Over 600 choral singers drawn from English choirs completed the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire to measure physical, psychological, social, and environmental wellbeing, and a 12-item “effects of choral singing scale.” They also provided accounts of the effects of choral singing on quality of life, wellbeing, and physical health in response to open questions. High average scores were found on all WHOQ...

This study aimed to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL)of Emirati people with diabetes and to explore the sociodemographic and disease-related variables affecting it. The Arabic version of the World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire, short version (WHOQOL-BREF) was administered to 200 people with diabetes. The overall mean score was 63.1 (SD 15.0), ranging from 6...

The present study examined the reliability and validity of a Chinese translation of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). Three questionnaires, the MAAS, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and the brief version of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), were completed by 263 Chinese undergraduates (207 males, 56 females). Seventy of these students ...

Objective. To compare the quality of life of elderly living at a geriatric institution with that of elderly living in the community. Methodology. Quantitative study in which the quality of life of 50 elderly living in condominiums was compared with that of 173 community dwellers. To assess the quality of life, the instruments WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD were applied. The data were collected betw...

Enquadramento: A perceção dos idosos acerca da sua qualidade de vida (QdV) é decorrente uma multiplicidade fatores, podendo ser avaliada através escalas genéricas e/ou específicas. Objetivos: Avaliar a QdV amostra não institucionalizados e analisar relação com variáveis sociodemográficas clínicas. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo-correlacional, transversal, cariz quantitativo. Obteve-se 250 idoso...

Este estudo teve o objetivo de identificar a percepção sobre envelhecimento dos idosos usuários uma Unidade Atenção ao Idoso um município brasileiro e avaliar relação entre características sociodemográficas autopercepção envelhecimento. Estudo caráter quantitativo, analítico, observacional transversal realizado com 228 idosos. Foram utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: questionário sociodemogr...

OBJECTIVE To compare the quality of life of elderly living at a geriatric institution with that of elderly living in the community. METHODOLOGY Quantitative study in which the quality of life of 50 elderly living in condominiums was compared with that of 173 community dwellers. To assess the quality of life, the instruments WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD were applied. The data were collected betw...