The average impact of bariatric surgery on quality of life corresponded to an effect size of 0.88 ( 95 % CI : 0.80 - 0.96 ) , indicating that bariatric surgery has a significant positive influence on quality of life in general .
The impact varied considerably across studies with bariatric surgery showing a significantly greater positive influence on physical quality of life compared to mental quality of life .
Bariatric surgery is effective in improving quality of life , especially when looking at physical well-being .
Greater focus on the psychological well-being of the person undergoing surgery for obesity may lead to a better post-surgery prognosis for more people
This study aims to review the obesity literature in order to assess the impact of bariatric surgery on quality of life and the between- study variation by examining the st and ardized mean magnitude of effect in change in the levels of quality of life .
US general population norms for telephone administration of the SF-36v2.
OBJECTIVE US general population norms for mail administration of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Version 2 ( SF-36v2 ) were established in 1998 . This article reports SF-36v2 telephone-administered norms collected in 2005 - 2006 for adults aged 35 - 89 years . STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING The SF-36v2  was administered to 3,844 adults in the National Health Measurement Study ( NHMS ) , a r and om-digit dial telephone survey . Scale scores and physical and mental component summary ( PCS and MCS ) scores were computed . RESULTS When compared with 1998 norms ( mean=50.00 , st and ard deviation [SD]=10.00 ) , SF-36v2 scores for the 2005 - 2006 general population tended to be higher : physical functioning ( mean=50.68 , SD=14.48 ) ; role limitations due to physical health problems ( mean=49.47 , SD=14.71 ) ; bodily pain ( mean=50.66 , SD=16.28 ) ; general health perceptions ( mean=50.10 , SD=16.87 ) ; vitality ( mean=53.71 , SD=15.35 ) ; social functioning ( mean=51.37 , SD=13.93 ) ; role limitations due to emotional problems ( mean=51.44 , SD=13.93 ) ; mental health ( mean=54.27 , SD=13.28 ) ; PCS ( mean=49.22 , SD=15.13 ) ; MCS ( mean=53.78 , SD=13.14 ) . PCS and MCS factor scoring coefficients were similar to those previously reported for the 1998 norms . SF-36v2 norms for telephone administration were created . CONCLUSION The higher scores for NHMS data are likely due to the effect of telephone administration . The 2005 - 2006 norms can be used as a reference to interpret scale and component summary scores for telephone-administered surveys with the SF-36v2
The average impact of bariatric surgery on quality of life corresponded to an effect size of 0.88 ( 95 % CI : 0.80 - 0.96 ) , indicating that bariatric surgery has a significant positive influence on quality of life in general .
The impact varied considerably across studies with bariatric surgery showing a significantly greater positive influence on physical quality of life compared to mental quality of life .
Bariatric surgery is effective in improving quality of life , especially when looking at physical well-being .
Greater focus on the psychological well-being of the person undergoing surgery for obesity may lead to a better post-surgery prognosis for more people
This study aims to review the obesity literature in order to assess the impact of bariatric surgery on quality of life and the between- study variation by examining the st and ardized mean magnitude of effect in change in the levels of quality of life .