Do preoperative depressive symptoms predict quality of life after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A longitudinal prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The impact of preoperative depressive symptoms on quality of life (QOL) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to develop a benchmark for capturing the burden of depressive symptoms on QOL after LC and for supporting evidence-based clinical interventions for remediating these effects.

Methods

Patients diagnosed with depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory score > 13) after LC (n = 336) were classified into a depressive symptoms group. Propensity score matching was then used to match them with 336 patients in a non-depressive symptoms group for all potential confounding factors. All patients completed the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI) at baseline

SUBMITTER: Lee HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6116980 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature