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dc.contributor.authorWijesinghe, R.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWickremasinghe, A.R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-29T10:14:43Z
dc.date.available2014-10-29T10:14:43Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2015; 27(2): NP2690-701 [Epub 2012 Feb 15]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1010-5395 (Print)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1941-2479 (Electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2382
dc.description.abstractQuality of life (QOL) was assessed in 141 filarial lymphedema patients and 128 healthy people in the Colombo district, Sri Lanka, by administering modified, translated, and validated (in Sri Lanka) versions of the Short Form 36 health survey questionnaire (SF-36) and the 30-item General Health questionnaire (GHQ-30). The GHQ-30 assesses the current mental health status. The SF-36 measures health on 8 multi-item dimensions covering functional state, well-being, and overall evaluation of health (physical functioning, role limitations resulting from physical health problems, role limitations resulting from emotional problems, energy/fatigue, emotional well-being, social functioning, pain and general health). By SF-36, patients experienced poorer physical functioning, more role limitations resulting from physical health conditions, less emotional well-being, poorer social functioning, and more pain than healthy individuals. By GHQ-30, mental well-being of healthy controls was significantly better than that of patients. The significant difference in the QOL as perceived by filarial lymphedema patients and healthy individuals reiterates the importance of morbidity control in patients affected by this disease.en_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publishingen_US
dc.subjectElephantiasis, Filarialen_US
dc.subjectQuality of Lifeen_US
dc.titlePhysical, psychological, and social aspects of Quality of Life in filarial lymphedema patients in Colombo,Sri Lankaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.departmentPublic Healthen_US
dc.creator.corporateauthorAsia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Healthen_US
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