Amaç: Çalışmanın amacı belediye temizlik işçilerinin çalışma duruşlarının yaşam kalitesi ve ağrı ile ilişkisini incelemekti. Gereç Yöntem: Çalışmaya yaş aralığı 29-56 olan 22 kişi dahil edildi. Kas-iskelet sistemi hastalıkları bulunana kişiler çalışmaya edilmedi. katılan bireyler REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assesment), McGill Melzack Ağrı Soru Formu, SF36 Görsel Analog Skalası değerlendirildi. Sonu...

OBJECTIVES To introduce the UK SF36 Version II (SF36-II), and to (a) gain population norms for the UK SF36-II in a large community sample as well as to explore the instrument's internal consistency reliability and construct validity, and (b) to derive the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) algorithms for the UK SF36-II. DESIGN Postal survey using a questionnai...

Patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) often show substantial reductions in quality of life (QoL). The SF36 (Short Form with 36 questions), a well-documented, self-administered QoL scoring system that includes eight independent scales and two main dimensions, has been widely used and validated. In 65 adult outpatients on MHD, the SF36 and its scales and dimensions, scored as a number betwee...

UNLABELLED Although there are several investigations focusing the physiology and anatomy of voice and the senior's larynx, little has been produced to support the knowledge of the impact of vocal conditions on quality of life of this portion of the population. AIM To verify the impact of voice on quality of the life of elderly women, using the questionnaires Short-Form Health Survey--SF36 and...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether life event stress was associated with greater psychological distress and poorer quality of life in older individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in comparison with their counterparts without COPD. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS A population-based sample (N=497) of individuals aged 65 and above with COPD (postbronchodilatat...

OBJECTIVES To gain population norms for the short form 36 health survey questionnaire (SF36) in a large community sample and to explore the questionnaire's internal consistency and validity. DESIGN Postal survey by using a booklet containing the SF36 and several other items concerned with lifestyles and illness. SETTING The sample was drawn from computerised registers of the family health s...

OBJECTIVE To select a questionnaire and walking capacity test based on comparison of clinimetric properties and mutual association to be used as "core" qualifiers for physical functioning in patients with late-onset sequelae of poliomyelitis. DESIGN Repeated-measures at 3-week intervals. SUBJECTS An unselected sample of 57 patients with late-onset sequelae of poliomyelitis from a prospectiv...

OBJECTIVE To assess the validity, reliability, and acceptability of the short form 36 (SF 36) health survey questionnaire (a shortened version of a battery of 149 health status questions) as a measure of patient outcome in a broad sample of patients suffering from four common clinical conditions. DESIGN Postal questionnaire, followed up by two reminders at two week intervals. SETTING Clinic...

BACKGROUND Decrease in quality of life (QoL) in left-sided heart failure precedes poor survival, which can be reversed with exercise training. We investigated whether QoL is associated with mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension due to congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD) patients. METHODS In this observational study, PAH-CHD adults referred for PAH-specific therapy were included. QoL sur...

Background: Data on the long-term outcome of major trauma survivors in the United Kingdom (UK) is lacking. This pilot study aimed to investigate the health status of survivors of major trauma without significant head injury in the West of Scotland, and to compare the Short-Form 12 (SF12) questionnaire administered by telephone (TSF12) to the longer Short-Form 36 (SF36) questionnaire. Methods: T...