Health-related quality of life and quality of sexual life in obese subjects.
The increased prevalence of obesity represents, currently, one of the major public health issues, due to its consequences on physical and psychological health status as well as on the psychosocial functioning. As defined by the World Health Organization, sexual health is "a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality." The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between sexual life in obese subjects and quality of life, psychological status, and disability. Methods. 95 obese subjects were recruited from June 2012 to February 2013 and underwent physical examination and measures for the assessment of quality of life, sexual life, psychological status, and disability. Results. In obese subjects sexual life was related to gender, age, psychological status, disability, and quality of life. Conclusion. As obesity is a multifactorial disease, and is accompanied by multiple comorbidities, it is difficult to identify a single causative factor responsible for the impairment of sexual life in obese subjects; thus, a thorough, multidimensional evaluation including sexual function assessment should be performed in obese people.
Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Eleonora
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Poggiogalle
Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Luca
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Di Lazzaro
Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Alessandro
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Pinto
Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00195 Rome, Italy.
Silvia
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Migliaccio
Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Andrea
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Lenzi
Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo M
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Donini