Department of Physical Therapy Faculty Articles
Influence of Activity on Quality of Life Scores After RYGBP.
Publication Title
Obesity Surgery
ISSN
1708-0428
Publication Date
8-2011
Keywords
Body Mass Index, Feeding Behavior, Gastric Bypass, Motor Activity, Quality of Life, Treatment Outcome, Weight Loss
Abstract
Gastric bypass is one of the medically acceptable interventions for weight loss for the obese. Quality of life greatly improves after surgery. Most improvements in quality of life (QOL) after these surgeries are attributed to the weight loss. Few studies have demonstrated any contribution of other variables to positive outcomes in QOL. The purpose of this study was to suggest variables that improve QOL in this post-surgical population. The Arizona Activity Frequency Questionnaire, the Arizona Food Frequency Questionnaire, and the SF-36 survey were sent to all of the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure (RYGBP) patients who had surgery 1-5 years prior to the study and performed through the same bariatric surgery center (n = 805; respondents = 265; 33%). Analysis was performed through ANOVA testing to determine relationships between selected behaviors and the SF-36 of the respondents. Comparisons of differences in SF-36 scores were analyzed using the variables of hours of activity/day (HOAD) and energy in activity/day (EEAD). Patients with more EEAD and HOAD demonstrated significantly better SF-36 scores in both mental component and physical component scores (p = 0.05) when compared to those with less EEAD or HOAD. Outcomes measured by the SF-36 tool were improved after RYGBP, if the patient expended more energy/day or was active more hours/day. The post-bariatric surgery populations will have improved QOL if the patients expend more energy and are active more hours as demonstrated in activity/day after their surgery.
DOI
10.1007/s11695-010-0184-1
Volume
21
Issue
8
First Page
1296
Last Page
1304
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
NSUWorks Citation
Forbush, Steven W.; Nof, Leah; Echternach, John; and Hill, Cheryl J., "Influence of Activity on Quality of Life Scores After RYGBP." (2011). Department of Physical Therapy Faculty Articles. 78.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_pt_facarticles/78
