The S.Q.O.T. initiative was established to Standardize Quality of life measures in Obesity Treatment.

 

Our non-profit organization is the result of an international collaboration of people living with obesity and healthcare professionals working in the field of obesity. We aim to achieve a global consensus on the key components of Quality of Life in the treatment of obesity and the preferred Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) to capture this information.

 

To achieve this goal, we organized three international interdisciplinary consensus meetings on PROMs in obesity treatment, bringing together people living with obesity and healthcare providers. These efforts resulted in the creation of two standardized sets of PROMs:

1. A core set to measure quality of life in research.

2. A core set to measure quality of life in clinical practice.

 

The fourth S.Q.O.T. consensus meeting was held online to establish the purpose of PROMs in obesity clinical quality registries. ​

 

Building directly on these outcomes, the next meeting will focus on developing a core set to measure quality of life in obesity registries. This meeting will be held in May 2027.

 

More information about the meeting and registration details can be found under the MEETINGS tab.