scholarly journals Body Weight Perception and Quality of Life in Nurses of Nantong City, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Wang ◽  
Xiaohua Yang ◽  
Hongmei Chu ◽  
Chunyan Ge ◽  
Jie Yin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Weight Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Body Weight Perception

Abstract Background To explored associations of body weight perception with body mass index and quality of life among nurses.Methods A total of 456 nurses (18-55 years old） were surveyed in a cross-sectional study in a hospital of Nantong City, China. Data on social-demographic characteristics, body mass index, body weight perception and quality of life were collected. Results Our study showed that 40.6% of nurses misconception their weight status. Married nurses were more likely than unmarried to underestimate their weight. Significant disparity in mental health, vitality and mental component summary scores were found in nursers who underestimate their weight compared to those correctly perceived or over or who overestimate their weight. Conclusion Interventions should be designed to help nurse address body weight status misconception, thereby contributing to label themselves and patients as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese correctly, and in turn, giving reasonable eating habits and physical activities health education.

scholarly journals Barriers in Adopting Healthy Body Weight Among Malaysian Population: A Cross-Sectional Study of Body Weight Perception and Misperception Versus Actual Body Weight

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 215013272090747
Author(s):  
Wan Nurhafizah Wan Abdul Hamed ◽  
Noor Azah Abd Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Weight Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Body Weight Perception

Perception of body weight has been recognized as an important barrier in the adoption of healthy lifestyles. Several factors affect perception of body weight, but the outcomes have been varied. This study aimed to study the perception and misperception of body weight and its association with the measured body mass index. A clinic-based cross-sectional study was done in the clinic using systematic sampling. Data were collected by using a self-administered questionnaire consisting of the sociodemographic profile, body weight perception question adopted from Weight Management Questionnaire and Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) 1991-2017. The prevalence of body weight misperception in the sample population was 58.6%. Most of the respondents were overweight (33.9%) and obese (33.9%). Respondents aged 25 years and older were 2.98 times more likely to have misperception compared with other age groups (95% CI: 1.21-3.19, P = .006). Divorced respondents were 4.70 times more likely to have body misperception compared with married respondents (95% CI 1.44-15.32, P = 0.01). This study showed that misperception of body weight could be influenced by reversible factors and measured body mass index. Hence, the rectification of these misperceptions is important in the clinical setting especially in these vulnerable groups of respondents.

scholarly journals Body weight perception by college going adolescents of North Karnataka, India- A cross sectional study

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Banjade ◽  
VA Naik ◽  
AB Narasannavar
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Weight Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
College Going ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Body Weight Perception

Background: Adolescence (10-19 year) is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. The factor that determines how adolescents feel about themselves is ‘Body image’. The objective of study is to understand body weight perception of adolescents.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the two Pre- University colleges with a sample of 330 adolescents. Pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire was used to elicit the required information.Results: 13 % of study participants underestimated their body weight and 11.2 % over estimated their body weight. 82.7% of study subjects perceived themselves as normal weight for their age and height, 7.6% perceived as underweight and 9.7% perceived as overweight/obese.Conclusion: Inappropriate perceptions about body weight leads to increase in the problems related to overweight/obesity. Lack of knowledge about and access to growth charts has probably made difficult for adolescents to evaluate their weight status objectively. So, college can play an effective role to help them to know actual body weightNepal Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.3(2) 2014: 106-109

scholarly journals Self-perception: Does Obesity Influence Quality of Life

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amra Zalihic ◽  
Maja Barbaric ◽  
Mirela Mabic ◽  
Marnela Palameta ◽  
Ankica Mijic Maric ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Overweight People ◽  
The World

Abstract The number of obese and overweight people around the world rapidly grows and takes on epidemic proportions. The aim of this research is to determine the influence of body weight on quality of life and to investigate our patients' consciousness about their body weight and its impact on their quality of life.Methods : The cross-sectional study was conducted by interviewing 1067 respondents, using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.Results : Out of 1067 patients, 684 were females. 65.5 % of patients had BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 . 21.7% of 699 patients who had BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 think that their increased body weight doesn’t affect their health, 27.9 % of respondents think that their overweight is unrelated to physical activity, 41.8 % of respondents have no problems purchasing the clothes due to their weight and 31.6 % of respondents with BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 think that it doesn’t affect their quality of life.Conclusion : Quality of life is significantly better in respondents with BMI <25 kg/m 2 . The alarming result is that slightly less than half of respondents think that overweight doesn’t affect their health and don’t understand the seriousness of the problem.

scholarly journals The relation between self-reported body weight and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study in Japan

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Takahashi ◽  
M. Sakai ◽  
Y. Tokuda ◽  
O. Takahashi ◽  
S. Ohde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Quality of life of persons with transfemoral amputation: Comparison of socket prostheses and osseointegrated prostheses

2020 ◽  
pp. 030936462094864
Author(s):  
Philip Thomas Pospiech ◽  
Robert Wendlandt ◽  
Horst-Heinrich Aschoff ◽  
Sibylle Ziegert ◽  
Arndt Peter Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Global Score ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Transfemoral Amputation ◽  
Analog Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
General Quality

Background: Until recently, no study had compared the quality of life of persons with transfemoral amputation treated with osseointegration to socket prosthesis users. Objectives: Comparison of quality of life in two types of prostheses users: a cohort of patients with osseointegration and patients equipped with a socket prosthesis who were group-matched for age, body mass index and mobility grade. Study design: A cross-sectional study that compared Methods: The quality of life of 39 participants (22 in the osseointegration group and 17 in the socket prosthesis group) was measured using the Questionnaire for Persons with Transfemoral Amputation (Q-TFA) and European Questionnaire 5-dimension 3-level (EQ-5D-3L) surveys. Results: Compared with the socket prosthesis group, the osseointegration group had a significantly higher ‘Global’ score ( p = 0.022) and a significantly lower ‘Problem’ score ( p < 0.001) of the Q-TFA. The ‘Mobility’ ( p = 0.051) and ‘Use’ scores ( p = 0.146) of the Q-TFA, the EQ-5D-3L index ( p = 0.723), and EQ-5D visual analog scale ( p = 0.497) showed no significant differences between groups. Conclusions: Patients with osseointegration experienced less prosthesis-associated problems than socket prosthesis users and had a higher prosthesis-associated quality of life when assessed with the Q-TFA. General quality of life, as assessed with the EQ-5D-3L, was not different between groups.

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