The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine whether a rowing training program improved the quality life and physical activity levels in female breast cancer survivors (n = 28) (stage 1–4.54%; stage 2–36.36%; 3–54.54%; 4–4.54%), diagnosed 4.68 ± 3.00 years previously, who had undergone subsequent intervention (preservation 56.53% total mastectomy 43.47%) current mean age 52.30 3.78 years...

OBJECTIVES The Medical Outcome Survey short-form 36 (SF-36) is widely used in studies of PsA. We test the fundamental scaling assumptions for the validity of SF-36 eight scales and two summary scores in PsA. METHODS We tested the five scaling criteria according to the International Quality of Life Assessment project and the validity of the physical component summary (PCS) and mental component...

Objectives—To assess the impact of myocardial infarction on quality of life in four year survivors compared to data from “community norms”, and to determine factors associated with a poor quality of life. Design—Cohort study based on the Nottingham heart attack register. Setting—Two district general hospitals serving a defined urban/rural population. Subjects—All patients admitted with acute my...

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of myocardial infarction on quality of life in four year survivors compared to data from "community norms", and to determine factors associated with a poor quality of life. DESIGN Cohort study based on the Nottingham heart attack register. SETTING Two district general hospitals serving a defined urban/rural population. SUBJECTS All patients admitted with ac...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has inconsistent effects on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with chronic lung diseases. We evaluated the effect of PR on HRQL outcomes using the 36-item short form of the medical outcomes (SF-36). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the files of all patients who completed PR in 2010, 2011, and first half of 2012. We collected informat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity and reliability of the Philippines (Tagalog) Short Form 36 Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2(®)) standard questionnaire among Filipinos residing in two cities. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING The official Philippines (Tagalog) SF-36v2 standard (4-week recall) version was pretested on 30 participants followed by formal and informal cognitive debriefing. To obtain the...

OBJECTIVE To determine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured with the 36-item Short-Form (SF-36) questionnaire in women workers in the fishing industry, compared with norm-based values in the reference population and other similar samples of persons with musculoskeletal disorders. METHOD A cross-sectional study was performed to measure HRQoL in 917 shellfish gatherers. Women taking ...