Sibbritt, Byles and Regan (2007) identified the minimum criteria to assist the prediction of decline in physical health related quality of life among women. The study was conducted in 1996-2002. From the survey three categories were generated which described physical health related quality of life and future physical decline as measured by physical component summary score of the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) SF-36 (Ware & Sherbourne, 1992). The medical outcome study SF-36 is a generic profile measure of self-reported health-related quality of life The SF-36 is a widely used and well-validated health profile that has been extensively reviewed for use with older populations. Results revealed that women had a physical decline associated with age, body mass index, a number of diagnoses viz. diseases like cancer, arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, depression, anxiety and coronary heart disease.
De Vogli, Chandola and Marmot (2007) examined the association between negative aspects of close relationships and increased risk for cardiovascular disease; and whether the association was …show more content…
Chida and Steptoe identified 26 articles on initially healthy populations and 30 articles on people with established illnesses. Follow-up periods ranged between 2 and 44 years in healthy population studies and 1–20 years in studies of people with existing disease. Positive well-being was associated with reduced mortality, with stronger effects evident in healthy populations, than in those with diseases. Importantly, these effects persisted when analysis was limited to the better controlled studies and was also maintained when negative affect was taken into account statistically. This is significant since it implies that positive affect may be protective over and above the absence of emotional
De Vogli, Chandola and Marmot (2007) examined the association between negative aspects of close relationships and increased risk for cardiovascular disease; and whether the association was …show more content…
Chida and Steptoe identified 26 articles on initially healthy populations and 30 articles on people with established illnesses. Follow-up periods ranged between 2 and 44 years in healthy population studies and 1–20 years in studies of people with existing disease. Positive well-being was associated with reduced mortality, with stronger effects evident in healthy populations, than in those with diseases. Importantly, these effects persisted when analysis was limited to the better controlled studies and was also maintained when negative affect was taken into account statistically. This is significant since it implies that positive affect may be protective over and above the absence of emotional