Physical activity (PA) can improve health and quality of life (QOL) of healthy people. However, the association between PA and QOL among people with physical disability (PWPD) is inconclusive. This study was conducted to determine the relationships between factors including intensity of PA, activitiy in daily living (ADL), stress, and self-esteem that influences self-reported QOL among PWPD. Th...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to investigate the types of mental illnesses treated by traditional healers, and their methods of identifying and treating mental illnesses in their patients. METHOD In urban informal settlements of Kibera, Kangemi and Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya, we used opportunistic sampling until the required number of traditional healers was reached, trying as much as possible ...

INTRODUCTION Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) reduces the risk of active TB. IPT is a key public health intervention for the prevention of TB among people living with HIV and has been recommended as part of a comprehensive HIV and AIDS care strategy. However, its implementation has been very slow and has been impeded by several barriers. OBJECTIVE The Objective of the study is to assess the...

This study aims to investigate how the students are willing communicate in an ESP class. in-depth employed students’ TOEIC scores as a reference select subjects of study. An interview was used main research procedure together with primary data. The in‐depth allowed us develop deeply into social and personal matters that have experienced communicating English. For sake effective interview, set q...

OBJECTIVES Anxiety often arises in conjunction with dyspnoea in patients with severe COPD. Considering the provoking symptomatology and the high mortality rate for COPD, it is reasonable to believe that these conditions trigger death-related and existential anxiety. Although anxiety causes considerable distress and reduces quality of life, people's experience of anxiety has been studied relativ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate family members' experiences of involvement in a previous study (conducted August 1995 to June 1997) following their child's diagnosis with Ewing's sarcoma. DESIGN Retrospective survey, conducted between 1 November and 30 November 1997, using a postal questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS Eighty-one of 97 families who had previously completed an in-depth interview as part of a...

BACKGROUND GPs do not have a full range of diagnostic resources to help manage infertile couples. Little is known about the patient experience of infertility management in primary care. OBJECTIVE To explore the patient experience of infertility management from a primary care perspective. METHODS This was a nested qualitative study with infertile couples in North-East England. In-depth inter...

OBJECTIVES To explore why cancer patients do not want or seek information about their condition beyond that volunteered by their physicians at times during their illness. DESIGN Qualitative study based on in-depth interviews. SETTING Outpatient oncology clinics at a London cancer centre. PARTICIPANTS 17 patients with cancer diagnosed in previous 6 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Analysis ...