... questionnaires has been
undertaken to quantify the impact of disease on daily life
and well-being from the COPD subject's point of view
[12]. Health -related quality of life (HRQL), and prefer-
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det...
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... index of health -related quality of life, or vitality
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ing the effects of PT on quality of life.
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to ... used to
assess global quality of life. This measure was designed to
assess an individual's global judgment of life satisfaction
by allowing the respon...
... and moderate to severe). Quality of
life was estimated with the Quality of Life Index, participation with the Assessment of Life Habits
and environment with the Measure of the Quality of the Environment. ... Classification
of Diseases; ICF: International Classification of Function-
ing, Disability and Health; Life- H: Assessment of Life
Habits; MQE: Measure o...
... age, number
of comorbidities or disease duration did not differ signif-
icantly. Table 1 displays the characteristics of the study
sample separated by localization of OA.
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... of their
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[18]. Further, quality of life has been found to improve
with ... The
identifying of factors that diminish quality of life in HIV
cases is an important step towards improving quality of
life in this population. Fur...
... study of asthma and
COPD patients in the Netherlands showed that knowl-
edge about both asthma and COPD was related to bet-
ter adaptation to these diseases [33]. Kno wledge of
diseaseislikelytovaryinthegroupofasthmaand/or
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... resistance of the alloy system titanium-
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other titanium alloys. Due to the very high strength of this
alloy, the ductility of the material is ... occurred. The primary problem this presents is hardware removal during revision
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EF494486
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