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Table 1 Effects of 6 months of treatment with an intragastric balloon on the participants’ quality of life, measured with the WHOQOL-BREF (completers)

From: Impact of 6 months of treatment with intragastric balloon on body fat and quality of life in obese individuals with metabolic syndrome

 

Baseline (Week 0; n = 50)

Post-treatment (Week 24, n = 39)

p

Question 1

57.2 ± 18.5 (20.0 – 100.0)

70.0 ± 13.7 (40.0 – 100.0)

<0.01

Question 2

49.6 ± 19.0 (20 – 100)

67.8 ± 16.4 (40.0 – 100.0)

<0.01

Physical Domain

54.3 ± 17.9 (14.2 – 92.8)

67.0 ± 16.2 (25.0 – 100.0)

<0.01

Psychological Domain

55.9 ± 17.2 (12.5 – 91.6)

64.5 ± 19.9 (16.6 – 95.8)

0.03

Environmental Domain

51.0 ± 14.0 (15.6 – 78.1)

58.6 ± 15.5 (12.5 – 87.5)

<0.01

Social Domain

60.5 ± 18.1 (25.0 – 91.6)

67.9 ± 20.3 (0.0 – 100.0)

0.05

  1. Question 1 = “How would you rate your quality of life?”; Question 2 = “How satisfied are you with your health?”. Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation, except for questions 1 and 2, which are represented as median (min – max)
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