However, except for physical function, functional well being, and pain, the outcomes were studied in only three studies or less, thus we considered this evidence insufficient to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of yoga on these outcomes.
Further refinements to the FACT-G© questionnaire have resulted in the current 27-item version four questionnaire with the following five subscales: Physical Well-Being, Social-Family Well-Being, Emotional Well-Being, Functional Well-Being, and Overall Well-Being The version one SF-36® is a 36-item (short form health survey) general HRQoL with 8 subscales [ 11- 13].
The FACIT measure includes one General scale (the FACT-G: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Generalal) composed of 27 general questions divided into four primary quality-of-life domains (physical well-being, social/family well being, emotional well being and functional well being), plus a 20-item anaemia specific scale – 'Anaemia'.
There is the mesoscopic range between the microscopic and macroscopic size scale where the functional well being of engineering products must be addressed in terms of material damage.
FACT-G is a 27-item instrument that measures quality of life based on four domains: physical well being, social/family well being, emotional well being, and functional well being.
The FACT-F is a valid Brazilian, 40-item instrument that contains the 27 items of FACT-G (subdivided into four primary domains of quality of life: physical well being, social and family well being, emotional well being, and functional well being) and 13 fatigue-related questions [ 11].
The scores for FACT-G subscales -- emotional, physical, social, and functional well being -- were also almost identical to the general population.
Street and Voigt (1997) observed that in early-stage breast cancer patients, perceived choice was related to better QoL in the domain of physical well being (r=0.27, P<0.05) and functional well being (r=0.28, P<0.05) during the 12 months following breast surgery.
In particular, these studies suggest that particular QoL domains, especially physical well-being, functional well-being, and fatigue appear to be domains that are most likely affected by PA.
Scores of physical well-being, social well-being, emotional well-being, functional well-being, as well as PC subscale scores of FACT questionnaire, were stable during the follow-up period and not statistically different among the three groups (Fig. 4b– f).
The questionnaire consisted of 37 statements, which were categorised into physical well-being (PWB), social/family well-being, emotional well-being, functional well-being and additional concerns.
