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ArticleBMC obesity2017

Morbidity and health-related quality of life of patients accessing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a single-centre cross-sectional study in one province of Canada.

Laurie K Twells, Shannon Driscoll, Deborah M Gregory, Kendra Lester, John M Fardy, Dave Pace

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Article in BMC obesity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The prototype of a preference-based index of weight-related quality of life: demonstrating the possibilities.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Laurie K TwellsFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Medical Education Building, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6 Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1447-9203
Shannon DriscollFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Medical Education Building, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6 Canada.
Deborah M GregoryFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Medical Education Building, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6 Canada.
Kendra LesterFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Medical Education Building, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6 Canada.
John M FardyFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Medical Education Building, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6 Canada.
Dave PaceFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Medical Education Building, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6 Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn Canada, severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m

methodsHealth status and HRQoL were examined in patients (

resultsMean age and BMI were 44 and 49 kg/m

conclusionsBefore LSG, patients reported significant morbidity and impaired HRQoL. Although baseline characteristics were similar between men and women, gender specific differences were observed in comorbid profile and HRQoL.

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Health-related quality of lifeHRQoLLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomySevere obesity

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PMID29238600
PMCPMC5725939

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