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ArticleObesity surgery2019

Health-Related Quality of Life 5 Years After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Young (18-25 Years) Versus Older (≥ 26 Years) Adults: a Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry Study.

Helena Dreber, Anders Thorell, Signy Reynisdottir, Erik Hemmingsson

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Helena DreberObesity Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Norra Stationsgatan 93, 113 64, Stockholm, Sweden. Helenadreber@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6479-3749
Anders ThorellDepartment of Clinical Science, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyds Hospital and Department of Surgery, Ersta Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Signy ReynisdottirObesity Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Norra Stationsgatan 93, 113 64, Stockholm, Sweden.
Erik HemmingssonSwedish School of Sports and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska University Hospital · SEKarolinska Institutet · SESwedish School of Sport and Health Sciences · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo compare changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in young (18-25 years) versus older (≥ 26 years) adults up to 5 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB).

methodsData on Short Form-36 (SF-36) and obesity-related problems scale (OP) at baseline and 1, 2, and 5 years after RYGB were extracted from the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry. Within-group changes and the effect of age group on 5-year changes in SF-36 and OP were analyzed. Effects sizes (ESs) were calculated.

resultsA total of 2542 young and 12,425 older adults were included at baseline, and 138 young (20.7% of those eligible) and 1021 older (31.8%) adults were followed-up 5 years post-RYGB. At this time, average to large improvements (ES ≥ 0.5) were observed in physical functioning, physical component score and OP in young adults, and in physical functioning, role physical, general health, physical component score, and OP in older adults (all, p ≤ 0.001). Both age groups displayed negligible to weak (ES < 0.5) or no improvements in mental HRQoL (all, p < 0.55). Older adults displayed greater 5-year improvements than their young counterparts in role physical, general health, vitality, social functioning, physical component score, and obesity-related problems scale (all, p < 0.05).

conclusionsBoth young and older adults displayed improvements in OP and physical HRQoL 5 years post-RYGB compared to baseline, while mental HRQoL did not improve to the same extent. Greater HRQoL-improvements could be expected in older patients why future research on HRQoL post-RYGB should stratify data on age groups.

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Quality of LifeAdolescentAdultFollow-Up StudiesGastric BypassHumansObesityScandinavian and Nordic CountriesYoung AdultHRQoLRYGBYoung adult

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