Assessing Improvement in Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction following Body Contouring Surgery in Patients with Massive Weight Loss: A Critical Review of Outcome Measures Employed

Table 15

Summary of instruments employed in each study, psychometric validity, modification by investigators, and if they were patient reported outcome measures.

Study	Questionnaire/s employed	Psychometrically validated?	Modified for study?	Patient reported?
Lazar et al. [11]	(1) Three-item subjective questionnaire	(1) No	(1) N/A	(1) Yes
	(2) Nine-item psychological status questionnaire designed by trained psychologist	(2) No	(2) N/A	(2) Yes
Song et al. [12]	(1) Pictorial body image assessment; (2) Body image and satisfaction assessment; (3) Current body image assessment; (4) Health related quality of life; (5) The postbariatric surgery quality of life survey; (6) Becks inventory	(1) No; (2) No; (3) No; (4) Yes; (5) No; (6) Yes	(1) N/A; (2) N/A; (3) N/A; (4) Yes; (5) N/A; (6) No	(1) Yes; (2) Yes; (3) Yes; (4) Yes; (5) Yes; (6) Yes
	(1) Strauss and Appelt's questionnaire (for assessing body image)	(1) Yes	(1) No	(1) Yes
Stuerz et al. [14]	(2) “Emphasis on attractiveness” subscale of the Body Perception Questionnaire by Paulus	(2) Yes	(2) Yes	(2) Yes
	(3) The life satisfaction questionnaire	(3) Yes	(3) No	(3) Yes
	(4) The hospital anxiety and depression scale	(4) Yes	(4) No	(4) Yes
	(5) Author's general questionnaire	(5) No	(5) N/A	(5) Yes
Cintra et al. [13]	Adaptive Operationalized Diagnostic Scale	Yes	No	Yes
Pecori et al. [15]	Body uneasiness test	Yes	No	Yes
Lanier [16]	2 questions devised by investigators	No	N/A	Yes
Menderes et al. [17]	Derriford appearance scale	Yes	Yes	Yes
Van Der Beek et al. [18]	The obesity psychosocial state questionnaire	Yes	No	Yes
Singh et al. [19]	SF-36	Yes	No	Yes
Coriddi et al. [20]	(1) Functional status survey; (2) Two Question Satisfaction survey	No	N/A	Yes
Klassen et al. [21]	Qualitative interview	N/A	N/A	Yes