Quality of Life

Reports from University of Zagreb highlight recent research in quality of life

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 22nd, 2009

"The objective of this study was to examine prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and presence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in people with low subjective quality of life (SQoL) in comparison with group of people with normal SQoL. A total of 9070 participants, 2890 men and 6180 women completed a questionnaire," investigators in Zagreb, Croatia report.

"SQoL was assessed with single item question on satisfaction with life as a whole, and data on risk behaviors and diagnosed CVD were obtained through self-reports. Biomedical measures were administrated by public health nurse at participant's home. Results have shown that people with low SQoL have significantly...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2009-06-22)

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