Gender difference in metabolic syndrome and quality of life among elderly people in Noakhali, Bangladesh by Marjia Sultana, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Towhid Hasan

“…MetS was diagnosed based on National Cholesterol Education Program's (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III criteria, while QOL was assessed using the brief version of the World Health Organization's QOL (WHOQOL-BREF) tool. Results: Results revealed that over 70 % of the elderly participants had MetS, with a significantly higher prevalence among females (79.2 %) compared to males (66.7 %). …”
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Is Telephysiotherapy an Option for Improved Quality of Life in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee? by Adesola C. Odole, Oluwatobi D. Ojo

“…Participants’ QoL was assessed using WHOQoL-Bref at baseline, second, fourth, and sixth week of intervention. …”
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QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE BALLROM DANCE by Zenite Machado, Gabriella Roberta dos Santos, Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo Guimarães, Sabrina Fernandes, Amanda Soares

“…In order to perform the study,a questionnaire was carried out, which consists of four parts: personal identifi cation,socioeconomic status, dance practice and quality of life (assessed by means ofthe WHOQOL BREF Questionnaire). After carrying the study out it is observed thatballroom dance is searched by individuals in diff erent ages, particularly the youngerunmarried ones belonging to an upperclass. …”
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Efeitos de três programas de treinamento de força na qualidade de vida de idosas by Kelly Moraes, Cleiton Silva Correa, Ronei Silveira Pinto, Felipe Schuch, Régis Radaelli, Adroaldo Gaya, Anelise Reis Gaya

“…A qualidadede vida foi avaliada pelo questionário validado, WHOQOL-BREF. A potência, força reativa e forçamáxima foram avaliadas respectivamente através do teste de sentar /levantar em 30 segundos,do tempo de reação e do teste de 1 RM (uma repetição máxima). …”
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Quality of life in gynecological cancer patients: focusing in religious aspects by Wastu Adi Mulyono, Wahyu Ekowati, Fera Agusti Ningrum, Salma Nurhikmah, Nadia Bella Maharani

“…Data were collected using validated instruments: FACIT-Sp for spirituality, FMI for awareness, Brief R-Cope for religious coping, PSS-10 for stress, and WHOQOL-BREF for quality of life. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess the relationship between variables. …”
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Hand grip strength and quality of life among adults aged 50–90 years from South West Poland by Antonina Kaczorowska, Sławomir Kozieł, Zofia Ignasiak

“…The study group comprised 1 446 people, including 351 men and 1 095 women, aged between 50 and 90 years. The WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire was used to assess quality of life. …”
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Anxiety and depression are common in fibromyalgia patients and correlate with symptom severity score by Gurmeet Singh, Sheetal Kaul

“…Quality of life (QOL) was measured using the World Health Organization QOL-BREF. The severity of pain, fatigue, and disturbed sleep were measured by 10 centimeter long visual analog scale. …”
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Testemunhos dos historiadores contemporâneos de Pedro Hispano, o Papa João XXI by José Antunes

“…Pour l'instant, elle sert de prétexte à la transcription et à la traduction en portugais, accompagnée d'un bref commentaire, des témoignages importants de deux historiens contemporains dudit Pape : le dominicain Martino Palana et le franciscain Salimbene Adam. …”
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Effects of Mat Pilates online on the depressive symptoms and quality of life of older people during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Valéria Pires, Camila Miranda, Bruna Sacchi, Jonas Casagranda Zanella, Mariana de Souza Strehl, Amanda Sgarioni, Cláudia Gomes Bracht, Thaís Reichert, Ana Carolina Kanitz

“…Quality of life was assessed using two questionnaires (WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD) and their respective domains. …”
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„Afacerea” Mihai Călin – un episod pitoresc al vieții literare la sfârșitul anilor șaizeci by Nicolae Bârna

“…Celui qui était chargé par la rédaction de recevoir, évaluer et, s’il y a lieu, faire publier des créations littéraires en prose reçues de la part de particuliers inconnus, aspirant à une carrière d’écrivain, l’écrivain Fănuş Neagu, fait un bref éloge du texte publié. Peu après, il appert que le récit en question appartenait en fait à l’écrivain onirique Dumitru Țepeneag, qui ne l’avait pas encore publié jusqu’à ce moment-là (l’écrivain se trouvait en France, pour un séjour de trois mois, mais ses amis, qui connaissaient ses écrits, même inédits, ont remarqué l’incident et l’ont signalé dans une revue littéraire). …”
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Analyzing the Effect of Dancesport on Reducing Menopausal Symptoms and Increasing Quality of Life by Noortje Anita Kumaat, Soni Sulistyarto, Ratna Candra Dewi, Heri Wahyudi, Caturia Sasti Sulistyana, Nugroho Susanto, Ozgur Eken, Septyaningrum Putri Purwoto

