Abstract
Objective:This study aimed to investigate the effects of regulation of nutritional habits on quality of life by applying Short Form (SF-36) Quality of Life Scale.Methods:SF-36 was administered through face-to-face interviews to a total of 129 individuals (112 female, 17 male) aged 18-65 years. Anthropometric measurements, body mass index, and waist circumference measurement were undertaken simultaneously. The changes in weight, body mass index, waist circumference measurement, and SF-36 scores were compared at baseline and three months after modification of dietary habits.Results:At three months after the regulation of dietary habits, a statistically significant decrease was found in weight, body mass index, and waist circumference measurements (p<0.05). Overall improvement was observed in all the quality of life parameters assessed with SF-36, and among them, the sub-scales of general health, bodily pain and vitality were statistically significant (p<0.05). The improvement in these sub-scale scores was similar to the literature.Conclusion:The individuals who lost weight through adopting healthy dietary habits had increased SF-36 scores, indicating the positive effect of regulating diet on their quality of life.
Highlights
Nutrition-related health problems, such as obesity adversely affects the quality of life in both direct and indirect ways.[1,2] In order to preserve, maintain and improve the quality of life, the nutritional intake should be sufficient and balanced.[3]
The mean age of 112 women (86.8%) and 17 men (13.2%) of the 129 cases were found to be 39.4 ± 11.4 years, and the most frequent age range was 41-50 years (36.4%) (Table-I).Three months after the regulation of the dietary habits, there was a decrease of 4.7 kg in weight and 1.7 kg/ m2 in body mass index (BMI) on average, and waist circumference measurement (WCM) was reduced by 4.9 cm in in women and 5.4 cm in men
When the quality of life scores were evaluated at baseline and three months after the dietary habit regulation, improvements were observed in all sub-scales of SF-36 at the end of the study
Summary
Nutrition-related health problems, such as obesity adversely affects the quality of life in both direct and indirect ways.[1,2] In order to preserve, maintain and improve the quality of life, the nutritional intake should be sufficient and balanced.[3] Much like the diseases related to malnutrition, obesity and related problems that are caused by unbalanced and overfeeding affect the quality of life negatively.[4,5,6]. Quality of life is an improving general parameter of the comfort level of patients.[7] It is a multi-factor concept formed by the individual perception of physical, psychological and social functioning, and the measurement of quality of life is becoming increasingly important in many areas of health research.[8,9].
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