Quality of life and bariatric surgery: systematic review

Identifier:  TFG:874

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFG874

Authors:  García García, Elisabet; Giménez Benaiges, Marina

Abstract:
The obesity is a chronic, complex and multifactorial disease, it is associated with an increase of mortality. When the morbid obesity can’t be solved with a single dietetic therapy, it is the moment to think about the bariatric surgery. The Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (BPGJ) are the more usual interventions. The weight loss after the intervention is associated with a functional health improvement and an improvement of the wellbeing as it is its principal cause. The quality of life is the wellbeing over different domains: physical, mental, social, labour and emotional wellbeing. If we want to evaluate it, we will need different tests: Bariatric Analysis and Reporting Outcome System (B.A.R.O.S.), Moorehead-Ardelet Quality of Life II Questionnaire (M-A-QoLQ II) and the Short form test (SF- 36). The principal objective in this study is to evaluate the quality of life after bariatric surgery in individuals between 18 and 68 years old in terms of self esteem, pain, vitality...