ArticleObesity surgery2016
Sex, Race, and the Quality of Life Factors Most Important to Patients' Well-Being Among Those Seeking Bariatric Surgery.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Review: Sex-Specific Aspects in the Bariatric Treatment of Severely Obese Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Beyond the Physical: Weight Stigma and the Bariatric Patient Journey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Matched Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Cases: Formative Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Role of weight bias and patient-physician communication in the underutilization of bariatric surgery.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2021Review
- Development and Validation of New BODY-Q Scales Measuring Expectations, Eating Behavior, Distress, Symptoms, and Work Life in 4004 Adults From 4 Countries.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- Effect of bariatric surgery on employment status-a 7 years controlled nationwide registry study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Impact of Pre-operative Aerobic Exercise on Cardiometabolic Health and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Motivations of Males with Severe Obesity, Who Pursue Medical Weight Management or Bariatric Surgery.Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A · 2019Article
- Decision Regret up to 4 Years After Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence suggests obesity-related social stigma and impairment in work function may be the two most detrimental quality of life (QOL) factors to overall well-being among patients seeking weight loss surgery (WLS); whether the relative importance of QOL factors varies across patient sex and race/ethnicity is unclear.
methodsWe interviewed 574 patients seeking WLS at two centers. We measured patient's health utility (preference-based well-being measure) as determined via standard gamble scenarios assessing patients' willingness to risk death to achieve weight loss or perfect health. Multivariable models assessed associations between patients' utility and five weight-related QOL domains stratified by gender and race: social stigma, self-esteem, physical function, public distress (weight stigma), and work life.
resultsDepending on patients' sex and race/ethnicity, mean utilities ranged from 0.85 to 0.91, reflecting an average willingness to assume a 9-15 % risk of death to achieve their most desired health/weight state. After adjustment, African Americans (AAs) reported higher utility than Caucasians (+0.054, p = 0.03), but utilities did not vary significantly by sex. Among Caucasian and AA men, impairment in physical functioning was the most important factor associated with diminished utility; social stigma was also a leading factor for Caucasian men. Among Caucasian women, self-esteem and work function appeared equally important. Social stigma was the leading contributor to utility among AA women; QOL factors did not appear as important among Hispanic patients.
conclusionAAs reported higher utilities than Caucasian patients. Individual QOL domains that drive diminished well-being varied across race/ethnicity and sex.
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