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We now know that baseline distress level does not affect the degree of weight loss achieved with bariatric surgery, and that patients in the most distressed group can see a normalisation of their distress scores to levels similar to those in higher functioning groups 48. The exclusion of patients with lower function at baseline was therefore based on a misunderstanding, and we now appreciate ...
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The analysis has revealed a clear relationship indicating lower levels of QoL with weight status defined by categories of increasing BMI in individuals with BMIs in the range of 18 kg/m2 and above. This monotonic decrease in QoL, recorded in groups categorised by increasing BMI, is consistent with both the findings relating to the individual EQ-5D ...
The strengths of the YHS are its large sample size which allows for an exploration of detailed obesity categories, comprehensive examination of a wide range of variables, and the use of EQ-5D which measures HRQoL using public preferences. Most measures captured by the YHS are self-reported and may not be completely reliable; particularly those requ...
This study has demonstrated that further work is needed to establish the existence of, and direction of associations; for example, it seems plausible that not only can factors such as BMI and exercise impact on quality of life (as was assumed in this analysis), but also that variables such as exercise level and BMI are correlated with a plausible a...
- John Stephenson, Christine Smith, Ben Kearns, Annette Haywood, Paul Bissell
- 2021
Thus, it could be promising to evaluate importance weighting against alternative criterion variables (as in e.g., Marsh & Scalas, 2017; see Russell & Hubley, 2005, for a similar argument) in the same way in which global life satisfaction judgments have been evaluated, and even to compare the performance of weighted composite scores against those of global judgments.
- Julia M. Rohrer, Stefan C. Schmukle
- 10.1525/collabra.116
- 2018
- 2018
Oct 3, 2023 · Marsh and Scalas suggested that their approach to testing the IWAMs could be applicable to the QOL literature without highlighting their reliance on the within-domain perspective, and their assumption that domain-specific importance could be measured accurately given that (1) how domain importance should be weighted (e.g. Hsieh, 2003; Rohrer & Schmukle, 2018; Rojas, 2006) and (2) how domain ...
The present study evaluated subjective importance weighting using data collected with the Injection Drug User Quality of Life Scale (IDUQOL). Weighted and unweighted IDUQOL scores from 241 adults were correlated with convergent, discriminant, and criterion measures. Regression analysis was used to examine the contribution of importance ratings to scores on a global measure of life satisfaction ...
- Lara B. Russell, Anita M. Hubley, Anita Palepu, Bruno D. Zumbo
- 2006
Aug 3, 2019 · Using an individual’s perceived importance of various life domains (such as health, finances, and family life) as a weighting factor in measures of subjective well-being (SWB) is commonly known as importance weighting. Although importance weighting seems intuitively appealing, empirical evidence for importance weighting in the SWB literature has been mixed. As a result, some researchers call ...
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Jan 26, 2021 · The domain-of-life approach to subjective well-being (SWB) has been popular for decades. Recognizing the possibility that individuals may not perceive all life domains equally important, many researchers advocate for importance weighting, which is to incorporate the relative importance of life domains (i.e., domain importance) into the scoring of SWB at the individual level. However, the need ...
