Percent weight reduction required to achieve minimal clinically important improvements in health-related quality of life among African Americans: A secondary analysis of the fit body and soul study.

Garvin, Jane T; Williams, Lovoria B; Joshua, Thomas V; Looney, Stephen W; Marion, Lucy N

Garvin, Jane T; Williams, Lovoria B; Joshua, Thomas V; Looney, Stephen W; Marion, Lucy N.

Affiliation

Garvin JT; Augusta University, College of Nursing, 987 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA 30912, United States. Electronic address: bgarvin@augusta.edu.
Williams LB; Augusta University, College of Nursing, 987 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA 30912, United States.
Joshua TV; Augusta University, College of Nursing, 987 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA 30912, United States.
Looney SW; Augusta University, Medical College of Georgia, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1120 15th Street, AE-1014, Augusta, GA 30912, United States.
Marion LN; Augusta University, College of Nursing, 987 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA 30912, United States.

Appl Nurs Res ; 36: 100-105, 2017 08.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28720228

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Attitude to Health; Black or African American/psychology; Body Mass Index; Diabetes Mellitus/prevention & control; Physical Fitness/psychology; Quality of Life/psychology; Weight Loss/physiology; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States

Key words

African American; Body composition; Body mass index; EQ-5D; Health-related quality of life; Minimal clinically important difference; Obesity; Quality of life; SF-12; Waist circumference; Waist-to-height ratio

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality of Life / Black or African American / Weight Loss / Attitude to Health / Body Mass Index / Physical Fitness / Diabetes Mellitus Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Appl Nurs Res Journal subject: ENFERMAGEM Year: 2017 Type: Article

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