Publications

Selected Publications on the IWQOL-Lite 

Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD, Kosloski KD, Williams GR. Development of a brief measure to assess quality of life in obesity. Obesity Research. 2001;9:102-111. 

Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD. Psychometric evaluation of the Impact Of Weight On Quality Of Life-Lite Questionnaire (IWQOL-Lite) in a community sample. Quality of Life Research. 2002;11:157-171.  

Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD, Williams GR. Assessing weight-related quality of life in obese persons with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2003;61:125-32.  

Kolotkin R, Crosby R, Corey-Lisle P, Li H, Swanson J. Performance of a weight-related measure of quality of life in a psychiatric sample. Quality of Life Research 2006; 15: 587-596. 

Engel SG, Crosby RD, Kolotkin RL, Hartley GG, Williams GR, Wonderlich SA, Mitchell JE. The Impact of Weight Loss and Regain on Obesity-Specific Quality of Life: Mirror Image or Differential Effect. Obesity Research. 2003;11:1207-1213. 

Kolotkin, RL, Corey-Lisle, PK, Crosby, RD, Swanson, JM, Tuomari, V, L’Italien, G, Mitchell, JE. Impact of obesity on health-related quality of life in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Obesity, in press. 

Lustig RH, Greenway F, Velasquez-Mieyer P, et al. A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding trial of a long-acting formulation of octreotide in promoting weight loss in obese adults with insulin hypersecretion. International Journal of Obesity (London) 2006;30:331-341. 

Di Francesco V, Sacco T, Zamboni M, et al. Weight Loss and Quality of Life Improvement in Obese Subjects Treated with Sibutramine: A Double-Blind Randomized Multicenter Study. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2007; 51:75-81. 

Crosby RD, Kolotkin RL, Williams GR. An integrated method to determine meaningful changes in health-related quality of life. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2004;57:1153-60. 

Kolotkin, RL, Corey-Lisle, PK, Crosby, RD, Kan, HJ, McQuade, R. Changes in weight and weight-related quality of life in a multicentre, randomized trial of aripiprazole versus standard of care. European Psychiatry, in press. 

Kolotkin R L, Binks M, Crosby R D, Ostbye T, Gress R E, Adams T D. Obesity and sexual quality of life. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2006; 14: 472-479. 

Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD, Williams GR. Health-related quality of life varies among obese subgroups. Obesity Research. 2002;10:748-756. 

Kolotkin, R.L., Westman, E.C., Østbye, T., Crosby, R.D., Binks, M., Eisenson, H.E. Weight-related Quality of Life in Obese Persons With and Without Binge Eating Disorder. Obesity Research. 2004;12:999-1005. 

White, M.A., O'Neil, P. M, Kolotkin, R.L, Byrne, T.K. Gender, Race, and Obesity-Related Quality of Life at Extreme Levels of Obesity. Obesity Research. 2004;12:949-955. 

Boan J, Kolotkin RL, Westman EC, McMahon RL, Grant JP. Binge Eating, Quality of Life and Physical Activity Improve After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) for Morbid Obesity. Obesity Surgery. 2004;14:341-348. 

Dymek MP, Le Grange D, Neven K, Alverdy J. Quality of life after gastric bypass surgery: a cross-sectional study. Obesity Research. 2002;10:1135-42.

Deviere J, Ojeda Valdes G, Cuevas Herrera L, Closset J, Le Moine O, Eisendrath P, Moreno C, Dugardeyn S, Barea M, de la Torre R, Edmundowicz S, Scott S. Safety, feasibility and weight loss after transoral gastroplasty: First human multicenter study. Surgical Endoscopy 2008; 22, 589-598.