Background: The Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form (SF-36) is a widely used
measure of health-related quality of life. Normative data are the key to determining whether a …

Background. Sleep complaints are common in haemodialysis patients. In the general population,
insomnia impacts negatively on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL). The objective of …

Background: Fractures have largely been assessed by their impact on quality of life or health
care costs. We conducted this study to evaluate the relation between fractures and mortality…

Background High blood pressure, blood glucose, serum cholesterol, and BMI are risk factors
for cardiovascular diseases and some of these factors also increase the risk of chronic …

Background and Purpose— Very limited longitudinal data are available that assess the
health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of stroke survivors after discharge from inpatient …

Importance The randomized clinical trial (RCT) in oncology has evolved since its widespread
adoption in the 1970s. In recent years, concerns have emerged regarding the use of …

Using prospective data from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos), we
compared health utilities index (HUI) scores after 5 years of follow-up among participants (50 …

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between breastfeeding and resumption of vaginal
intercourse; to determine the association between these behaviours and age, parity, marital …

Objective Physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST) are associated with self-rated health (SRH)
in adults; however, SRH has been less studied among youth, and information about self-…

Background and Objectives A better understanding of the pathogenesis of chronic postsurgical
pain is needed in order to develop effective prevention and treatment interventions. The …