The impact of obesity on quality of life

Taylor, Valerie H.; Forhan, Mary; Vigod, Simone N.; McIntyre, Roger S.; Morrison, Katherine M.

doi:10.1016/j.beem.2013.04.004

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“…Some studies have reported that obesity has a negative impact on the patients' health-related quality of life (10,11) but only a few studies have assessed the impact of musculoskeletal symptoms on the quality of life of obese individuals (12).…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in obese patients candidates for bariatric surgery and its impact on health related quality of life

Calenzani

Santos

Wittmer

et al. 2017

Arch. Endocrinol. Metab.

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Objective: This study was designed to identify the major musculoskeletal symptoms of individuals with obesity, to assess their health-related quality of life, and to evaluate the correlation between the musculoskeletal symptoms and the individuals' health-related quality of life. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study. Instruments used: "Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire" and "The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)" . Results: In total, 41 subjects were evaluated, of which 90.15% were female. The mean age of the subjects was 40.78 ± 9.85 years and their mean body-mass index was 46.87 ± 8.08. All subjects reported musculoskeletal pain in at least one anatomical region and 80.49% had pain in three or more regions. The activity limitations due to pain were reported by 75.61% of them. The most affected regions by pain were the ankles and/or feet, lower back, knees and wrists/hands/fingers. The most associated regions with activity limitations due to pain were the ankles and/or feet, knees and lower back. The presence of pain showed a negative correlation with the domains physical functioning (PF), role-physical (RP) and body pain (BP). The activity limitations showed a negative correlation with the domains PF, BP, social functioning (SF) and role-emotional (RE). Conclusion: Our data showed a high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and limitation in activities due to pain in obese subjects. The musculoskeletal symptoms had negative correlations with physical and mental components of the health-related quality of life, highlighting the importance of ensuring that patients with obesity have access to interdisciplinary care, for the prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders. Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2017;61(3):319-25.

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in obese patients candidates for bariatric surgery and its impact on health related quality of life

Calenzani

Santos

Wittmer

et al. 2017

Arch. Endocrinol. Metab.

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“…2,[5][6][7] Severe obesity is associated with a greater than 8-fold increased risk of diabetes relative to normal weight. 8 Excessive body weight can significantly impair quality of life [9][10][11][12][13][14][15] and is associated with increased absenteeism from work, 16,17 decreased work productivity, and decreased likelihood of employment. 15,[17][18][19] Severe obesity is also linked to increased use of health services and risk of premature death, with life expectancy being shortened by 5 to 13 years.…”

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confidence: 99%

Rapid Reduction in Use of Antidiabetic Medication after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: The Newfoundland and Labrador Bariatric Surgery Cohort (BaSCo) Study

Dillon

Peddle

Twells

et al. 2015

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“…For instance, Harris 25 noted that there was an increasing amount of literature that associates adversities in early childhood with long-term development of depression. Similarly, and more recently, research has reported weight discrimination among children as early as 3 years of age 26 and body dissatisfaction in children as young as 6 years old. 27 In the instance of successful weight loss, it should be noted that the enduring effects on well-being, the likely self-stigmatisation due to internalisation of weight stigma, previous stigmatising experiences, and associated psychopathology can remain and are likely to continue to have an impact on an individual.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Although the mechanisms that explain the development of anxiety and depression due to stigma are still to be identified, 26 perceptions of the controllability of obesity may elucidate the underlying aspects of this process. The relationship between beliefs about the controllability of obesity and weight stigma has been reported, 10 and when these beliefs are internalised leading to self-stigmatisation, this is likely to have a psychological impact.…”

Section: Obesity and Moodmentioning

confidence: 99%