K R Fontaine1, S J Bartlett, I Barofsky. 1. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224-6805, USA. krf@jhmi.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare sociodemographic characteristics and health-related quality of life (HRQL) between groups of obese persons who sought and did not seek university-based treatment for overweight. METHOD: Three-hundred twelve consecutive obese persons sought outpatient university-based weight management treatment. The sample of obese persons (N = 89) who indicated that they were not currently trying to lose weight was derived from a larger convenience sample (N = 232) of persons surveyed in a hospital setting. Both groups completed sociodemographic and brief medical history questionnaires and the HRQL as measured by the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36). RESULTS: Obese persons who had sought treatment tended to be heavier, older, Caucasian, married, in white collar employment, and reported a higher prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and pain. In multivariate analyses, both adjusted and unadjusted for these differences, obese persons who had sought treatment were significantly more impaired on the bodily pain, general health, and vitality HRQL domains than those who were not trying to lose weight. DISCUSSION: Although differences on sociodemographic and medical variables between the two groups may attenuate the obesity-HRQL relationship somewhat, obesity appears to have a pronounced impact on important dimensions of HRQL independent of whether or not the person is attempting to lose weight Copyright 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
OBJECTIVE: To compare sociodemographic characteristics and health-related quality of life (HRQL) between groups of obesepersons who sought and did not seek university-based treatment for overweight. METHOD: Three-hundred twelve consecutive obesepersons sought outpatient university-based weight management treatment. The sample of obesepersons (N = 89) who indicated that they were not currently trying to lose weight was derived from a larger convenience sample (N = 232) of persons surveyed in a hospital setting. Both groups completed sociodemographic and brief medical history questionnaires and the HRQL as measured by the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36). RESULTS:Obesepersons who had sought treatment tended to be heavier, older, Caucasian, married, in white collar employment, and reported a higher prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and pain. In multivariate analyses, both adjusted and unadjusted for these differences, obesepersons who had sought treatment were significantly more impaired on the bodily pain, general health, and vitality HRQL domains than those who were not trying to lose weight. DISCUSSION: Although differences on sociodemographic and medical variables between the two groups may attenuate the obesity-HRQL relationship somewhat, obesity appears to have a pronounced impact on important dimensions of HRQL independent of whether or not the person is attempting to lose weight Copyright 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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