Quality of life assessment in obesity: physical, psychological, and social function.
This article examines the value of including patients' well being in the clinical assessment of obesity. It also deals with health status measures and the current state of so-called quality-of-life research. The few and limited studies of quality of life in obesity are reviewed and preliminary results of our own work are presented.
Sullivan
M B
MB
Department of Social Work, Sahlgren's Hospital, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
Sullivan
L G
LG
Kral
J G
JG
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D011788:Quality of Life; D012917:Social Adjustment