Suganya M, Maragatham S, Padmapriya D
Department of Sociology, Saveetha College of Nursing, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Thandalam, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, Saveetha College of Nursing, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Thandalam, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2025 May;14(5):1643-1645. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1400_24. Epub 2025 May 31.
Obesity in adolescents is a global health issue with increasing prevalence in middle-income countries. This study aims to analyze the Health-Related Quality of Life of Adolescents with Obesity.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital. The adolescents were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. In total, 62 adolescent patients with perpetuation of obesity were identified and interviewed. Agreed adolescents were given General information questionnaires and EQ-5D-5L. ANOVA was calculated using SPSS Version 21.
More than half of adolescents (67.8%) were in the weight status of Obesity-I. The variables of Weight status, Physical activity, Duration of obesity, and Number of comorbidities were strongly correlated with health-related quality of life of adolescent patients since the value of EQ-5D-5L and EQ-VAS were <0.05 level.
When compared to adolescents with obesity II and I status, adolescents with obesity III status had a lower health-related quality of life.
青少年肥胖是一个全球性的健康问题，在中等收入国家的患病率不断上升。本研究旨在分析肥胖青少年的健康相关生活质量。
在一家三级护理医院进行了一项横断面研究。根据纳入和排除标准选择青少年。总共确定并采访了62名肥胖持续存在的青少年患者。同意参与的青少年被给予一般信息问卷和EQ-5D-5L。使用SPSS 21版计算方差分析。
超过一半的青少年（67.8%）处于I级肥胖的体重状态。由于EQ-5D-5L和EQ-VAS的值<0.05水平，体重状态、身体活动、肥胖持续时间和合并症数量等变量与青少年患者的健康相关生活质量密切相关。
与II级和I级肥胖青少年相比，III级肥胖青少年的健康相关生活质量较低。
