Perception of bearers of severe obesityregarding the body imageand quality of life after bariatric and metabolic surgery - a pilot study
International Journal of Development Research
Perception of bearers of severe obesityregarding the body imageand quality of life after bariatric and metabolic surgery - a pilot study
Received 17th March, 2019; Received in revised form 25th April, 2019; Accepted 07th May, 2019; Published online 30th June, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Rafael Rodrigues Rothbarth et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of this study was to analyze the perception of patients, with severe obesity in relation to body image and quality of life,who underwent to bariatric and metabolic surgery. This is an observational study, carried out with 12 female patients evaluating body image (BSQ) and quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) in the postoperative period (90 days). There was improvement in quality of life in the four domains scores. Regarding body image, there was an improvement at 90 days, and there was no association between the percentagesof reduction of excess body weight at 90 days after surgery with the improvement of body image perception.
