Variation of psychological and anthropometrics measures before and after dieting and factors associated with body dissatisfaction and quality of life in a Lebanese clinical sample

Table 3 Variation of the measures used before and after diet

	Before diet	After diet	scale ranges	P value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	scale ranges	P value
Psychological measures
Body dissatisfaction	15.98 ± 4.99	12.45 ± 4.97	0–27	< 0.001
Perceived stress (PSS Scale)	18.59 ± 5.30	17.41 ± 2.03	0–40	0.072
Self-esteem (Rosenberg Scale)	25.27 ± 1.48	25.24 ± 1.00	10–40	0.885
Anxiety (HAMA)	11.23 ± 7.66	3.81 ± 5.39	0–56	< 0.001
Depression (HAMD)	7.92 ± 5.47	7.23 ± 2.72	0–52	0.353
Physiological measures
BMI	28.66 ± 5.01	28.69 ± 5.04	–	0.350
Waist	89.24 ± 31.21	76.76 ± 24.68	–	0.001
Weight	79.08 ± 16.83	74.40 ± 15.16	–	< 0.001
Body fat	34.21 ± 8.30	30.84 ± 7.27	–	< 0.001
Quality of life (SF-12-PCS)	45.04 ± 7.91	49.66 ± 7.68	0–100	< 0.001
Quality of life (SF-12-MCS)	44.17 ± 8.47	49.24 ± 7.44	0–100	< 0.001

Numbers in bold indicate significant P value. The physiological measures were controlled for Physical Activity Index

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