Differences between leisure-time physical activity, health-related quality of life and life satisfaction: Al Ritmo de las Comunidades, a natural experiment from Colombia.

Physical inactivity is one of the major public health problems worldwide. Community-based interventions have been pointed out as a promising strategy to increase physical activity (PA) levels and impact population health. Recreovía is a community program with a potential to promote PA.

Physical activity, nutrition and behavior change in Latin America: a systematic review.

Physical activity (PA) and nutrition are key health behaviors underlying the design and implementation of prevention strategies for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Latin America. Nevertheless, research still reports low prevalence of PA and fruit and vegetable consumption throughout the region. This paper aims at reviewing the ways in which models of behavior change theory have been applied in study development and implementation regarding nutrition and PA in Latin America.

Fatigue in the general population of Colombia - normative values for the multidimensional fatigue inventory MFI-20.

Background: Fatigue is a frequent symptom in cancer patients. In Europe and Northern America fatigue questionnaires were developed and tested, but their generalizability to other cultural contexts is largely unknown. The aim of this study is to provide normative values for the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) based on a representative sample of the general population in Colombia and to test psychometric properties.

Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in German ambulatory breast cancer patients.

Background: The aim of the study was to determine the predictors of health-related quality of life in ambulatory breast cancer patients.

Methods: A total of 107 breast cancer outpatients were tested with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the quality of life instrument EORTC QLQ-C30. Furthermore, the degree of social support and shared decision making (SDM) were assessed.