Quality of Life in Obese Patients from a Multidisciplinary Bariatric Consultation: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing to a Non-Bariatric Population and to the General Population
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Questionnaires
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Participant Characteristics
3.2. Quality-of-Life Data
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed consent statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Study Groups | ||||
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Demographics | BS | C | Total | p |
Age (years) | 45 (10) | 51 (15) | 46 (11.7) | <0.001 |
Gender (%) | 0.017 | |||
Female | 177 (78) | 43 (63) | 220 (74) | |
Male | 51 (22) | 25 (37) | 76 (26) | |
Total | 228 (77) | 68 (23) | 296 | |
Anthropometrics | ||||
Weight (Kg) | 121 (21.6) | 109 (21.9) | 118 (22) | <0.001 |
Height (m) | 1.65 (0.09) | 1.63 (0.09) | 1.6 (0.09) | NS |
BMI (kg/m2) | 44 (6) | 41 (6.5) | 45.6 (6.5) | <0.001 |
BMI category (%) | <0.001 | |||
Class I obesity | 7 (3) | 15 (22) | 22 (7) | |
Class II obesity | 57 (25) | 17 (25) | 74 (25) | |
Class III obesity | 164 (72) | 36 (53) | 200 (68) | |
Total body fat mass (%) | 49.9 (6.7) | 45 (6.7) | 48.7 (7) | <0.001 |
Visceral fat (%) | 14 (4.7) | 12 (3) | 13.9 (4.6) | NS |
Waist circumference (cm) | 130 (13) | 123 (17) | 128.7 (14) | 0.03 |
Comorbidities | ||||
Hypertension (%) | 126 (56) | 39 (59) | 165 (56) | NS |
Type 2 Diabetes (%) | 43 (19) | 17 (26) | 60 (20) | NS |
Dyslipidemia (%) | 82 (36) | 31 (47) | 113 (38) | NS |
Sleep Apnea (%) | 62 (27) | 18 (27) | 80 (27) | NS |
Osteoarticular disease (%) | 171 (75) | 29 (44) | 200 (68) | <0.001 |
Depression/anxiety (%) | 142 (62) | 37 (56) | 179 (61) | NS |
Venous insufficiency (%) | 106 (47) | 22 (33) | 128 (44) | 0.06 |
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (%) | 82 (36) | 13 (19) | 95 (32) | 0.01 |
Eating pattern | ||||
Sweet eater (%) | 152 (68) | 30 (48) | 182 (64) | 0.005 |
Volume eater (%) | 167 (75) | 27 (44) | 194 (68) | <0.001 |
Snaking (%) | 61 (27) | 13 (21) | 74 (26) | NS |
Night eating (%) | 23 (10) | 6 (10) | 29 (10) | NS |
Nibbling/Picking (%) | 18 (8) | 1 (2) | 19 (7) | 0.07 |
Emotional eating (%) | 117 (52) | 16 (26) | 133 (47) | <0.001 |
Compulsive eating (%) | 35 (16) | 5 (8) | 40 (14) | 0.1 |
Binge eating (%) | 6 (3) | - | 6 (2) | 0.1 |
Study Groups | ||||
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Quality of Life | BS | C | Total | Portuguese General Population a |
BQL test b | 40.9 (8.9) | 44.2 (11.2) | 41.6 (9.6) | |
EQ-5D-3L test | ||||
Health profiles | ||||
Mobility c (%) | ||||
Level 1 | 76 (36) | 26 (42) | 102 (37) | 83.3 |
Level 2 | 134 (63) | 34 (55) | 168 (61) | 16.2 |
Level 3 | 2 (1) | 2 (3) | 4 (2) | 0.5 |
Self-care c (%) | ||||
Level 1 | 130 (61) | 42 (69) | 172 (63) | 95.2 |
Level 2 | 81 (38) | 18 (30) | 99 (36) | 4.4 |
Level 3 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 0.4 |
Usual activities b,c (%) | ||||
Level 1 | 89 (42) | 37 (60) | 126 (46) | 83.7 |
Level 2 | 120 (57) | 22 (35) | 142 (52) | 13.9 |
Level 3 | 2 (1) | 3 (5) | 5 (2) | 2.4 |
Pain/discomfort c (%) | ||||
Level 1 | 34 (16) | 15 (24) | 49 (18) | 55.3 |
Level 2 | 150 (71) | 36 (58) | 186 (68) | 40 |
Level 3 | 28 (13) | 11 (18) | 39 (14) | 4.7 |
Anxiety/depression c (%) | ||||
Level 1 | 74 (35) | 21 (35) | 95 (35) | 65.6 |
Level 2 | 120 (56) | 30 (50) | 150 (55) | 30.1 |
Level 3 | 19 (9) | 9 (15) | 28 (10) | 4.3 |
EQ VAS c | 55 (19) | 57 (25) | 56 (21) | 74.9 |
EQ Index c | 0.33 (0.2) | 0.32 (0.3) | 0.33 (0.23) | 0.76 |
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Rego de Figueiredo, I.; Carvalho Vasques, M.; Cunha, N.; Martins, D.; Silva-Nunes, J. Quality of Life in Obese Patients from a Multidisciplinary Bariatric Consultation: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing to a Non-Bariatric Population and to the General Population. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912029
Rego de Figueiredo I, Carvalho Vasques M, Cunha N, Martins D, Silva-Nunes J. Quality of Life in Obese Patients from a Multidisciplinary Bariatric Consultation: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing to a Non-Bariatric Population and to the General Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912029
Chicago/Turabian StyleRego de Figueiredo, Inês, Miguel Carvalho Vasques, Nelson Cunha, Diana Martins, and José Silva-Nunes. 2022. "Quality of Life in Obese Patients from a Multidisciplinary Bariatric Consultation: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing to a Non-Bariatric Population and to the General Population" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912029