Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Health predicting factors in a general population over an eight-year period in subjects with and without chronic musculoskeletal pain | Health and Quality of Life BioMed Central Open Access Health predicting factors in a general population over an eight-year period in subjects with and without chronic musculoskeletal pain Susann Arvidsson 1 2 Barbro Arvidsson3 4 Bengt Fridlund2 5 and Stefan Bergman1 Address Research and Development Centre Spenshult hospital for rheumatic diseases Oskarstrom Sweden 2School of Health Sciences Social Work Vaxjo University Vaxjo Sweden 3School of Social and Health Sciences Halmstad University Halmstad Sweden 4Gj0vik University College Faculty of Nursing Science Gj0vik Norway and 5School of Health Sciences Jonkoping University Jonkoping Sweden Email Susann Arvidsson - Barbro Arvidsson - Bengt Fridlund - Stefan Bergman - Corresponding author Published II November 2008 Received 3 April 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 98 doi 1477-7525-6-98 Accepted 11 November 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 98 2008 Arvidsson et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Many factors are proposed to be associated with health-related quality of life. Knowledge of health factors associated to development of a good health-related quality of life could be of use in clinical practice and public health work. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between suggested health factors and health-related quality of life at baseline and in an eight-year follow up in subjects with and without chronic musculoskeletal pain in a cohort from a general population. Methods The study was designed as a longitudinal study in a Swedish general population N 1 849