Quality of life in patients subjected to bariatric surgery

Autores/as

  • Lina María Sánchez-Piedrahita Universidad Surcolombiana
  • Erika Alejandra Castañeda-Avilés Universidad Surcolombiana
  • Nicolás Arturo Núñez Gómez Universidad Surcolombiana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.34.3.617.43

Palabras clave:

calidad de vida, cirugía bariátrica, psiquiatría, psicología

Resumen

Objective: To determine the perception of quality of life in patients with type I obesity and metabolic disorder and types II and III, six months after having bariatric surgery at Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo University Hospital from September 2011 to March 2015.

Method: Quasi-experimental research, clinical series and before-and-after studies. Central tendency measures, dispersion and comparison of before-and-after averages were calculated.

Results: It is apparent that patients who were treated with bariatric surgery have improved their perception of quality of life, demonstrated by an improvement in mental and physical health according to the SF 36 quality of life scale.

Conclusions: Bariatric surgery positively affects the quality of life of patients with a body mass index classified as type I obesity with metabolic disorder and types II and III in the medium term.

Biografía del autor/a

Erika Alejandra Castañeda-Avilés, Universidad Surcolombiana


Nicolás Arturo Núñez Gómez, Universidad Surcolombiana

Psicólogo
Especialista en Psicología Clínica y de la Salud
Especialista en Estadística
Magister en Filosofía
Doctor en Ciencias de la Salud
Universidad Surcolombiana
Facultad de Salud
Programa de Medicina
Area de Psiquiatría
Profesor Doctorado en Ciencias de la Salud

Publicado

2019-01-11

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Sánchez-Piedrahita, L. M., Castañeda-Avilés, E. A., & Núñez Gómez, N. A. (2019). Quality of life in patients subjected to bariatric surgery. Revista Científica Salud Uninorte, 34(3). https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.34.3.617.43

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