[Health-related quality of life before and one year after operation for morbid obesity].
BACKGROUND
Several studies have shown that morbid obese patients have poor health-related quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of bariatric surgery (biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch) on health-related quality of life for morbidly obese patients.


METHODS
48 patients (26 women and 22 men, mean age 37.4, mean BMI 51.5) completed the Short Form 36 (SF-36) before and one year after surgery. Paired t-tests were used to analyze differences in SF-36 scores before and one year after surgery.


RESULTS
Morbidly obese patients had very poor health-related quality of life (SF-36) before surgery compared with norms (p < 0.001). One year after surgery, all SF-36 dimensions had improved significantly (p < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
The morbidly obese patients in this study had very poor health-related quality of life compared to norms, but they experienced considerable improvement after bariatric surgery.
Aasprang
Anny
A
Avdeling for helsefag Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane Postboks 523 6803 Førde. anny.aasprang@hisf.no
Andersen
John Roger
JR
Sletteskog
Nils
N
Våge
Villy
V
Bergsholm
Per
P
Natvig
Gerd Karin
GK
D000328:Adult; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires