Predicting health-related quality of life based on dyslexia and distress tolerance in obese people

Obesity is one of the common public health problems, the increasing trend of which has become one of the major global health concerns, the present study was conducted with the aim of predicting health-related quality of life based on Alexitimia and distress tolerance in obese people.

The research method was correlation. The statistical population included all obese patients in Tehran in 2019. Among these, 250 people were selected by available sampling method. Participants were evaluated with Weber's (1992) health-related quality of life questionnaires, Toronto's aphasia (1992) and Simmons and Gaher's (2005) distress tolerance. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 23 software.

The findings showed that the variables of Alexitimia and distress tolerance can explain 16.4% of the variance of health-related quality of life and all the mentioned variables have a significant effect on health-related quality of life (P<0.01).

Based on the obtained results, it can be said that the quality of life related to health in obese people can be predicted based on Alexitimia and distress tolerance.