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| Title |
The Alberta population-based prospective evaluation of the quality of life outcomes and economic impact of bariatric surgery (APPLES) study: background, design and rationale
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, October 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-10-284 |
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| Authors |
Raj S Padwal, Sumit R Majumdar, Scott Klarenbach, Dan W Birch, Shahzeer Karmali, Linda McCargar, Konrad Fassbender, Arya M Sharma |
| Abstract |
Extreme obesity affects nearly 8% of Canadians, and is debilitating, costly and ultimately lethal. Bariatric surgery is currently the most effective treatment available; is associated with reductions in morbidity/mortality, improvements in quality of life; and appears cost-effective. However, current demand for surgery in Canada outstrips capacity by at least 1000-fold, causing exponential increases in already protracted, multi-year wait-times. The objectives and hypotheses of this study were as follows: 1. To serially assess the clinical, economic and humanistic outcomes in patients wait-listed for bariatric care over a 2-year period. We hypothesize deterioration in these outcomes over time; 2. To determine the clinical effectiveness and changes in quality of life associated with modern bariatric procedures compared with medically treated and wait-listed controls over 2 years. We hypothesize that surgery will markedly reduce weight, decrease the need for unplanned medical care, and increase quality of life; 3. To conduct a 3-year (1 year retrospective and 2 year prospective) economic assessment of bariatric surgery compared to medical and wait-listed controls from the societal, public payor, and health-care payor perspectives. We hypothesize that lower indirect, out of pocket and productivity costs will offset increased direct health-care costs resulting in lower total costs for bariatric surgery. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 118 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 113 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Researcher | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 31 | 26% |
| Unknown | 23 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 34% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 9% |
| Psychology | 10 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 34 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 October 2010.
All research outputs
#6,262,530
of 25,368,786 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#2,755
of 8,642 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#30,286
of 108,193 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#6
of 20 outputs
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