The Comparison of Quality of Life and Hope in Obese Women with and without Diet Therapy

Objective: The treatment of obesity besides weight loss will have numerous psychological effects. The obese patients have different body image, poor hope and quality of life that influence the process of their treatment. The aim of this study was to compare body image, quality of life and hope in obese women with diet therapy and obese women who are not under diet therapy. Materials and Methods: The analytical cross-sectional study was carried out on ۱۸۰ obese women in Kerman during ۲۰۱۶, by convenient sampling. In this study ۹۰ obese women were under obesity treatment regimen in Nutrition centers of Kerman and ۹۰ obese women who were not under obesity treatment regimen. The World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (۱۹۹۱) with a reliability of ۸۶.۰ and life expectancy Schneider (۱۹۹۱) with a reliability of ۸۱.۰ was used. Results: The mean score of body image differences between two studied groups were statistically significant (P-value:۰.۰۰۱). The value of T differences between the quality of life of two studied groups was ۲.۲۵ (P-value:۰.۰۰۱) and was significant with ۹۹% confidence interval. Conclusion: The results showed that there was a significant difference between body image of obese women receiving diet therapy and obese women who did not receive diet therapy. In other words, obese women receiving diet therapy had more positive body image; although body image scores of both groups showed that they are not satisfied with their body image.

کلیدواژه ها:

Quality of life ، Hope ، Obesity ، Diet therapy