The association between overweight/obesity and psychological distress: A population based cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia.
BMI
General Health Questionnaire-12
Obesity
Overweight
Psychological distress
Saudi Arabia
Journal
Saudi journal of biological sciences
ISSN: 1319-562X
Titre abrégé: Saudi J Biol Sci
Pays: Saudi Arabia
ID NLM: 101543796
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
received:
04
12
2020
revised:
19
01
2021
accepted:
01
02
2021
entrez:
20
5
2021
pubmed:
21
5
2021
medline:
21
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The objective of this study was to compare the association between mental well-being between obese (classes 1 and 2), over-weight and non-obese population-based individuals. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. A total of 1019 Saudi nationals aged ≥ 18 years participated in the survey. BMI scores were used to categorize participants into three groups: Obese, overweighted and non-obese/non-overweight. Mental well-being was evaluated by using the validated Arabic version of the General Health Questionnaire version 12 (GHQ-12). We used total GHQ score (Mean=12; SD=5.23) to compare mental well-being between the four BMI class categories. The overall one-way ANOVA model was statistically significant (F = 7.018, d = 6, P < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, after adjusting for sociodemographic variables, diabetes and smoking statuses we found that higher psychological distress (as evident by a higher total GHQ score) was associated with higher BMI. The unstandardized Beta regression coefficient = 2.627; P = 0.034). Females were more likely to have higher psychological distress than males (unstandardized Beta = 1.466, P = 0.003). Job status whether being unemployed or 'civilian' (civil worker) was significantly associated with higher psychological distress (unstandardized Beta = 1.405, P = 0.041). Being diabetic has a 1.6 times higher risk of psychological distress (unstandardized Beta = 1.604, P = 0.027). The study highlights the public health implications of psychological distress amongst individuals with overweight and obesity in Saudi Arabia. Future longitudinal studies should explore the temporality of this relationship.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34012319
doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.008
pii: S1319-562X(21)00081-4
pmc: PMC8116972
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2783-2788Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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