Quality of Life and Body Image in Women Underwent Thighplasty

Obesity is a chronic disease now considered a major public health concern in the global context, as it causes or exacerbates many diseases limitations in providing quality of life and higher treatment costs. The increase in the number of patients undergoing bariatric surgery and the excess skin and subcutaneous tissue adjacent to slimming collaborate in the search for growth by plastic surgery. Currently several techniques of thighplasty has been submitted but no studies were found that evaluated the characteristic clinical and emotional resulting from this procedure. This study has as a goal to evaluate the body image and quality of life in women submitted to thighplasty.

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Key information

Conditions

Obesity Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

35 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

University Federal of Sao Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil

About this study

The patients have been evaluated for two different questionnaires, the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Examination (BDDE) and Impact Weight on Quality of Life - Lite (IWQoL-Lite). The sample consists of 50 patients with the desire to undergo to the thighplasty. However 25 are from study group and 25 control group. Just the study group was undergoing plastic surgery. The questionnaires have applied by signing the consent form, after 3 and 6 months both groups. This study is a clinical trial, control, primary, longitudinal, no random, analytical, held in a single center.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

abdominoplasty previous
control of systemic disease
Adults at the age of 35 and 50 years old
had reached massive weight loss less by bariatric surgery or similar than 30 kg/m2 for a minimum of 12 months or more.
gender: female
For control group: it supposed to be on the waiting list for thighplasty
For study group:they are supposed to be scheduled for thighplasty

Exclusion criteria

illiterate
pregnant women and/or women who have been nursing for one year or less
non-controled of systemic disease

Treatment and study plan

thighplasty

Procedure

Plastic surgery of thigh

Primary outcomes

questionnaire about quality of life and body image

Time frame: during 6 months

The Questionnaires are apply three times, each 3 months, and until 6 months.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Federal University of São Paulo

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2009
Primary completion: 2012
Study completion: 2013
First posted: Oct 17, 2011
Registry last updated: May 29, 2013

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