Clinical Study

Health-Related Quality of Life and Quality of Sexual Life in Obese Subjects

Table 2

Correlations between sexual life domain (at Laval questionnaire, SCL-90 test, and O.R.WELL questionnaire) and quality of life, psychological status, and disability.

Laval questionnaireSCL-90 TestO.R.Well questionnaire
Items: 12-37Items: 5-21-69-84Items: 2-10-11

Age−0.180.24*−0.03
Body composition
 Waist circumference0.33*−0.210.02
 Fat mass—anthropometry−0.110.230.15
 Fat mass—BIA−0.120.170.18
 BMI−0.11−0.030.24*
Laval questionnaire
 Total Score0.65**−0.62**−0.51**
 Activity-mobility0.70**−0.52**−0.51**
 Symptoms0.55**−0.51**−0.37**
 Emotions0.68**−0.67**−0.48**
O.R.Well-97 questionnaire
 Total score−0.61**0.63**0.77**
 Incidence−0.51**0.56**0.69**
 Relevance−0.62**0.63**0.76**
SCL-90 test
 Global score index−0.65**0.82**0.49**
 Somatization−0.58**0.57**0.37**
 Obsessive-compulsive−0.60**0.68**0.49**
 Interpersonal sensitivity−0.59**0.80**0.50**
 Depression−0.68**0.77**0.51**
 Anxiety−0.61**0.73**0.41**
 Phobic anxiety−0.42**0.68**0.34**
 Paranoid ideation−0.49**0.74**0.38**
TSD-OC test
 Total score−0.64**0.49**0.44**
 Pain−0.60**0.49**0.38**
 Stiffness0.62**0.55**0.42**
 Activities of daily living−0.30**0.23*0.19
 Housework−0.55**0.43**0.28**
 Outdoor activities−0.61**0.41**0.37**
 Occupational activity−0.50**0.39**0.37**
 Social life−0.51**0.45**0.48**

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Legend: BMI: body mass index; TSD-OC test: Italian Society of Obesity test for obesity-related disabilities; fat mass—anthropometry: assessed by the measurement of skinfold thicknesses (Lohman et al. [23]); fat mass—BIA: assessed through bioimpedance analysis.