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Body Mass Index and Quality of Life Among the Elderly

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Obesity in may countries is a major public health problem. The health problems associated with in increase in the proportion of elderly in the population are further compunded by the increasing prevalence of obesity and overwight in older people . The aimed of this study was to explore any difference of quality of life (QOL)attributable body mass index (BMI) categories using the WHOQL-BREF instruments. An Observational cross-sectional study was conducted in MampangPrapatan district, South Jakarta. A total of 296 total of 296 free-living elderly aged 60 years and above were particilated in this study. BMI was calculated as the weight (kg)divided by the square of the (m₂). Quality of life was measured by WHOQL-BREF questionnaire in the Indonesia Languange version. The results showed that the percentage of overweight subjects was 27.5% in male and 22.2% in female elderly, while the percentage of obse subjects ws respectively 8.3 and 13.2.1% respectively. In males, the mean scrores on each domain of the QOL were higher compared with females. The significant differences were in social relationship (p=0.000) and environment (p=000) and environment (p=0018) domains. Among male and female elderly the highest mean scores domain of QOL was observed in the environmentdomain, and mean scores of the environment domain was significantly higher in males compare with females (p=0.018). The results have practical implications for the health of older persons because they show that the overweight have a worse score in two QOL domiains, namely psychological healthand envirenment

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Universa Medicina:28(1):34-41

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Grogol Jakarta : Trisakti University., 2009

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English

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1907-3062

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quality of life
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BODY MACS INDEX

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