title: [Health-related quality of life before and one year after operation for morbid obesity].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Avdeling for helsefag Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane Postboks 523 6803 Førde. anny.aasprang@hisf.no
authors.forename: Anny
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aasprang
authors.forename: John Roger
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sletteskog
authors.forename: Villy
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Våge
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bergsholm
authors.forename: Gerd Karin
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Natvig
mesh_terms: 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