quality of life after sleeve gastrectomy

Background: sleeve gastrectomy (sg) is a popular and effective surgical procedure for metabolic and bariatric surgery (mbs) worldwide. as mbs gains popularity across different social classes, evaluating quality of life (qol) post-surgery in various regions is crucial. social and economic factors significantly influence qol and can help surgeons identify the best candidates for mbs.methods: this pre-post study was conducted on 57 patients between 18 and 60 years old with a body mass index (bmi) over 40 kg/m2 or over 35 kg/m2 with at least one obesity-related comorbidity who were candidates for sg. qol was measured using the whoqol-bref questionnaire. the questionnaire contains 26 items, grouped into 4 domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environmental health; it also contains qol and general health items. each item of the whoqol-bref is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale. the scores are then transformed linearly to a 0–100 scale. ibm spss version 20 was utilized for the analysisresults: a total of 57 patients underwent sg, with 40 females and 17 males. the patients had a mean age of 37.6±9.58 years and a mean bmi of 42.8±5.20 kg/m². the results showed that the scores of all domains of the whoqol-bref questionnaire before and 6 months after sg have a statistically significant difference (p<0.05).conclusion: the qol improves after sleeve gastrectomy.