title: Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in obese patients candidates for bariatric surgery and its impact on health related quality of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was designed to identify the major musculoskeletal symptoms of individuals with obesity, to assess their health-related quality of life, and to evaluate the correlation between the musculoskeletal symptoms and the individuals' health-related quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  "Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire" and "The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)".
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 41 subjects were evaluated, of which 90.15% were female. The mean age of the subjects was 40.78 ± 9.85 years and their mean body-mass index was 46.87 ± 8.08. All subjects reported musculoskeletal pain in at least one anatomical region and 80.49% had pain in three or more regions. The activity limitations due to pain were reported by 75.61% of them. The most affected regions by pain were the ankles and/or feet, lower back, knees and wrists/hands/fingers. The most associated regions with activity limitations due to pain were the ankles and/or feet, knees and lower back. The presence of pain showed a negative correlation with the domains physical functioning (PF), role-physical (RP) and body pain (BP). The activity limitations showed a negative correlation with the domains PF, BP, social functioning (SF) and role-emotional (RE).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data showed a high prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and limitation in activities due to pain in obese subjects. The musculoskeletal symptoms had negative correlations with physical and mental components of the health-related quality of life, highlighting the importance of ensuring that patients with obesity have access to interdisciplinary care, for the prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educação Integrada em Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calenzani
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educação Integrada em Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fabiana Ferreira Dos
authors.initials: FFD
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educação Integrada em Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brasil.
authors.forename: Veronica Lourenço
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Wittmer
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educação Integrada em Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brasil.
authors.forename: Grace Kelly Filgueiras
authors.initials: GKF
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educação Integrada em Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brasil.
authors.forename: Flávia Marini
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Paro
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires