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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">97</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN NORMAL INDIVIDUALS USING THE SF-36 QUESTIONNAIRE&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Agrawal</surname><given-names>Ronika</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Silva</surname><given-names>Charleen D</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>10</day><month>02</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>43</fpage><lpage>47</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Context: Quality of life of individuals varies in different cities, countries and continents. It is influenced by lifestyle, infrastructure, emotional and social wellbeing. The Quality of Life (QOL) values of the Western population are available but it cannot be used in Indian setup due to various factors and diversities. It is of utmost importance to know about the quality of life in normal individuals so as to try to aspire to reach those values in the diseased population. Thus, we can try to improve the quality of life in the diseased population.&#13;
Aim: To assess the quality of life in normal individuals using the SF-36 Questionnaire&#13;
Settings and Design: Permission to carry out the study was taken from the college ethical committee. The study included a consent, assessment form and the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire. Permission for the usage of the questionnaire was procured from OptumInsight Life Sciences, Inc. 400 normal individuals of age group between 35 to 60 years, both males and females not suffering from any disease and educated middle class individuals above 8th grade were included. The exclusion criteria involved psychiatric complications, cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neuropathy, chronic joint pain, recent trauma, pregnant females and respiratory diseases.&#13;
Methods and Material: A study was conducted using a convenient sampling method and included 400 individuals. The SF-36 questionnaire was used.&#13;
Statistical Analysis: Data analysis was done using the SPSS version 14.&#13;
Results: The physical component of QOL of individuals between 35-44 years is good in comparison to the other groups. The mental component of QOL is higher in individuals between 35-44 years than in group 54-60 years while group 45-54 years showed poor results. The QOL of males is much better than females both physically and mentally. Education has no effect on the QOL of normal individuals.&#13;
Conclusion: The quality of life of middle class Indian population as per SF-36 scoring is around 75 on 100. Mental Component Summary scores are better than Physical Component Summary scores. Quality of Life of males is better compared to females. As aging progresses, QOL reduces. Education has no effect on QOL.&#13;
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