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The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life
OBJECTIVE: To determine (1) whether obese older adults had higher prevalence of falls and ambulatory stumbling, impaired balance and lower health-related quality of life (HRQL) than their normal weight counterparts, and (2) whether the falls and balance measures were associated with HRQL in obese ad...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2288598/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18304350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-5918-7-4 |
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author | Fjeldstad, Cecilie Fjeldstad, Anette S Acree, Luke S Nickel, Kevin J Gardner, Andrew W |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To determine (1) whether obese older adults had higher prevalence of falls and ambulatory stumbling, impaired balance and lower health-related quality of life (HRQL) than their normal weight counterparts, and (2) whether the falls and balance measures were associated with HRQL in obese adults. METHODS: Subjects who had a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 kg/m(2 )were classified into an obese group (n = 128) while those with BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m(2 )were included into a normal weight group (n = 88). Functional tests were performed to assess balance, and questionnaires were administered to assess history of falls, ambulatory stumbling, and HRQL. RESULTS: The obese group reported a higher prevalence of falls (27% vs. 15%), and ambulatory stumbling (32% vs. 14%) than the normal weight group. Furthermore, the obese group had lower HRQL, (p ≤ 0.05) for physical function (63 ± 27 vs. 75 ± 26; mean ± SD), role-physical (59 ± 40 vs. 74 ± 37), vitality (58 ± 23 vs. 66 ± 20), bodily pain (62 ± 25 vs. 74 ± 21) and general health (64 ± 19 vs. 70 ± 18). In the obese group, a history of falls was related (p ≤ 0.05) to lower scores in 4 domains of HRQL, and ambulatory stumbling was related (p ≤ 0.01) to 7 domains. CONCLUSION: In middle-aged and older adults, obesity was associated with a higher prevalence of falls and stumbling during ambulation, as well as lower values in multiple domains of HRQL. Furthermore, a history of falls and ambulatory stumbling were related to lower measures of HRQL in obese adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-22885982008-04-05 The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life Fjeldstad, Cecilie Fjeldstad, Anette S Acree, Luke S Nickel, Kevin J Gardner, Andrew W Dyn Med Research OBJECTIVE: To determine (1) whether obese older adults had higher prevalence of falls and ambulatory stumbling, impaired balance and lower health-related quality of life (HRQL) than their normal weight counterparts, and (2) whether the falls and balance measures were associated with HRQL in obese adults. METHODS: Subjects who had a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 kg/m(2 )were classified into an obese group (n = 128) while those with BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m(2 )were included into a normal weight group (n = 88). Functional tests were performed to assess balance, and questionnaires were administered to assess history of falls, ambulatory stumbling, and HRQL. RESULTS: The obese group reported a higher prevalence of falls (27% vs. 15%), and ambulatory stumbling (32% vs. 14%) than the normal weight group. Furthermore, the obese group had lower HRQL, (p ≤ 0.05) for physical function (63 ± 27 vs. 75 ± 26; mean ± SD), role-physical (59 ± 40 vs. 74 ± 37), vitality (58 ± 23 vs. 66 ± 20), bodily pain (62 ± 25 vs. 74 ± 21) and general health (64 ± 19 vs. 70 ± 18). In the obese group, a history of falls was related (p ≤ 0.05) to lower scores in 4 domains of HRQL, and ambulatory stumbling was related (p ≤ 0.01) to 7 domains. CONCLUSION: In middle-aged and older adults, obesity was associated with a higher prevalence of falls and stumbling during ambulation, as well as lower values in multiple domains of HRQL. Furthermore, a history of falls and ambulatory stumbling were related to lower measures of HRQL in obese adults. BioMed Central 2008-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2288598/ /pubmed/18304350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-5918-7-4 Text en Copyright © 2008 Fjeldstad et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Fjeldstad, Cecilie Fjeldstad, Anette S Acree, Luke S Nickel, Kevin J Gardner, Andrew W The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life |
title | The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life |
title_full | The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life |
title_fullStr | The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life |
title_full_unstemmed | The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life |
title_short | The influence of obesity on falls and quality of life |
title_sort | influence of obesity on falls and quality of life |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2288598/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18304350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-5918-7-4 |
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