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Minimal important difference in weight loss following bariatric surgery: Enhancing BODY‐Q interpretability

Abstract

BODY-Q is a patient-reported outcome measure for comprehensive assessment of outcomes specific to patients undergoing bariatric surgery. The clinical utility of BODY-Q is hampered by the lack of guidance on score interpretation. This study aimed to determine minimal important difference (MID) for assessment of BODY-Q. Prospective BODY-Q data from Denmark and the Netherlands pre- and post-bariatric surgery were collected. Two distribution-based …

Authors

Dalaei F; Dijkhorst PJ; Möller S; de Vries CEE; Poulsen L; Voineskos SH; Kaur MN; Thomsen JB; van Veen RN; Juhl CB

Journal

Clinical Obesity, Vol. 14, No. 5,

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

10 2024

DOI

10.1111/cob.12675

ISSN

1758-8103