... oflifein patients with long-standing insulin dependent (type 1) diabetes mellitus: benefits of regular physical training Wien Klin Wochenschr 2001, 113(17-18):670-675 Faulkner MS: Quality of ... quality oflife (ZODIAC4) Diabetes Care 2008, 31(5):932-933 Imayama I, Plotnikoff RC, Courneya KS, Johnson JA: Determinants of quality oflifein type diabetes population: the inclusion of personality ... to examine: (1) the determinants of HRQL and QoL (life satisfaction) in adults with T1D; and, (2) the interaction effects of diabetes type (i.e., T1D/T2D) on significant determinants of HRQL...
... quality of life, LS: life satisfaction Smoking was coded: non-smoker=0, current smoker=1 31 Table Interaction effects of diabetes type on determinants of health-related quality oflife Independent ... et al: Health related quality oflifein patients with long-standing insulin dependent (type 1) diabetes mellitus: benefits of regular physical training Wien Klin Wochenschr 2001, 113(17-18):670-675 ... model explained 2.0% of the variance for life satisfaction In model (lifestyle behaviors) none of the variables were significantly associated with life satisfaction The model explained 2.9% of variance...
... strength training has been one means in seeking cure for neck pain In addition to gaining neck muscle strength, neck strength training has been shown to be effective in reducing neck pain and the ... and participated in drafting of the manuscript JY was the principal investigators of the original study and prepared study design, data collection and participated in drafting of the manuscript ... performing Both training groups exercised three times per week and also performed a single series of squats, sit-ups, and back extension exercises in addition to 20 minutes of stretching exercises...
... parts of daily life variable PANAL A Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in Social life ... Limited in others PANAL B Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in Social life Limited in ... limited in their daily life concerning work, social events and sports Due to this nature of the disease QoL is increasingly impaired over time Despite of the high immediate success rate of SVT...
... , or participate in high-intensity strength-training programs [82] , report significantly better QoL These findings demonstrate the importance of integrating training programs into gynecological ... QoL, have been introduced in clinical trials on a large scale, in addition to measures of morbidity and mortality A simple search on ‘quality oflife on Medline at the beginning of 2009 gives ... quality oflife as main outcome (cont.) QoL results Ref Factors related to quality oflifein long-term survivors of gynecological cancer Review clinically effective and feasible to deliver in clinical...
... participating cities; and, a detailed assessment of the practicality of obtaining information to inform the 33 Terms of Reference ‘indicators’ As a result of this work, the following refinements ... The indicators were regrouped into 21 domains reflecting aspects of urban ‘quality oflife The grouping offered the practical advantage that because, by and large, the information required to inform ... cities Over 80% of cities had experienced a decline in the proportion of journeys to work by public transport In all cases of decline, there had been corresponding increase in the use of cars for...
... snapshots of the effects of increasing privatisation of health and home care on the quality oflifeof women in each section of Canada [75] It concluded that increasing privatisation of health ... provinces in availability of services Provincial governments are responsible for setting policy, planning, monitoring and regulations Financing comes from a mix of fees and tax financing In some ... the lines seen in the UK and US and to a lesser extent in Canada 9.1 Decline of the welfare state Teeple [11] sees increasing income and wealth inequalities and the weakening of social infrastructures...
... 75% Unsurprisingly, there is a clear inverse relationship between availability of jobs and availability of housing Cities which find it easy to offer jobs experience higher housing prices The ... residents in the 31 cities had widely diverging opinions: (1) employment opportunities, (2) housing costs, (3) safety, (4) cleanliness of cities, (5) public transport, (6) air pollution, (7) integration ... cities In three English-speaking cities, a narrow majority does consider it easy to find a job At the other extreme, in the southern cities of Naples and Lisboa and in the German cities of Leipzig...
... Pinar et al (2008) study findings indicated that pain was one of the negatively affected parameters (Pinar et al., 2008) When the EORTC QLQ-30 general and subscale scores were examined according ... Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: A quality -of- life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology J National Cancer Institute, 85, 365-76 American Cancer ... Measurement of the quality oflifein cancer survivors Qual Life Res, 4, 523-31 Hoskins NS, Perez CA, Young RC (1997) Principles and practice of gynecologic oncology; second ed Lippincott- Raven...
... infraestimations of HRQL scores in the Spanish sample The use of both instruments in different populations, including clinical samples and from different geographical areas in Spain will allow for continuing ... in parallel and were included in the Kidscreen project as validation instruments [11] As part of the process of obtaining the Spanish versions, interpretability issues were defined The aims of ... Descriptive results of the Spanish VSP-A and KINDL-R domains in a representative sample of non-institutionalized adolescents in Spain (n = 555) Domains (no of items) Mean (SD)* Median Missing values Effect...
