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Analysis of Women's Body Mass Index, Weight Perception and Obesity-related Quality of Life  

Song, Mi-Ryeong (Department of Nursing, Hoseo University)
Lee, Hae-Won (Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital)
Jo, Ji-Young (St. Vincent's Hospital)
Kim, Eun-Kyung (Department of Nursing, Suwon Science College)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing / v.17, no.3, 2010 , pp. 419-426 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Women's weight perception and obesity-related quality of life were analyzed according to BMI (Body Mass Index). Methods: A survey was conducted using self-report questionnaires from 178 participants. The data analysis included descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, t-test, ANOVA, Fisher's exact test and Kendall's tau using the SPSS version 14.0. Results: There were significant differences in BMI according to age (F=8.037, p=<.001), weight perception (F=60.71, p<.001), weight control experience (F=2.504, p=.013), weight control method (F=5.839, p=.001) and weight control success (F=-2.451, p=.016). There was a significant difference in obesity-related quality of life according to weight perception in the low weight group (F=5.587, p=.021) and in the obesity group (t=3.419, p=.003). Higher correlations were found between the women's BMI group, weight perception and obesity-related quality of life. Conclusion: A program to provide appropriate information for weight perception is needed for the low weight group. There is a need for a program about weight reduction as well as weight perception for the obesity group.
Keywords
BMI; Weight Perception; Obesity; Quality of Life;
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