Clinical Study

Abdominoplasty Improves Quality of Life, Psychological Distress, and Eating Disorder Symptoms: A Prospective Study

Table 1

Values for the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and Raitasalo’s modification of the Beck Depression Inventory (RBDI) for women having nonpostbariatric (aesthetic) abdominoplasty ( = 53).

Baseline scoreFollow-up score value

Drive for thinness4.81 (5.16)2.96 (3.84)<0.001
Bulimia0.73 (1.61) 0.25 (0.81)0.016
Body dissatisfaction9.08 (4.83)4.26 (2.95)<0.001
Ineffectiveness0.70 (1.59)0.28 (0.74)0.048
Perfectionism2.40 (3.23)2.23 (2.79)0.951
Interpersonal distrust0.61 (1.50)0.47 (1.08)0.326
Interoceptive awareness1.20 (2.10)0.74 (1.44)0.170
Maturity fears2.16 (1.93)2.25 (1.65)0.850
EDI summary21.69 (15.10) 13.43 (9.91)<0.001

Depression score1.81 (2.18)0.74 (1.35)<0.001
Self-esteem score7.13 (3.13)8.64 (3.20)<0.001

Anxious6 (11)3 (6)0.289
Depressive6 (11)1 (2)0.031

Values are mean (SD) for scores and frequencies (%) for cases. Wilcoxon signed rank test for scores, McNemar test for cases.