... applicability of the 10-item short form of the Nepean Dyspepsia Index Dig Dis Sci 2004, 49(4):680-687 King CR: Quality oflife and controversial issues In Quality ofLife Edited by: King CR, Hinds PS ... supporting the construct validity of the instruments Once again, the magnitude of this reduction in SFNDI scores was less marked in the Malay version of the SFNDI and the smaller sample size in this ... conduct this study Instruments The Short Form (SF) Nepean Dyspepsia Index is a 10-item questionnaire with sub-scales each examining the influence of dyspepsia on domains of health in patients, namely...
... and obese individuals These studies suggest that physical activity combined with diet can be effective in improving health related QOL in several domains, including social functioning, mood, ... characteristics of binge eating in obese individuals Each item presents three or four differently weighted statements, with a final score varying from 0–46 It is used to identify binge eaters, Page of (page ... sought to examine several variables associated with psychological aspects The main findings of this study were significant improvement in scores of depression, anxiety, binge eating, body image...
... quality oflife Exercisers represent individuals who reported participating in at least two, 30min exercise sessions·wk-1, or had a physical activity score in the leisure domain of the International ... quality oflife Exercisers represent individuals who reported participating in at least two, 30-min exercise sessions·wk-1, or had a physical activity score in the leisure domain of the International ... pain and medication use [33] Theories of primary fatigue in MS include hypo-functioning within the central nervous system [34], reduced glucose metabolism in the cortical regions of the brain...
... 20 hours of training in assessments of physical functioning including balance, gait, and functional daily living skills and HRQOL Interviews were conducted in Spanish or English, depending on the ... certain subscales of the SF-36 in preliminary analyses In addition, body mass index was calculated by dividing individuals' weight in kilograms by height in meters squared Body mass index (BMI) categories ... related quality oflifeof participants Competing interests Drs KO and KM were principal investigators or co-investigators on the grants that funded this research (see sources of funding below) 10...
... Discussion The main purpose of this paper was to assess the utility of this instrument in patients with SCD living in Jamaica In all of its performance measures, the WHOQOL-Bref has Page of (page number ... reflect better quality oflife on each domain of all measures Table 3: Scale and domain scores for categories of painful crises 0–3 painful crises/year (N = 412) >3 painful crises/year (N = 79) ... frequencies of painful crises Pain is a major indicator of health-seeking and hospitalization in these patients [38,39,42-45], and those with frequent painful crises have shown poorer QOL in past...
... condition [7-9] In 1993, The WHOQOL (The World Health Organization Quality of Life) Group [10] defined QOL as individuals' perceptions of their position inlifein the context of the culture and ... of their role, lack of social and working support, course of the disease, and disruptions in family life All these factors were associated with a considerable damage of QOL The feeling of being ... were: MEDLINE via Pubmed (73), Web of Science (93) and PsycINFO (49) In accordance with the inclusion criteria, titles and abstracts of citations obtained from the search were examined independently...
... review of source and final translated version, 4) pretesting for equivalence in source and final documents in the format of cognitive debriefing, and 5) an international consensus meeting This ... Examples of such challenges include: 1) the difficulty in applying the guidelines to a small sample size (
... The findings of the current study underline the importance of combining self- and proxy rating, not only in Germany Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality ofLife ... record all impacts of a disease on daily life, they allow investigations in large populations Considering the advances in CF therapy and with regard to the recent increase in interest in PROs, the ... perception of the child The use of all CFQ-R versions also makes it possible to compare HRQoL at the different stages oflife and in this way to explore the impact of CF in the course of a lifetime In...
... effects of pain on physical QoL The indirect effect of depression on the pain-QoL link pathway was 0.08, indicating that about 75% of the effect of pain on QoL impacted through the mediator of depression, ... when interpreting and generalizing the current findings in other populations as the present sample consisted of mainly Chinese female (78.2%) teachers Previous studies show that the experience of ... Treatment of Cancer Core Quality ofLife Questionnaire Journal of psychosomatic research 2000, 49(1):27-34 Wong WS, Fielding R: Eating ability predicts subsequent quality oflifein Chinese patients...
... Evaluation of posttreatment health-related quality life (HRQoL) among tuberculosis patients Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007, 11:887-892 Dhingra VK, Rajpal S: Health related quality oflife (HRQL) scoring in ... C: Measuring health-related quality oflifein tuberculosis: a systemic review Health and Quality ofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:14, doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-14 Pasipanodya JG, Miller TL, Vecino M, et ... Collecting data; JGP, SEW Analyzed data; JGP, SEW Write manuscripts; JGP, SEW Both authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests Both authors have no completing interests in...