Quality of life indicators on a group of 20 basically „healthy” subjects

Abstract

Introduction: The concerns for the concept and the research quality of life (QoL) in medicine have met a growth. Considering that a correct measuring of the QoL of the patients with chronic diseases must be comparative patient - healthy subject, it appears the necessity of clear view about the QoL ofthe healthy population. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the QoL of 20 basically healthy individuals using the SF-36 test. Materials and methods: There have been questioned 20 healthy subjects which did not have health issues and agreed to participate in this study. The average age was 27± 5 years, 75 % among the examined were women. For the QoL evaluation was used the SF-36 questionnaire. It includes 36 questions grouped in 8 levels: Physical condition; Health limitation; Somatic pain; General health; Vitality; Social function; Social limitation; Mental health. The results calculation was generated on the strength of the automatic program located on http://www.sf-36.org/demos/sf-36.html. Discussion results: The achieved results prove that every single level of the SF-36 test has reached over 60 point values. Analyzing the data, we can notice that QoL has significantly decreased in „General Health” physical health compartment with only 65.1 points. The QoL psychic size appeared to be decreased at the „Vitality” and „Mental health” levels with 61.2 and 66,8. The other levels show a growth, being over 90 points. Looking at the results, we underline that this info is important for the statistical analysis comparative to data about the QoL determined at patients with different illnesses, including with chronic liver diseases. Conclusion: The received data can be used for the comparative study with health quality indicators of patients with different chronicle diseases.