Health-related quality of life for First Nations and Caucasian women in the First Nations Bone Health Study
Abstract Objective Studies about the health of Indigenous (i.e., original inhabitants) populations often focus on chronic diseases and risk behaviors, emphasizing physical aspects of health. Our objective was to test for differences in self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL), which prov...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3959806 2023-05-15T16:13:58+02:00 Health-related quality of life for First Nations and Caucasian women in the First Nations Bone Health Study Tennenhouse, Lana Leslie, William Lix, Lisa 2017 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3959806 https://figshare.com/collections/Health-related_quality_of_life_for_First_Nations_and_Caucasian_women_in_the_First_Nations_Bone_Health_Study/3959806 unknown Figshare https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-3081-z CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Medicine Biotechnology Sociology FOS Sociology Cancer Science Policy 111714 Mental Health FOS Health sciences Collection article 2017 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3959806 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-3081-z 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Abstract Objective Studies about the health of Indigenous (i.e., original inhabitants) populations often focus on chronic diseases and risk behaviors, emphasizing physical aspects of health. Our objective was to test for differences in self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL), which provides a multidimensional and holistic perspective on health, between First Nations (one group of Indigenous peoples) and Caucasian women. Data were from the First Nations Bone Health Study, conducted in the Canadian province of Manitoba. HRQOL was measured using the validated Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). It captures respondent’s perceptions of eight health domains, as well as overall mental and physical health components. Results Analyses were conducted for 707 participants of which 47.4% were of First Nations origin. First Nations respondents had significantly lower unadjusted scores (p Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Abstract Objective Studies about the health of Indigenous (i.e., original inhabitants) populations often focus on chronic diseases and risk behaviors, emphasizing physical aspects of health. Our objective was to test for differences in self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL), which provides a multidimensional and holistic perspective on health, between First Nations (one group of Indigenous peoples) and Caucasian women. Data were from the First Nations Bone Health Study, conducted in the Canadian province of Manitoba. HRQOL was measured using the validated Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). It captures respondent’s perceptions of eight health domains, as well as overall mental and physical health components. Results Analyses were conducted for 707 participants of which 47.4% were of First Nations origin. First Nations respondents had significantly lower unadjusted scores (p |
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Health-related quality of life for First Nations and Caucasian women in the First Nations Bone Health Study |
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Health-related quality of life for First Nations and Caucasian women in the First Nations Bone Health Study |
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Health-related quality of life for First Nations and Caucasian women in the First Nations Bone Health Study |
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Health-related quality of life for First Nations and Caucasian women in the First Nations Bone Health Study |
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health-related quality of life for first nations and caucasian women in the first nations bone health study |
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