title: [How do the obese persons perceive their overall health?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  the purpose was to investigate how the obese person perceives their health in different areas of their life.
  
  
  METHODS
  the SF-36 instrument, which measures various dimensions (social and physical functioning, mental and physical health, bodily pain, limitations due to physical and/or emotional problems, vitality and general health), was applied to 224 patients. It was analyzed whether there were differences between gender, which were channeled to the treatment (surgical and nonsurgical) and the degree of obesity (overweight, obesity and morbid obesity). A descriptive analysis, Student t test, Anova and Tukey t test were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  significant differences (p < 0.05) were found in some dimensions, like tendency to feel tired, exhausted and feeling that their health has been and will continue to deterioration. Women had a worse social and emotional functioning than men; patients with gastric bypass reported more fatigue than patients with gastric band; in regards to the degree of obesity, those who had morbid obesity showed less physical functioning, more pain and worse overall health than those who were just obese.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the perception of the obese patients was that their health had deteriorated. Women were more affected in social and emotional functioning than men.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Obesidad y Síndrome Metabólico, Hospital Ángeles de Pedregal, Distrito Federal, Mexico. blanca_rios@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Blanca P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Ríos-Martínez
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rangel-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Luis G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Pedraza-Moctezuma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: derivación gástrica; gastric bypass; obesidad; obesity; overweight; sobrepeso