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… the 16-item scale as adapted by Burckhardt and colleagues for persons with chronic illness.
… Later, Burckhardt and colleagues offered evidence that the QOLS could discriminate levels …

… a 34-item scale that measures adjustment to physical, psychological, and social changes
that occur after ostomy surgery, with physical functioning being the strongest factor (Burckhardt, …

Objective To determine the effectiveness of self-management education and physical training
in decreasing fibromyalgia (FMS) symptoms and increasing physical and psychological …

… that psychosocial variables exerted direct effects on quality of life, while health-related
variables had only indirect effects on life quality through the psychosocial variables ( Burckhardt …

The quality of life of women with fibromyalgia was explored and compared to the quality of life
of women with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, permanent ostomies, chronic obstructive …

Objective. Fibromyalgia is a common syndrome of musculoskeletal pain and fatigue.
Lacking distinctive tissue or laboratory correlations, it has often been considered a form of “…

… Work by Burckhardt (3) found that arthritis patients used similar sets of words to describe
their pain and that a substantial affective dimension underlies their responses …

… Clark SR, Burckhardt CS, Bennett RM. FM patients improve oxygen consumption and pain
score during a 3 month program of aerobic exercise [abstract]. J Musculoskel Pain 1995;3 …

This study explored the impact of pain and functional impairment on the quality of life experienced
by persons with arthritis. Using a cognitive framework, a causal model was developed …