Measuring Quality of Life: Incorporating Objectively Measurable Parameters within the Cross-Sectional Bern Cohort Study 2014 (BeCS-14).

ABSTRACT: Up until now, the measurement of Quality of Life (QoL) was based on validated subjective rating tools rather than objective measurement. To become more independent of the self-assessment of probands, a way to objectively measure QoL should be found. A monocenter, cross-sectional, observational, non-interventional trial was performed from 2012 to 2014 at Inselspital Bern to evaluate the bio-functional status (BFS), a complex, generic, non-invasive, sex- and age-validated assessment tool, in a wide range of areas. A standardized battery of assessments was performed on 464 females and 166 males, ages 18 to 65 (n = 630). In addition to the survey of the BFS, participants replied-among others-to the validated questionnaire SF-36 for health-related QoL (n = 447, subgroup 1). Since the accepted c

SUBMITTER: Theis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10815394 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature