Regular exercise and the trajectory of health-related quality of life among Taiwanese adults: a cohort study analysis 2006-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity is related to health-related quality of life, but little evidence from multiple waves of panel data in Asian countries area available. This study aims to explore the impacts of different degree of regular exercise on the trajectories of physical and mental dimensions of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for community-dwelling Taiwanese adults during 2006-2014.

Methods

Data were derived from the "Landseed Integrated Outreaching Neighborhood Screening (LIONS)" study, with 6182 adults enrolled at the baseline and subsequently followed up to three times till 2014. Linear mixed-effects modeling approach was employed to evaluate the growth curve models of HRQOL (with 16,281 observations) by linear & quadratic time effects, regular exercise (5-leve

SUBMITTER: Chang HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6806516 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature