Research Article
Obesity and Health Related Quality of Life among the Housewives in a Selected Rural Community of South India - A Correlation Study
Mokshitha* and Fernandes SL
Laxmi memorial college of Nursing, Balmatta, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding author: Mokshitha, Laxmi memorial college of Nursing, Balmatta, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India; E-mail:
mokshabantwala@gmail.com
Article Information: Submission: 07/03/2022; Accepted: 05/05/2022; Published: 09/05/2022
Copyright: © 2022 Mokshitha, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which
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Abstract
Obesity is a global health problem. It has emerged as the most prevalent serious public health problem. A descriptive correlative approach was adopted
to find out the correlation between obesity and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among housewives in selected rural community of Bantwala,
Dakshinakannda, Karnataka. A number of 200 housewives who are aged between 18-70 years were selected by using purposive sampling technique.
Housewives were categorized as normal weight, overweight, obese using Body Mass Index (BMI) calculation formula i.e, BMI=Weight in (kg)/Height in
(m2) and HRQoL measured by using SF36 questionnaire. Result showed that, maximum percentage (37.5%) of obese housewives were in the age group
of 58-70 years. Among subject’s majority (46%) of housewives were had normal weight, 20% were obese and 34% were overweight. Correlation between
obesity and physical functioning (r= -0.45P=0.004), Energy/Fatigue(r= -8.91P=<0.00001) and Pain (r= -0.49 P=0.0013) shows positive correlation and highly
Significant. Results also showed that there was significant association of HROoL with age (p=.001). It is recommended to conduct longitudinal studies to find
the relationship between and obesity and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among rural housewives.