Kyrou, Ioannis, Osei-Assibey, G., Williams, Nerys R., Thomas, R., Halder, L. (Louise), Taheri, S., Saravanan, Ponnusamy and Kumar, Sudhesh (2011) Self-reported disability in adults with severe obesity. Journal of Obesity, Vol.2011 (No.918402). doi:10.1155/2011/918402 ISSN 2090-0708.
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Abstract
Self-reported disability in performing daily life activities was assessed in adults with severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2) using the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). 262 participants were recruited into three BMI groups: Group I: 35–39.99 kg/m2; Group II: 40–44.99 kg/m2; Group III: ≥45.0 kg/m2. Progressively increasing HAQ scores were documented with higher BMI; Group I HAQ score: 0.125 (median) (range: 0–1.75); Group II HAQ score: 0.375 (0–2.5); Group III HAQ score: 0.75 (0–2.65) (Group III versus II P < 0.001; Group III versus I P < 0.001; Group II versus I P = 0.004). HAQ score strongly correlated with BMI
and age. Nearly three-fourths of the study participants reported some degree of disability (HAQ score > 0). The prevalence of
this degree of disability increased with increasing BMI and age. It also correlated to type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and
clinical depression, but not to gender. Our data suggest that severe obesity is associated with self-reported disability in performing
common daily life activities, with increasing degree of disability as BMI increases over 35 kg/m2. Functional assessment is crucial
in obesity management, and establishing the disability profiles of obese patients is integral to both meet the specific healthcare
needs of individuals and develop evidence-based public health programs, interventions, and priorities.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | People with disabilities, Overweight persons |
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Obesity |
Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
ISSN: | 2090-0708 |
Official Date: | 2011 |
Dates: | Date Event 2011 Published |
Volume: | Vol.2011 |
Number: | No.918402 |
Number of Pages: | 10 |
DOI: | 10.1155/2011/918402 |
Status: | Peer Reviewed |
Publication Status: | Published |
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 December 2015 |
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 December 2015 |
Funder: | Great Britain. Dept. for Work and Pensions (DWP), National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR) |
URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/40147/ |
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