Personal factors associated with health related quality of life in patients attending patient education courses while waiting for bariatric surgery.
dc.contributor.author | Andenæs, Randi | |
dc.contributor.author | Lerdal, Anners | |
dc.contributor.author | Bjørnsborg, Eva | |
dc.contributor.author | Bonsaksen, Tore | |
dc.contributor.author | Borge, Lisbet | |
dc.contributor.author | Christiansen, Bjørg | |
dc.contributor.author | Eide, Hilde | |
dc.contributor.author | Hvinden, Kari | |
dc.contributor.author | Fagermoen, May Solveig | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-17T09:25:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-11-17T09:25:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-9343 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/98877 | |
dc.description.abstract | In Norway, patients on waiting lists for treatment of their morbid obesity are required to attend a comprehensive patient education course at a Patient Education Resource Center. The aims of this study was 1) to explore the relationship between socio-demographic variables, health behaviour (physical activity), social support, and personal factors (self-esteem, self-effi cacy, sense of coherence and coping style) in relation to physical and mental health at the beginning of the course, and; 2)to compare participants’ HRQoL scores with norms from the general polulation. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Quality of Life Research | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Quality of Life Research;suppl 1 | |
dc.subject | livskvalitet | en_US |
dc.subject | pasienter | en_US |
dc.subject | pasientundervisning | en_US |
dc.subject | fedmekirurgi | en_US |
dc.title | Personal factors associated with health related quality of life in patients attending patient education courses while waiting for bariatric surgery. | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.source.pagenumber | 1 | en_US |