18– 20 Older urban people report higher self-esteem, increased positive mood, better emotional health, and more satisfaction with aging, as well as better functional health status and a higher degree of physical function and mental health than do their counterparts living in rural areas.
Further, there is a dose response relationship such that greater degree of physical function impairment is associated with poorer scores on physical health-related variables.
The EQ-5D has two sections: The first consists of five items to assess degree of physical functioning (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression).
In contrast, psoriasis has a relatively greater impact on mental rather than physical domains, as patients with psoriasis report the effect of their disease on social functioning (RE and SF), and to a lesser degree on physical function (RP) and pain (BP) domains.
Physical performance was measured with the Physical Performance Test (PPT) which assesses multiple domains of physical function by timing how long it takes to perform tasks of varying degrees of difficulty (i.e. writing a sentence, putting on and taking off a jacket, turning around 360 degrees, walking 15 meters) [ 29].
Scores of physical function were low.
QoL has been defined as 'the subjective appraisal of one's current life based primarily on psychological function and to a lesser degree on physical functioning'.
This is because these studies were conducted in nursing homes, and such homes usually admit people with varying degrees of impaired physical function.
PedsQL™ measures the components of physical functioning, emotional functioning, social functioning and school functioning.
The domains concerning physical health consist of physical functioning, role physical functioning, body pain, and general health.
