Quality of life in university students with overweight and obesity: Differences by sex
Introduction: The objective of this article is to show the relation between the quality of life, overweight and obesity, and to compare if there are significant differences by gender. Methodology: The SF-36v2 questionnaire was used to measure the functional health and wellness from eight dimensions:...
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| description | Introduction: The objective of this article is to show the relation between the quality of life, overweight and obesity, and to compare if there are significant differences by gender. Methodology: The SF-36v2 questionnaire was used to measure the functional health and wellness from eight dimensions: physical function, physical role, body pain, general health, vitality, social function, emotional role and mental health. The study is quantitative with a traversal, observational and prospective design. The statistical techniques that were used to the data analysis was the Pearson relation coefficient and the t test to independent samples. The d of Cohen was used to obtain the magnitude of the effect. The sample was selected from a non-probabilistic sample by convenience; the total of participants was of 320. Results: Significant statistic differences were found in two of the dimensions, with a small magnitude of the effect, less than a standard deviation. Conclusion: Women feel more energy and vitality than men, whom sometimes are more affected by the physical or emotional health problems that interfere in their social life. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2a3ffb0224f04e4f8468264f90d14daa2025-02-02T11:46:26ZengInstituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPSInteracciones2411-59402413-44652019-09-0153e19510.24016/2019.v5n3.195Quality of life in university students with overweight and obesity: Differences by sexJesús Alberto García García0Julio Cufarfán López1Universidad Autónoma de CoahuilaUniversidad Autónoma de CoahuilaIntroduction: The objective of this article is to show the relation between the quality of life, overweight and obesity, and to compare if there are significant differences by gender. Methodology: The SF-36v2 questionnaire was used to measure the functional health and wellness from eight dimensions: physical function, physical role, body pain, general health, vitality, social function, emotional role and mental health. The study is quantitative with a traversal, observational and prospective design. The statistical techniques that were used to the data analysis was the Pearson relation coefficient and the t test to independent samples. The d of Cohen was used to obtain the magnitude of the effect. The sample was selected from a non-probabilistic sample by convenience; the total of participants was of 320. Results: Significant statistic differences were found in two of the dimensions, with a small magnitude of the effect, less than a standard deviation. Conclusion: Women feel more energy and vitality than men, whom sometimes are more affected by the physical or emotional health problems that interfere in their social life.httpd://dx.doi.org/10.24016/2019.v5n3.195quality of lifeoverweightobesityuniversity students |
| spellingShingle | Jesús Alberto García García Julio Cufarfán López Quality of life in university students with overweight and obesity: Differences by sex Interacciones quality of life overweight obesity university students |
| title | Quality of life in university students with overweight and obesity: Differences by sex |
| title_full | Quality of life in university students with overweight and obesity: Differences by sex |
| title_fullStr | Quality of life in university students with overweight and obesity: Differences by sex |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life in university students with overweight and obesity: Differences by sex |
| title_short | Quality of life in university students with overweight and obesity: Differences by sex |
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