Long-term outcomes of postgastrectomy syndrome after total laparoscopic distal gastrectomy using the augmented rectangle technique

Table 6 Main outcomes in living status and quality of life categories

		ART group, n = 94	PGSAS group, n = 909
		mean	SD	mean	SD	Cohen’s d	P value
Living status	Change in body weight (%)1	-9.3	6.4	-7.9	8.1	0.17	0.054
	Amount of food ingested per meal (%)1	6.3	1.9	7.1	2.0	0.41	< 0.001
	Necessity of additional meals	1.8	0.7	1.9	0.8	0.00	0.977
	Quality of ingestion subscale1	3.3	1.0	3.8	0.9	0.52	< 0.001
	Ability for working	1.8	0.9	1.8	0.9	0.13	0.261
Quality of life	Dissatisfaction with symptoms	1.6	0.7	1.8	0.9	0.21	0.022
	Dissatisfaction during meals	1.8	0.9	2.2	1.1	0.29	0.004
	Dissatisfaction during work	1.6	0.7	1.7	0.9	0.03	0.774
	Dissatisfaction with daily life subscale	1.7	0.6	1.9	0.8	0.21	0.016

¹Higher scores indicate a better condition. In items or subscale without ¹, higher scores indicate a worse condition. ART: Augmented rectangle technique; PGSAS: Postgastrectomy Syndrome Assessment Scale; SD: Standard deviation.