Improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life and Pain: A Cohort Study in Obese Patients After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

The principal aim of the study was to investigate the effect of the sleeve gastrectomy (SG) in the quality of life (QoL) and pain in a population of morbidly obese patients.

METHODS:

Seventy-two SG patients were assessed in this descriptive observational study, before the surgery and 6 months after that. We evaluated health-related QoL (Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index [GIQLI]) and pain (spontaneous low back pain by Numerical Point Rate Scale [NPRS] and pressure pain thresholds [PPTs]).

RESULTS:

The results of the analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed significant improvements in nearly all of the subscales of GIQLI questionnaire after 6 months: gastrointestinal symptoms (P = .01), physical well-being (P < .001), social well-being (P = .03), and total GIQLI score (P < .001), but not for the emotional condition (P = .20). Patients also had improvements in spontaneous low back pain (P = .002), but not in the PPTs in all the body areas explored, including the cervical area, low back, and hands (P > .05).

CONCLUSION:

Patients receiving SG improved their health-related QoL and low back pain 6 months after the intervention, but this improvement was not so important for pressure pain thresholds in different body areas.

• Authors: Tania Gallart-Aragón, Carolina Fernández-Lao, Noelia Galiano-Castillo, Irene Cantarero-Villanueva, Mario Lozano-Lozano, Manuel Arroyo-Morales
• Journal: Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A (J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A) Vol. 28 Issue 1 Pg. 53-57 (Jan 2018) ISSN: 1557-9034 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 28850292 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Observational Study)

Topics

• Adult
• Cohort Studies
• Emotions
• Female
• Gastrectomy (methods)
• Health Status
• Humans
• Laparoscopy (methods)
• Low Back Pain (etiology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Obesity, Morbid (complications, physiopathology, psychology, surgery)
• Pain Threshold
• Pressure
• Quality of Life
• Surveys and Questionnaires