“…The study included 30 women who had gone through menopause and were between the ages of 54 and 63. The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was used to evaluate the quality of life, and the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was employed to assess the severity of menopausal symptoms. …”
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A cross-sectional study exploring the positive aspects of caregiving in opioid dependence and its relation with quality of life, social support, and caregivers’ burden by Priyanka Saha, Sayan Saha, Gauri Shanker Kaloiya, Siddharth Sarkar

“…Participants were assessed using the Scale for Positive Aspects of Caregiving Experience (SPACE), World Health Organization Quality of Life–BREF version, Family Burden Interview Schedule (FBIS), and Social Support Questionnaire. …”
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THE EFFECT OF KEGEL EXERCISE ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN POST TURP PATIENTS AT MUHAMMADIYAH HOSPITAL by Cucuk Rahmadi Purwanto, Yani Erniyawati, Susilo Harianto, Hafna Ilmy Muhalla, Fanni Okviasanti, Endah Sri Wijayanti

“…Data were collected using a quality of life questionnaire with WHOQOL-BREF. Inferential analysis used statistical t-test (Independent t-Test and Paired t-Test), MANOVA with a significance level of α < 0.05. …”
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Marital adjustment and quality of life among HIV discordant couples by Subhasis Bhadra, Nupur Tayal

“…Marital adjustment was measured through marital adjustment scale and WHOQOL-BREF scale used to measure quality of life (QOL). …”
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Perbedaan Tingkat Aktivitas Fisik Terhadap Keluhan Muskuloskeletal dan Kualitas Hidup Wanita Menopause by Ni Luh Nopi Andayani, Ari Wibawa, Indah Pramita, I Wayan Adi Wira Guna

“…Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah wanita berusia 45-55 tahun yang telah mengalami menopause dalam periode waktu 12 bulan.Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan kusisioner Global Physical Activity Questionnaire untuk mengukur tingkat aktivitas fisik, Nordic Body Map untuk mengukur keluhan muskuloskeletal dan WHOQOL-BREF untuk mengukur tingkat kualitas hidup. Hasil penelitian ini didapatkan perbedaan signifikan pada tingkat aktivitas fisik dan kualitas hidup dengan nilai p = 0,002 (p<0,005), namun tidak ditemukan adanya perbedaan yang signifikan antara tingkat aktivitas fisik dengan keluhan muskuloskeletal. …”
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Web-based intervention improving quality of life among patients with type 2 diabetes in southern Karnataka, India by Deepak Anil, D. Sunil Kumar, Rajendra Prasad Shivaswamy, Arun Gopi, G Hari Prakash, Deepika Yadav

“…Diabetes Care (https://www.diabetes-care.co.in/), an online website that can predict the risk for uncontrolled diabetes and recommends lifestyle changes, was used by the patients. The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was used to assess the QoL at the start of the study and 3 months later. …”
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PARTICULARITIES OF THE FUNCTIONAL PROFILE AND URBAN RELATIONS IN POST-SOCIALIST LUGOJ MUNICIPALITY by IOAN SEBASTIAN JUCU

“…La dynamique fonctionnelle de la ville a étéinfluencée par la position de la municipalité en ce qui concerne le rôle politique et administratif dans cette partie du pays. Ainsi, à bref délai, ses fonctions de marché, celle commerciale, politique et administrative ont été complétées par d’autres fonctions, générées par l’évolution économique de la ville. …”
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Use of integrative and complementary practices and the quality of life of undergraduate nursing students by Gabrielli Sousa dos Santos, Marcella Cecílio de Almeida, Raquel Valente de Souza, Joyce Assunção Barros, Adriana Cristina Nicolussi

“…A sociodemographic/clinical-therapeutic questionnaire and the WHOQOL-Bref instrument were used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, with Levene's Test used to assess the Equality of Variances and the Student's t-test applied to compare the mean scores of the quality of life domains between the groups. …”
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Prevalence of mental health conditions in post-conflict Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A repeated, cross-sectional study. by Maaike L Seekles, Jacob K Kadima, Pierre O L Omumbu, Junior K Kukola, Joy J Kim, Christian B Bulambo, Raphael M Mulamba, Motto Nganda, Laura Dean

“…Several domains of Quality of life (WHO-QoL-BREF) were also assessed to gain insight into the relationship between bio-psychosocial stressors and mental health status. …”
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Caregiver burden and quality of life among family caregivers of hemodialysis patients from South India by Afina Azeez, Srikant Ambatipudi

“…The caregiver burden and quality of life were assessed using the Zarit Burden Interview and the World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of Life (QoL) BREF scale. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine the association between the variables. …”
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