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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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. |
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