Quality of Life
Body mass index not related to quality of life in obese patients
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 26th, 2005
"Severe obesity may substantially impact quality of life. We estimated the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with class II and class III obesity, and explored the impact of patient characteristics and co-morbidities on quality of life. One hundred ten patients with BMI >or=35 kg/m2 presenting for evaluation for bariatric surgery were asked to complete the EuroQoL questionnaire," researchers in Switzerland report.
"Co-morbidities of the patients were recorded, including coxarthralgia, gonarthralgia, foot problems (pain and arthrosis), diabetes,...
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