Fernros et al. (2008): study SE 2000
Publication
- Author(s):
- Fernros, L.; Furhoff, A.; Wändell, P.E.
- Title:
- Improving Quality of Life using Compound Mind-Body Therapies: Evaluation of a Course Intervention with Body Movement and Breath Therapy, Guided Imagery, Chakra Experiencing and Mindfulness Meditation.
- Source:
- Quality of Life Research, 2008, Vol. 17, 367 - 376
Investigation
- Public
- Poor health participants in a course of mind-body therapies, Sweden, 2000-2001
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Non-probability self-selected
- Respondents
- N = 152
- Non Response
- Assessment
- 
        Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)                    
 Assessed at baseline and at 6 months follow-up
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on 12 questions:
 
 Do you agree or disagree with the following statements concerning your feelings during the last week?
 A My time has been filled with things meaningful to me
 B I have felt liked
 C I have felt nervous
 D I have felt tense
 E I have felt down
 F I have felt I have much to look forward to
 G I have felt harmony
 H I have felt emotionally stable
 I I have felt sad
 J I have felt impatient and restless
 K I have felt annoyed
 L I have felt lighthearted
 
 Rated:
 4 completely agree
 3 partly agree
 2 partly disagree
 1 completely disagree
 
 Computation: (A+B+F+G+H+L) - (C+D+E+I+J+K)
 Possible range -18 to +18. Transformed to range 0-100
 
 Name: Swedish Health-Related Quality of Life Survey (SWED-QUAL) Part 4 'Your feelings'
- Classification:
- A-AB-cw-mq-v-4-a
- Author's label:
- Emotional well-being
- Remarks:
- mean at baseline in intervention group
- Page in publication:
- 371
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 100 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 50.50 -
- SD:
- - -