Improving the Impact of BODY-Q Scores Through Minimal Important Differences in Body Contouring Surgery: An International Prospective Cohort Study.
| Autor: | Dalaei F, Dijkhorst PJ, Möller S, Klassen AF, de Vries CEE, Poulsen L, Kaur MN, Thomsen JB, Hoogbergen M, Voineskos SH, Repo JP, Opyrchal J, Paul MA, Busch KH, Cogliandro A, Rose M, Cano SJ, Pusic AL, Sørensen JA |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Aesthetic surgery journal [Aesthet Surg J] 2024 Nov 15; Vol. 44 (12), pp. 1317-1329. |
| DOI: | 10.1093/asj/sjae162 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The BODY-Q is a widely used patient-reported outcome measure for comprehensive assessment of treatment outcomes specific to patients undergoing body contouring surgery (BCS). However, for the BODY-Q to be meaningfully interpreted and used in clinical practice, minimal important difference (MID) scores are needed. A MID is defined as the smallest change in outcome measure score that patients perceive as important. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine BODY-Q MID estimates for patients undergoing BCS to enhance the interpretability of the BODY-Q. Methods: Data from an international, prospective cohort from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland were included. Two distribution-based methods were used to estimate MID: 0.2 standard deviations of mean baseline scores and the mean standardized response change of BODY-Q scores from baseline to 3 years postoperatively. Results: A total of 12,554 assessments from 3237 participants (mean age 42.5 ± 9.3 years; BMI 28.9 ± 4.9 kg/m2) were included. Baseline MID scores ranged from 1 to 5 on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) scales and 3 to 6 on the appearance scales. The estimated MID scores from baseline to 3-year follow-up ranged from 4 to 5 for HRQL and from 4 to 8 on the appearance scales. Conclusions: The BODY-Q MID estimates from before BCS to 3 years postoperatively ranged from 4 to 8 and are recommended for interpretation of patients' BODY-Q scores, evaluation of treatment effects of different BCS procedures, and calculation of sample size for future studies. (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Aesthetic Society.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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