Feasibility, reliability and validity of health-related quality of life questionnaire among adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in urban Uganda: cross-sectional study docx
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Feasibility, reliability and validity of health-related
quality of life questionnaire among adult
pulmonary tuberculosis patients in urban
Uganda: cross-sectional study
Harriet ... availability of standard instruments for evaluating health-related quality life (HRQoL), the
feasibility, reliability, and validity of such ins...
... Belgium.
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Ministry of Health, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy
Program, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of
Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, ... aspect in patient manage-
ment that ensures patient understanding of disease and
treatment. The effects of non-dialogue counselling were
demonstrat...
... to interpretation of the data and writing of the manuscript. AA
has participated in the design of the study, the interpretation of results and
writing of the manuscript. All authors read and ... of preparation of the manuscript starting from
inception of the project, collection of data, analysis and interpretation of
results and writing of the manuscript an...
... prevalence of choroidal granuloma in 109 patients
with fever and tuberculosis was reported in a prospective
study in 2002 [8]. Biswas and Badrinath examined 2,010
eyes of pulmonary TB patients and found ... objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of presumed ocular tuberculosis among
diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a ter...
... retinol and zinc in malnourished
patients were more pronounced than in healthy controls
and well-nourished patients. Furthermore, the prevalence
of low concentrations of vitamin A and zinc ... Vitamin A levels to be
associated with more extensive or severe disease, and low
levels of retinol binding protein, prealbumin and albumin
[2]. They also found that a high dose...
... been
suggested, including ir regular drug intake, inadequate treat-
ment of prior TB episode, prior history of TB, and prior
use of rifamycins and rifabutin in treatment of T B and
other bacterial infections ... against INH in eight (4.1%), against RMP in three
(1.6%), and against SM in two (1.0%) subjects.
3.1. Drug Resistance among New Cases. Among the 156 new
ca...
... power of the study 50 cases
and 100 controls were recruited
Study procedure
Data abstraction was done from medical records,
patients charts, and clinic cards in addition to
interviewing patients. ... years of age, in addition to the consent
of their parents or guardians.
Study site
The study was conducted between June and
December 2007 at Uganda’s main national refer...
... materials
and teaching/ learning conditions and suitability of set-up training objectives.
Testing and Teaching
Testing and teaching are closely related because it is impossible to work in either ... test.
Final achievement tests are those administered at the end of a course of study. They
may be written and administered by ministries of education, official examining boa...
... data from clinical trials studying
atomoxetine and using the CHIP-CE in the Lilly data base
were included. The total number of patients included in the
combined analysis was 794. Three of these ... track changes in QoL
over time. The internal consistency of domains and sub-
domains was robust against single missing items, except
for changes in the TA sub-domain and the A...