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KMID : 1234920120120010001
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Journal of Korean Oriental Association for Study of Obesity
2012 Volume.12 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.8
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A Study on Quality of Life of Overweight and Obese Women Using SF-36
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Park Kyoung-Sun
Kim Jin-Woo
Cho Jun-Young
Lee Jin-Moo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of life of overweight & obese women using SF-36
Methods: We studied 244 patients visiting Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital from 1st April 2011 to 30th November 2011. The subjects were categorized in two groups, normal group(n=158) and overweight & obesity group(n=86). We studied the difference of SF-36 scores between two groups by independent samples t-test and correlation between anthropometry and SF-36 scores by Pearson’s correlation coefficient test using SPSS for windows(version 13.0).
Results: Overweight & obesity group significantly showed lower quality of life in the domains of physical functioning, bodily pain, and social functioning than normal group. Some of body weight, fat mass, body mass index, percent body fat, fat distribution and quality of life in the domains of physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, general health, social functioning, role-emotional significantly showed negative correlation coefficient.
Conclusions: The results suggest that overweight and obese women tend to show lower quality of life.
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KEYWORD
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Body Mass Index, Overweight, Obesity, Quality of Life, SF-36
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