… Although this study successfully developed a new, brief measure of obesity-related quality
of life and subsequently validated this instrument, there are some limitations in this study. One …

… The measurement of quality of life in patients with obesity is useful to evaluate the effects of
… must rely on valid measurement instruments. We reviewed 11 obesity‐specific quality of life …

… -36 as the generic measure of choice in obesity research (Anne Wolf, NAASO meeting,
2000). The SF-36 was recommended because it is comprehensive, brief, consistent with current …

… by obesity with those associated with other disorders. For investigators who desire an
obesity-specific measure of quality of life… of a brief measure to assess quality of life in obesity. …

… obesity on the quality of life of patients seeking surgical therapy [19]. This study identified the
domains of quality of life most frequently affected by morbid obesity … to morbid obesity. The …

… This paper describes the development and validation of the Obesity Adjustment Survey (OAS),
a brief 20 item selfreport questionnaire to assess distress about extreme obesity. …

… obesity-related QoL issues.Currently, several validated disease-specific instruments are
available to measure QoL in obese … of a brief measure to assess quality of life in obesity. Obes …

… measures evaluate these impacts within the context of a specific health condition.
Several obesity-specific measures … including the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite (IWQOL-Lite) …

… (SF-36) was used to measure HRQOL (14). The SF-36 is a self-administered, 36-item,
Likert-type or forced choice measure that contains brief indices of the following domains: Physical …

… loss in morbidly obese patients, objective outcome data regarding quality of life (QoL) and
… RYGBP in 32 morbidly obese subjects on a variety of outcome measures including QoL and …