Table 3.
Aspects of QOL before LSG.
| Aspects of QOL | Scoring |
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at all | Just a little | Not so much | Much | Too much | ||
| Feeling sad | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 2 | .045 |
| Importance to lose weight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | .037 |
| Importance of regular exercise | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 5 | .060 |
| Importance to be sexually attractive or to have regular sex. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | .049 |
| Importance to have better body shape, wearing the ordinary fashion for their age | 0 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 5 | .078 |
| Ease to take any posture comfortably like putting leg on leg | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .043 |
| Shortness of breath on minimal exertion | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | .052 |
| Excessive sweating | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | .051 |
| Sleepiness | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | .056 |
| Spending good time with friends | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .042 |
| Nervousness, embracing by unimportant matters | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | .050 |
| Hearing sarcasm or teasing by others | 2 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 7 | .064 |
| Negative thoughts | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 9 | .048 |
| Controlling satiety and food intake | 35 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .035 |
| Embarrassed by prompt discussions in the family or unimportant matters | 1 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 7 | .041 |
| Any physical obstacle for obtaining the job they like, | 5 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | .065 |
| Any physical obstacle for success in their jobs | 4 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .071 |
| Any suicidal thoughts | 5 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .076 |
| Afraid from what they hear and see from mass media | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .070 |
| Becoming more apprehensive | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 25 | .070 |
| Shyness | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | |
| Body weight narrowed their social circle,introversion (Loneliness) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | .035 |
| Decreased opportunity for spending time with friends | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | .050 |
| Feeling uneasy in showing their bodies | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | .093 |
| Self conscious in achieving things | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | .065 |
Note: Before the operations most of the patients were highly motivated to loss weight, (N = 30, 75%) knew the importance of weight loss, while (N = 33, 82.5%) were nervous and embracing by unimportant matters, at same time (N = 25, 62,5%) were severely apprehensive and (N = 21, 52.5%) had little opportunity for spending time with friends.