An Exploratory Study of Long-Term Publicly Waitlisted Bariatric Surgery Patients’ Quality of Life Before and 1 Year After Bariatric Surgery, and Considerations for Healthcare Planners Campbell, JA, Hensher, Martin, Neil, A, Venn, A, Wilkinson, S and Palmer, AJ 2018, An Exploratory Study of Long-Term Publicly Waitlisted Bariatric Surgery Patients’ Quality of Life Before and 1 Year After Bariatric Surgery, and Considerations for Healthcare Planners, PharmacoEconomics - Open, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 63-76, doi: 10.1007/s41669-017-0038-z. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads hensher-anexploratorystudyof-2018.pdf Published version application/pdf 613.92KB 15 Title An Exploratory Study of Long-Term Publicly Waitlisted Bariatric Surgery Patients’ Quality of Life Before and 1 Year After Bariatric Surgery, and Considerations for Healthcare Planners Author(s) Campbell, JA Hensher, Martin orcid.org/0000-0001-6444-6827 Neil, A Venn, A Wilkinson, S Palmer, AJ Journal name PharmacoEconomics - Open Volume number 2 Issue number 1 Start page 63 End page 76 Total pages 14 Publisher Springer Place of publication Berlin, Germany Publication date 2018-03 ISSN 2509-4262 2509-4254 Summary Background: Long-term publicly waitlisted bariatric surgery patients typically experience debilitating physical/psychosocial obesity-related comorbidities that profoundly affect their quality of life. Objectives: We sought to measure quality-of-life impacts in a study population of severely obese patients who had multiyear waitlist times and then underwent bariatric surgery. Methods: Participants were recruited opportunistically following a government-funded initiative to provide bariatric surgery to morbidly obese long-term waitlisted patients. Participants self-completed the EQ-5D-5L and AQoL-8D questionnaires pre- and postoperatively. Utility valuations (utilities) and individual/super dimension scores (AQoL-8D only) were generated. Results: Participants’ (n = 23) waitlisted time was mean [standard deviation (SD)] 6.5 (2) years, body mass index reduced from 49.3 (9.35) kg/m2 preoperatively to 40.8 (7.01) 1 year postoperatively (p = 0.02). One year utilities revealed clinical improvements (both instruments). AQoL-8D improved significantly from baseline to 1 year, with the change twice that of the EQ-5D-5L [EQ-5D-5L: mean (SD) 0.70 (0.25) to 0.78 (0.25); AQoL-8D: 0.51 (0.24) to 0.67 (0.23), p = 0.04], despite the AQoL-8D’s narrower algorithmic range. EQ-5D-5L utility plateaued from 3 months to 1 year. AQoL-8D 1-year utility improvements were driven by Happiness/Coping/Self-worth (p < 0.05), and the Psychosocial super dimension score almost doubled at 1 year (p < 0.05). AQoL-8D revealed a wider dispersion of individual utilities. Conclusions: Ongoing improvements in psychosocial parameters from 3 months to 1 year post-surgery accounted for improvements in overall utilities measured by the AQoL-8D that were not detected by EQ-5D-5L. Selection of a sensitive instrument is important to adequately assess changes in quality of life and to accurately reflect changes in quality-adjusted life-years for cost-utility analyses and resource allocation in a public healthcare resource-constrained environment. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s41669-017-0038-z Indigenous content off HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2017, The Author(s) Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30135691 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health PVC's Office - Health Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 19 Mar 2020, 14:18:03 EST Thu, 19 Mar 2020, 14:18:37 EST Fri, 20 Mar 2020, 04:01:34 EST Fri, 20 Mar 2020, 07:00:45 EST Sat, 16 Jan 2021, 05:04:47 EST Fri, 29 Jan 2021, 13:20:14 EST Fri, 29 Jan 2021, 13:21:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 23 Abstract Views, 15 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 19 Mar 2020, 14:18:37 EST

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