ArticleAesthetic surgery journal2024
Improving the Impact of BODY-Q Scores Through Minimal Important Differences in Body Contouring Surgery: An International Prospective Cohort Study.
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- A Five-year Prospective Study on Weight Loss and Six BODY-Q Health-related Quality of Life Scales After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
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- Bariatric Surgery Before Abdominoplasty Is Associated with Increased Perioperative Anemia, Hemoglobin Loss and Drainage Fluid Volume: Analysis of 505 Body Contouring Procedures.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Measuring Outcomes Relevant to the Décolletage From the Patient Perspective: Development and Validation of the BODY-Q Décolletage Scale.Aesthetic surgery journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe BODY-Q is a widely used patient-reported outcome measure for comprehensive assessment of treatment outcomes specific to patients undergoing body contouring surgery (BCS). However, for the BODY-Q to be meaningfully interpreted and used in clinical practice, minimal important difference (MID) scores are needed. A MID is defined as the smallest change in outcome measure score that patients perceive as important.
objectivesThe aim of this study was to determine BODY-Q MID estimates for patients undergoing BCS to enhance the interpretability of the BODY-Q.
methodsData from an international, prospective cohort from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland were included. Two distribution-based methods were used to estimate MID: 0.2 standard deviations of mean baseline scores and the mean standardized response change of BODY-Q scores from baseline to 3 years postoperatively.
resultsA total of 12,554 assessments from 3237 participants (mean age 42.5 ± 9.3 years; BMI 28.9 ± 4.9 kg/m2) were included. Baseline MID scores ranged from 1 to 5 on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) scales and 3 to 6 on the appearance scales. The estimated MID scores from baseline to 3-year follow-up ranged from 4 to 5 for HRQL and from 4 to 8 on the appearance scales.
conclusionsThe BODY-Q MID estimates from before BCS to 3 years postoperatively ranged from 4 to 8 and are recommended for interpretation of patients' BODY-Q scores, evaluation of treatment effects of different BCS procedures, and calculation of sample size for future studies. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3:
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