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In 329 women with lipedema, lower quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) was independently predicted by higher depression (PHQ-9 β=-0.36), higher appearance-related distress (DAS-24 β=-0.29), lower mobility (β=0.27) and higher symptom severity, with the final regression model explaining 73% of QoL variance and mean PHQ-9 of 11.87 indicating minor depression.

Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31

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Evidence over time

Evidence (1)

• Depression and appearance-related distress in functioning with lipedema — Dudek et al. (2018) — supporting · cross sectional · 2018
  Cross-sectional online survey with validated psychometric instruments and hierarchical regression directly quantifies how depression, appearance distress and physical factors predict quality of life in lipedema patients, with adjusted (mult

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• How does lipedema affect quality of life, depression, and anxiety in affected patients? supporting

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• 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000020

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