariatric surgery
%K public health system.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-27302012000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en