Table 5.
Aspects of QOL six months after LSG.
| Aspects of QOL | Scoring |
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at all | Just a little | Not so much | Much | Too much | ||
| Feeling happy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 30 | .034 |
| Satisfied with their new body image | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | |
| Improved self esteem | 1 | 2 | 5 | 32 | ||
| Feeling sexually attractive | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 33 | |
| Better or regular sex | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 28 | |
| Spending more time with friends | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 26 | |
| Nervousness, embracing by unimportant matters | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hearing sarcasm or teasing by others | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Negative thoughts | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Decreased appetite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | |
| Ease to take any posture comfortably such as crossing their legs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | |
Note: Number of patients with decreased appetite (N = 37, 92.5%) remain the same after 3 months, while most have improved in other important aspects of life i.e; (N = 30, 75%) feeling happy, (N = 32, 80%) satisfied with their new body image, (N = 32, 80%) had improved self esteem, (N = 33, 82.5%) were feeling sexually attractive and (N = 28, 70%) had better or regular sex.