Degree of disability among female healthcare workers who are overweight or obese

Figures & data

Table 1. The relation between the ICF domains and the included activities in the questionnaire

ICF domains	Questionnaire activities
Handling stress and other psychological demands	–
Changing basic body position	–
Maintaining a body position	–
Mobility:	Mobility:
Lifting and carrying objects	Lifting objects/picking up objects from the floor
Walking	Walk up/down one staircase
	Walk up/down two or more staircases
Moving around	–
Moving around using equipment (e.g. wheelchair, skates)	–
Using transportation (e.g. car, bus, train, plane)	–
Driving (e.g. riding bicycle and motorbike, driving car)	Riding a bicycle
Self care:	Self-care:
Washing oneself (e.g. bathing, drying, washing hands)	–
Caring for body parts (e.g. brushing teeth, shaving, grooming)	Pedicure
Toileting	–
Dressing	Dressing the lower body
Looking after one’s health	–
Domestic life:	Domestic life:
Acquisition of goods and services (e.g. shopping)	Weekly grocery shopping
Doing housework (e.g. cleaning house, washing dishes laundry, ironing)	Housework:
	Cleaning the toilet
	Cleaning bathtub
	Cleaning windows
	Vacuuming
	Sweeping/washing the floor
	Outside:
	Shovelling snow
	Collecting and picking up leaves/grass/garden waste
	Weeding the garden
	Mowing the lawn
Caring for others	–
Interpersonal interactions and relationships:	Interpersonal interactions and relationships:
Basic interpersonal interactions	–
Informal social relationships	–
Family relationships	Playing with your own or others children
Intimate relationships	Sexual/intimate relationship
Major life areas:
School education	–
Higher education	–
Acquiring, keeping and terminating a job	–
Remunerative employment	–
Economic self-sufficiency	–
Community, social and civic life:	Training:
Community life	–
Recreation and leisure	Participating in physical activities/sports with others
	Participating in exercise classes
	Exercising outside the home
	Exercising inside the home

Table 2. Characteristics of participants classified by BMI groups

	All participants	Normal weight BMI 18.5–24.9	Overweight BMI 25–29.9	Obese BMI ≥ 30
N	67	27	20	20
Percentage	100	40	30	30
Age (years)
Mean (SD)	49.5 (10.7)	49.7 (11.9)	51.4 (9.2)	47.2 (10.4)
Range	23–74	26–74	25–63	23–62
BMI (kg/m^2)
Mean (SD)	27.5 (6.4)	21.9 (1.8)	27 (1.3)	35.4 (5.0)
Range	18.8–45.7	18.8–24.8	25–28.8	30.4–45.7

Notes: SD = Standard deviations; BMI = Body mass index.

Figure 1. Prevalence (%) of disabilities (degree 2–6) in Mobility activities by BMI groups and test of significant differences in degree of disability with normal weight as reference.

Notes: Disability degrees = 2: To a small degree, 3: Somewhat, 4: To some degree, 5: To a high degree, 6: Unable to perform.
*Significant differences between groups.

Figure 2. Prevalence (%) of disabilities (degree 2–6) in Self-care and Interpersonal interaction and relationship activities by BMI groups and test of significant differences in degrees of disability with normal weight as reference.

Notes: Disability degrees = 2: To a small degree, 3: Somewhat, 4: To some degree, 5: To a high degree, 6: Unable to perform.
*Significant differences between groups.