Journal article
Assessing Outcomes in Body Contouring
Abstract
Patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments are questionnaires designed to measure outcomes of importance to patients from their perspective. This article describes the methods used to develop a new PRO instrument for obese patients and patients having bariatric and cosmetic body contouring surgery. The BODY-Q is composed of 19 newly designed scales that measure: (1) appearance; (2) health-related quality of life; and (3) process of care. …
Authors
Klassen AF; Cano SJ; Scott A; Tsangaris E; Pusic AL
Journal
Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 645–654
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
10 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.cps.2014.06.004
ISSN
0094-1298