Differences in skin color have socioeconomic and health implications; however, gaps persist in understanding health-related quality of life (HRQoL) perception.<\/p>\n
To examine whether skin color differences influence HRQoL in obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.<\/p>\n
Cross-sectional study with participants of both genders, aged 18 to 60, and three to six months postoperatively. Data were collected from October 2018 to July 2019 at a bariatric clinic in Salvador, Bahia. Skin color, Moorehead-Ardelt II Quality of Life Questionnaire (MAQOL-II) scores, anthropometric measurements, socioeconomic status, physical activity, and body image perceptions were recorded.<\/p>\n
Of 196 patients, 67.35% were Black. \u201cSelf-esteem\u201d in MAQOL-II demonstrated the most significant post-surgical improvement, with 62.8% reporting \u201cmuch better\u201d outcomes. Adjusted residuals associated \u201cmuch better\u201d and \u201cunchanged\u201d responses with skin color. The overall MAQOL-II score indicated lower HRQoL scores (M=1.65; standard deviation - SD=0.98) for individuals with black skin compared to those with white skin. Analyzing questionnaire responses, both racial groups exhibited equal percentages (45.3%) reporting \u201cmuch better\u201d and \u201cbetter\u201d post-surgery progress. However, no statistically significant differences in HRQoL were observed when comparing skin color.<\/p>\n
Skin color appears not to significantly impact the HRQoL of obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BACKGROUND: Differences in skin color have socioeconomic and health implications; however, gaps persist in understanding health-related quality of life (HRQoL) perception. AIMS: To examine whether skin color differences influence HRQoL in obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with participants of both genders, aged 18 to 60, and three to six months […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[122,1436,36],"class_list":["post-6050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-article","tag-bariatric-surgery","tag-ethnicity","tag-quality-of-life"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Giovani","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6053,"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6050\/revisions\/6053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistaabcd.org.br\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}