Todd M Jenkins1, Tawny W Boyce2, C Ralph Buncher3, Meg H Zeller4, Anita P Courcoulas5, Mary Evans6, Thomas H Inge4. 1. Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7000, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA. todd.jenkins@cchmc.org. 2. University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA. 3. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. 4. Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7000, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA. 5. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 6. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study evaluates accuracy of self-reported weight in adolescent bariatric surgery patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During follow-up visits, participants self-reported weight and had weight measured. The differences between self-reported and measured weights were analyzed from 60 participants. RESULTS: Participants were 70% (n = 42) female, 72% (n = 43) white, mean age of 20.8 years and a median body mass index of 36.6 kg/m2. At an average of 3.5 years following surgery, females underestimated weight (0.5 kg, range: -18.7 to 5.6 kg), while males overestimated (1.1 kg, range: -7.8 to 15.2 kg). Most (80%, n = 48) reported within 5 kg of measured weight. The majority of adolescents who previously underwent bariatric surgery reported reasonably accurate weights, but direction of misreporting varied by gender. CONCLUSION: Self-reported weights could be utilized when measured values are unavailable without markedly biasing the interpretation of outcomes.
PURPOSE: This study evaluates accuracy of self-reported weight in adolescent bariatric surgery patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During follow-up visits, participants self-reported weight and had weight measured. The differences between self-reported and measured weights were analyzed from 60 participants. RESULTS:Participants were 70% (n = 42) female, 72% (n = 43) white, mean age of 20.8 years and a median body mass index of 36.6 kg/m2. At an average of 3.5 years following surgery, females underestimated weight (0.5 kg, range: -18.7 to 5.6 kg), while males overestimated (1.1 kg, range: -7.8 to 15.2 kg). Most (80%, n = 48) reported within 5 kg of measured weight. The majority of adolescents who previously underwent bariatric surgery reported reasonably accurate weights, but direction of misreporting varied by gender. CONCLUSION: Self-reported weights could be utilized when measured values are unavailable without markedly biasing the interpretation of outcomes.
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