Assessment of health-related quality of life among obese patients in Abha, Saudi Arabia

CONTEXT: Numerous studies have demonstrated that obese individuals experience significant impairments in quality of life as a result of their obesity, with greater impairments associated with greater degrees of obesity. AIMS: To assess the quality of life (QOL) and its clinical and sociodemographic...

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Autores principales: Almojarthe, Bandar M., Abadi, Alsaleem Mohammad, Al-Shahrani, Mohammad Saeed, Alharthi, Muffarah H., ALqahtani, Nasser G., Alreybah, Eman M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7586551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110815
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_495_20
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Sumario:CONTEXT: Numerous studies have demonstrated that obese individuals experience significant impairments in quality of life as a result of their obesity, with greater impairments associated with greater degrees of obesity. AIMS: To assess the quality of life (QOL) and its clinical and sociodemographic determinants among adolescents and adult obese patients (>12 years old) attending obesity and/or nutritional clinics at Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, KSA. SETTING AND STUDY DESIGN: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Aseer central hospital. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out among a representative sample of all obese patients attending nutrition and obesity clinic at Aseer central hospital for a period of 2 months. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. STATISTICAL ANALYSES: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) ver. 20 was used to do the statistical analyses. RESULTS: Overall, 198 obese patients completed the questionnaire and measurements gave a response rate of 84.3%. Their age ranged between 19 and 56 years with a mean age of 31.6 years and standard deviation of 6 years. In total, 56.1% were females. CONCLUSIONS: The study showed that the severe obese individuals (grade 3) suffer from poorer health-related QOL (HRQOL) compared to those of grades 1 and 2, as the increase in body mass index (BMI) lowers the HRQOL domains.