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dc.contributor.advisorLarsen, Maria Arlén
dc.contributor.advisorFlorholmen, Jon
dc.contributor.authorPettersen, Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-01T16:22:12Z
dc.date.available2023-06-01T16:22:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-30en
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Obesity is a global and national health challenge. In Norway 23.0% of adults are obese. The clinical treatment for obesity is weight loss, either surgical or conservative. However, there is limited research on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and conservative treatment of obesity. The primary aim of this study is to investigate changes in HRQoL from baseline to post-treatment for obesity. Secondary aims are what factors of HRQoL weight change potentially affects, and if a significant weight loss improves HRQoL in individuals with obesity. Material and method: 50 patients that had finished a three-year conservative treatment of obesity at Skibotn Health and Rehabilitation were included in this study. The participants were divided into a weight-loss group (WL group) and a weight-gain group (WG group). To measure HRQoL, 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) was used. The SF-36 measures HRQoL across eight domains. Data at baseline and post-treatment was analyzed. Results: Post-treatment the whole group had a 12.5% improvement in bodily pain, and the WG group had a 6.0% improvement in mental health, and a 12.5% improvement in social functioning. The WL group had no significant changes post-treatment, but had several at year two, including improved physical functioning, physical role functioning, vitality, and bodily pain. The WG group had a significantly reduced mental health at year two, with a median change of -4.0%, but a significantly increased mental health at the end of the treatment, with a median change of 6.0% from baseline. Conclusion: There were some improvements in HRQoL from baseline to post-treatment. The aspects of HRQoL that changed post-treatment were bodily pain, emotional wellbeing, and social functioning. All participants had a 12.5% improvement in bodily pain, and the WG group had a 6.0% improvement in mental health and a 12.5% improvement in social functioning. One can therefore state that weight gain showed positive changes within the mental health aspect of HRQoL.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/29307
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universitetno
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDMED-3950
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Fysikalsk medisin og rehabilitering: 764en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 764en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Forebyggende medisin: 804en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Preventive medicine: 804en_US
dc.titleImproved quality of life after conservative treatment of obesity - A retrospective observational studyen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveno


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