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Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: The correlates of quality of life (QOL), as measured by the OSQOL questionnaire were investigated in a convenience sample of overweight patients recruited in pharmacies. METHODS: A convenience sample of patients with a Body Mass Index ≥ 28 kg/m(2 )were recruited in community-based pharma...

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Autores principales: Laforest, Laurent, Van Ganse, Eric, Ritleng, Cécile, Desamericq, Gaelle, Letrilliart, Laurent, Moreau, Alain, Rosen, Sarah, Mechin, Hubert, Chamba, Genevieve
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2753354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19754928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-337
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author Laforest, Laurent
Van Ganse, Eric
Ritleng, Cécile
Desamericq, Gaelle
Letrilliart, Laurent
Moreau, Alain
Rosen, Sarah
Mechin, Hubert
Chamba, Genevieve
author_facet Laforest, Laurent
Van Ganse, Eric
Ritleng, Cécile
Desamericq, Gaelle
Letrilliart, Laurent
Moreau, Alain
Rosen, Sarah
Mechin, Hubert
Chamba, Genevieve
author_sort Laforest, Laurent
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description BACKGROUND: The correlates of quality of life (QOL), as measured by the OSQOL questionnaire were investigated in a convenience sample of overweight patients recruited in pharmacies. METHODS: A convenience sample of patients with a Body Mass Index ≥ 28 kg/m(2 )were recruited in community-based pharmacies. Baseline characteristics and QOL dimensions (1-Physical state, 2-Vitality-desire to do things, 3-Relations with others, 4-Psychological state) were reported in self-completed questionnaires from which the risk of obtaining a low QOL was assessed for each dimension. RESULTS: QOL was inadequate for all dimensions in the 494 patients included in the study (median age = 61, 48% women, 21% professional persons/top executives). Older pre-obese and obese patients were more likely to report impaired physical functioning (OR = 2.02, 95%CI = [1.10-3.70]), but were less severely affected socially (OR = 0.32, 95%CI = [0.15-0.69]). Pre-obese and obese professional persons and top executives showed better physical capabilities (OR = 0.35, 95%CI = [0.15-0.81]) and increased vitality (OR = 0.47, 95%CI = [0.23-0.95]). Overall, men's psychological state was better than females' (OR = 0.46, 95%CI = [0.25-0.82]). A body-mass index ≥ 35 kg/m(2 )was significantly associated with poorer QOL scores on physical, relational and psychological dimensions. CONCLUSION: Our data highlighted the influence of the severity of excess weight, gender, age and socioeconomic status on QOL. These factors should be taken into account when interpreting QOL in pre-obese and obese persons.
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spelling pubmed-27533542009-09-29 Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey Laforest, Laurent Van Ganse, Eric Ritleng, Cécile Desamericq, Gaelle Letrilliart, Laurent Moreau, Alain Rosen, Sarah Mechin, Hubert Chamba, Genevieve BMC Public Health Case Report BACKGROUND: The correlates of quality of life (QOL), as measured by the OSQOL questionnaire were investigated in a convenience sample of overweight patients recruited in pharmacies. METHODS: A convenience sample of patients with a Body Mass Index ≥ 28 kg/m(2 )were recruited in community-based pharmacies. Baseline characteristics and QOL dimensions (1-Physical state, 2-Vitality-desire to do things, 3-Relations with others, 4-Psychological state) were reported in self-completed questionnaires from which the risk of obtaining a low QOL was assessed for each dimension. RESULTS: QOL was inadequate for all dimensions in the 494 patients included in the study (median age = 61, 48% women, 21% professional persons/top executives). Older pre-obese and obese patients were more likely to report impaired physical functioning (OR = 2.02, 95%CI = [1.10-3.70]), but were less severely affected socially (OR = 0.32, 95%CI = [0.15-0.69]). Pre-obese and obese professional persons and top executives showed better physical capabilities (OR = 0.35, 95%CI = [0.15-0.81]) and increased vitality (OR = 0.47, 95%CI = [0.23-0.95]). Overall, men's psychological state was better than females' (OR = 0.46, 95%CI = [0.25-0.82]). A body-mass index ≥ 35 kg/m(2 )was significantly associated with poorer QOL scores on physical, relational and psychological dimensions. CONCLUSION: Our data highlighted the influence of the severity of excess weight, gender, age and socioeconomic status on QOL. These factors should be taken into account when interpreting QOL in pre-obese and obese persons. BioMed Central 2009-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2753354/ /pubmed/19754928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-337 Text en Copyright © 2009 Laforest 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.
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Laforest, Laurent
Van Ganse, Eric
Ritleng, Cécile
Desamericq, Gaelle
Letrilliart, Laurent
Moreau, Alain
Rosen, Sarah
Mechin, Hubert
Chamba, Genevieve
Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey
title Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey
title_full Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey
title_fullStr Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey
title_full_unstemmed Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey
title_short Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey
title_sort correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2753354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19754928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-337
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