Obesity Is a Marker of Reduction in QoL and Disability
Joint Authors
Raggi, Alberto
Berselli, Maria Elisa
Leonardi, Matilde
Sirtori, Anna
Croci, Marina
Villa, Valentina
Brunani, Amelia
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-03-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
The purpose of this paper is to verify the association between outcome measures of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and disability, BMI, gender, and age.
Adult obese patients were clustered using HRQoL (IWQoL-Lite) and disability (WHO-DAS II) scores into three groups: mild, moderate, and high.
One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc test was used to evaluate differences in age and BMI between subjects from different clusters, contingency coefficient to test the relationship between cluster groups and gender.
In total, 117 patients were enrolled: subjects with higher disability and HRQoL decrement were older and had higher BMI.
Women were more likely to present moderate disability and reduction in HRQoL, while men more likely presented mild disability and HRQoL reduction.
Our data further confirm the connection between disability and HRQoL, high BMI and older age.
These data obtained with outcomes measures might better address rehabilitation programs.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sirtori, Anna& Brunani, Amelia& Villa, Valentina& Berselli, Maria Elisa& Croci, Marina& Leonardi, Matilde…[et al.]. 2012. Obesity Is a Marker of Reduction in QoL and Disability. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451235
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sirtori, Anna…[et al.]. Obesity Is a Marker of Reduction in QoL and Disability. The Scientific World Journal No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sirtori, Anna& Brunani, Amelia& Villa, Valentina& Berselli, Maria Elisa& Croci, Marina& Leonardi, Matilde…[et al.]. Obesity Is a Marker of Reduction in QoL and Disability. The Scientific World Journal. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451235
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-451235