Quality of life, disability, and body mass index are related in obese patients

Anna Sirtori; Amelia Brunani; Antonio Liuzzi; Lucia Pasqualinotto; Valentina Villa; Matilde Leonardi; Alberto Raggi

doi:10.1097/MRR.0b013e328347be15

Quality of life, disability, and body mass index are related in obese patients

Anna Sirtori, Amelia Brunani, Antonio Liuzzi, Lucia Pasqualinotto, Valentina Villa, Matilde Leonardi, Alberto Raggi

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between health-related quality of life (QoL), disability, and degree of obesity. Adult obese patients (BMI>30) were consecutively enrolled in this cross-sectional observational study. The WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHO-DAS II) and the short version of the impact of weight on QoL (IWQoL-Lite) were administered. Spearman's rank correlation analysis was performed. A P value of less than 0.01 was used to set the statistical significance. A total of 117 patients (mean age: 47.4 years, mean BMI: 43.7) were enrolled. Correlations between WHO-DAS II and IWQoL-Lite were between 0.21 and 0.78. BMI between 0.19 and 0.26 correlated with WHO-DAS II and BMI between 0.23 and 0.49 correlated with IWQoL-Lite. In conclusion, low/moderate correlations between BMI index, disability, and health-related QoL measures, and a low association between the two outcome measures are reported, supporting the idea that they underline different and not transposable dimensions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	270-272
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Rehabilitation Research
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/MRR.0b013e328347be15
Publication status	Published - Sep 2011

Keywords

disability
health-related quality of life
impact of weight on quality of life
obesity
WHO Disability Assessment Schedule II

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Medicine(all)

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