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 5

Description of each of the outcome tools employed by Song et al. [12].

Outcome measure	Description
PBIA	A pictorial representation from underweight to severely obese on a 13-point scale on which the patient indicates which one they believe they were before bariatric surgery, their appearance before body contouring surgery, and their personal ideal silhouette
BISA	Divides the body into 10 areas (e.g., thighs, abdomen) with a visual analogue scale from 0, signifying extreme dissatisfaction, to 10, signifying perfect satisfaction. A possible maximum score of 100 and minimum of 0
CBIA	Assesses areas of greatest dissatisfaction. The patient is handed a blank canvass of human outlines representing the front and back views on which they circle up to three areas of distress. These areas are anatomically coded in order to detect changes in areas of distress as patients underwent body contouring
HR-QoL	A modification of the SF-36 questionnaire which is used to assess physical function, self-esteem, sexual function, physical distress, and work function
PBSQoL	A quality of life measure that was specifically designed for the postbariatric weight loss patient population. It assessed areas such as feelings of attractiveness, skin rash and infection, ease of exercise, public embarrassment about loose skin, ease of shopping, and clothing fit
Beck’s inventory	A highly sensitive and validated measure of depression symptoms used to assess mood