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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Quality of life assessment in obesity: physical, psychological, and social function
M B Sullivan1, L G Sullivan, J G Kral
1Department of Social Work, Sahlgren's Hospital, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
Abstract:
This article examines the value of including patients' well being in the clinical assessment of obesity. It also deals with health status measures and the current state of so-called quality-of-life research. The few and limited studies of quality of life in obesity are reviewed and preliminary results of our own work are presented.
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