Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on quality of life after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

May 28, 2017The surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland

How Obstructive Sleep Apnea Affects Quality of Life After Minimally Invasive Gastric Bypass Surgery

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Abstract

A total of 276 patients underwent laparoscopic Roux-and-Y gastric bypass, with 53.3% diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

  • Quality of life (QoL) scores improved significantly from 51.2 to 89.7, 15 months post-surgery.
  • All subscale scores related to QoL showed improvement after the surgery (p < 0.01).
  • Patients with OSA had lower scores in the Public Distress and Work subscales compared to non-OSA patients.
  • Public Distress scores were 90.4 for OSA patients versus 95.7 for non-OSA patients (p = 0.003).
  • Work subscale scores were 92.9 for OSA patients compared to 96.1 for non-OSA patients (p = 0.031).
  • Postoperative QoL scores were negatively correlated with the severity of OSA (p < 0.01).

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