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Table 5 IWQOL-Lite scores for total sample and by sex

From: Morbidity and health-related quality of life of patients accessing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a single-centre cross-sectional study in one province of Canada

 

Overall

Women

Men

p-value

Domain

n

Mean(SD)

n

Mean(SD)

n

Mean(SD)

 

Physical Function

194

41.9 (20.7)

158

42.2 (20.1)

36

40.7 (23.6)

0.705

Self Esteem**

194

30.4 (26.4)

158

27.3 (24.3)

36

44.1 (30.9)

0.004

Sexual Life*

181

51.8 (32.1)

148

49.2 (31.9)

33

63.6 (30.6)

0.019

Public Distress

193

44.1 (25.2)

157

42.5 (24.7)

36

51.5 (26.2)

0.051

Work

185

61.0 (24.7)

153

60.3 (25.3)

32

64.8 (21.6)

0.341

Total score*

193

43.2 (18.7)

157

42.0 (17.7)

36

48.7 (21.9)

0.049

  1. *p < 0.05 between men and women. **p < .01 between men and women