Determinants of quality of life and emotional well-being in a prospective bariatric cohort of 1501 multi-ethnic Asian patients
Asim Shabbir,
Wei Yu Chua,
Daryl Chia
et al.
Abstract:Objective:The relationship between ethnicity, obesity and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) outcomes in a multi-ethnic population remain poorly understood. We aim to investigate the relationship between ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities, as well as determinants of quality of life (QoL) in Southeast Asian patients with obesity. We aim to develop and validate a simple objective score to identify bariatric patients at high risk for major depression.
Methods:Associations between ethnicity, c… Show more
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