The Indirect Costs of Obesity to Society

Gorstein, Jonathan; Grosse, Robert N.

doi:10.2165/00019053-199400051-00012

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“…This population essentially perceived itself in terms of poor general health. (2) No significant diVerence was observed between the three samples for the psychological and social dimensions of quality of life.…”

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“…Analysis of the SF36 quality of life scores suggests the following comments: (1) The group of moderately obese subjects did not differ from the control group except for physical capacity; (2) In the group of obese subjects with a BMI greater than or equal to 30, quality of life seemed to be impaired for five of nine dimensions compared with the control population, all related to physical consequences of obesity: "Physical functioning", "physical role", "bodily pain", "general health", and "vitality". This population essentially perceived itself in terms of poor general health.…”

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“…5 6 This procedure consisted of four main steps: (1) Initially, a series of semi-directive qualitative interviews was conducted in a small number of obese subjects to define the various complaints concerning quality of life spontaneously expressed by the patients, as well as the terms used. (2) Secondly, a large scale quantitative questionnaire, comprising 32 items classified under five headings, each expressing a "dimension" of quality of life, was constructed. This questionnaire, which exhaustively included all of the themes detected in the previous step, was submitted to a sample of 500 obese subjects and a matched control sample of 500 non-obese subjects.…”

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“…(2) The specificity test gave a correlation coeYcient of 0.40, meaning that Male 55 58 55 55 Female 45 42 45 45 18-25 years 3 4 4 3 25-35 years 11 13 11 11 35-49 years 24 25 23 25 50-64 years 31 31 35 29 65 years and over 30 27 27 32 Employed 50 52 49 50 Unemployed 50 48 51 50 Table 3 Table 5 shows the results obtained with the SF36 scale.…”

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"Specific" scale compared with "generic" scale: a double measurement of the quality of life in a French community sample of obese subjects

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Lévy

Loos

et al. 1998

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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Study objective-To determine the aspects of quality of life that are aVected by weight in the general population, to develop a specific questionnaire (OSQOL) that can measure with reliability and validity the impact of overweight and obesity on well being, and to compare the results with those obtained using a well known generic tool (the "SF 36" scale). Design-Cross sectional survey with matched control group. Setting-Community. Patients-A permanent survey base of approximately 10 000 representative ordinary households were screened for weight and height. Five hundred subjects were randomly drawn from the sub-sample of adult people with a body mass index equal or greater than 27. A control sample of 500 subjects matched for sex, age, and employment status was drawn from the nonobese population. Main results-A short specific Quality Of Life scale, the OSQOL, was produced that comprises 11 items belonging to four independent dimensions. Using this scale and the SF36, it was found that: (1) moderately obese subjects (27 < BMI <30) did not significantly diVer from the control group except for physical capacity; (2) in the group of obese subjects with a BMI >30, quality of life seemed to be impaired for five of nine dimensions of the SF36 compared with the control population, all related to physical consequences of obesity. This population essentially perceived itself in terms of poor general health.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Specific Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Specific Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

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"Specific" scale compared with "generic" scale: a double measurement of the quality of life in a French community sample of obese subjects

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Loos

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Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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“…Obesity has been linked to diabetes mellitus, hypertension, stroke, hyperlipidemia, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, and several types of cancer [2][3][4][5]. Moreover, obesity is causally related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is a major predictor of cardiovascular disorders [6,7].…”

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