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T1  - Validation of the Finnish version of the BODY-Q patient-reported outcome instrument among patients who underwent abdominoplasty 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/312888 
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A1  - Repo, J. P.; Homsy, P.; Uimonen, M. M.; Roine, R. P.; Jahkola, T.; Popov, P. 
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Y1  - 2019 
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AB  - Background: Massive weight loss can notably affect patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and body image. Yet, no body contouring specific instruments to assess HRQoL and body image after massive weight loss have been validated in Finnish. The BODY-Q includes 26 independently functioning scales and a single checklist that measure appearance, HRQoL, and experience of care. The aim of the present study was to translate and validate a Finnish version of the BODY-Q among patients who under... 
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KW  - Abdominoplasty; BODY-Q; Body; Contouring; Body image; Quality of life; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; CONTOURING SURGERY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CULTURAL-ADAPTATION; WEIGHT-LOSS; IMAGE; TRANSLATION; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology 
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