Perception of stress and quality of life in overweight and obese people - Implications for preventive consultancies in primary care

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Metz, Ulrike ^a   Welke, Justus ^a   Esch, Tobias ^b   Renneberg, Babette ^c   Braun, Vittoria ^a   Heintze, Christoph ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obesity; Primary care; Quality of life; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PARAMETER; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58649090660     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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