Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 10 1 2020 01 01 The comparison of morbid obesity quality of life and body image between surgery and other treatments: A case–control study 1 7 28788 EN . Negar Yazdani Departments of Community Health Nursing, Neonatal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz . Nasrin Elahi Department of Nursing, Nursing Care Research Center In Chronic Diseases, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz . Farkhondeh Sharif Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences . Seyed Vahid Hosseini Department of Surgery, Colorectal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz . Abbas Ebadi Department of Nursing, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Life Style Institute, Nursing Faculty, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2023 02 27 BACKGROUND: Morbid obesity is rising around the world. Surgery is a selective treatment<br />intervention for it. Since most of the surgeons use weight loss for evaluating of the morbid obesity<br />surgical outcomes and paying attention to the the quality of life (QOL) and body image evaluation<br />are rare, this study aimed to assess the QOL and body image in pre‑ and postsurgery with other<br />interventions.<br />MATERIALS AND METHODS: This case–control study was done on 200 morbidly obese<br />patients (n = 100 in each group) who referred to the obesity clinic in Shiraz. The data were collected<br />by Body Image Concern Inventory and 12‑item Short Form Survey. The data were analyzed by<br />t‑test, Pearson correlation coefficient test, analysis of variance, and regression analysis. P = 0.05<br />was considered as significant.<br />RESULTS: The paired t‑test showed a significant difference in mean scores of body image (P < 0.001)<br />and all dimensions of the QOL (P < 0.001) in the case and control groups. In the case group, there<br />was a significant difference between the mean scores of the QOL and the different categories of<br />body mass index (BMI) in postsurgery (P < 0.05) and the different mean scores of body image and<br />the different categories of BMI in pre- and postsurgery wasn’t significant (P > 0.05). Age was a<br />predictor variable for the QOL of morbidly obese persons after surgery (P < 0.001). After surgery,<br />men showed better QOL than women (P < 0.001).<br />CONCLUSION: Final results indicated that body image and QOL defects caused by obesity could be<br />more improvement after surgery. This study can promote health‑care team’s knowledge about holistic<br />supporting of all dimensions’ QOL of obese individuals. It is suggested that supporting interventions<br />should be done as effective methods of maintenance for effects of weight loss methods such as surgery.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_28788_33a7dc86f60ef6b8228c9df8a7e68d30.pdf