CORRELATION BETWEEN DEPRESSION, PHYSICAL DISTRESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY

Back to Page Authors: Yu-Wen Lin, Shu-Fen Wu, Tien-Chou-Sung, Yu-Rong Hsu, Chen-Fuh Lam

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Keywords: symptom distress, depression, quality of life, laparoscopic partial gastrectomy

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Abstract: Obesity has become one of the worldwide major public health problems that significantly increases cardiovascular complications, metabolic diseases, and other chronic comorbidities. Clinical therapeutic guidelines recommend that weight reduction by 5-10% has significant beneficial effects in diabetic controls and overall physical status. Among all the available therapeutic approaches, weight-loss surgery has proven to be the most effective cure for obesity and treatment for obesity-related comorbidities. Although minimally invasive procedures are associated with less wound-related complications and improved patient recovery, the clinical investigation into the psychological, physical and well-being after laparoscopic gastrectomy in obese patients is limited. This study characterized the relationships between the patient’s body weight index (BMI) and the development of postoperative depression, physical discomfort and quality of life following laparoscopic partial gastrectomy.

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