... functioning and global qualityoflife as was expected This means that those who were more anxious or depressed showed lower levels of emotional functioning and global qualityoflife Thus this ... contains 14 items and consists of two subscales: anxietyand depression Each item is rated on a four-point scale, giving maximum scores of 21 for anxietyand depression Scores of 11 or more on ... hypothesized subscales, overall HADS; and HADS subscales and overall HADS with emotional functioning and global qualityoflife scores HADS-A (anxiety subscale) Item number /Anxiety (HADS-A) 1/I feel tense...
... light of the results of this estimation of the severity of both anxietyandof depression This enabled a reduction of the number of items in the questionnaire to just seven reflecting anxietyand ... score of 11 or higher indicating probable presence ('caseness') of the mood disorder and a Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, score of to ... Hospital Anxietyand Depression Scale A review of validation data and clinical results J Psychosom Res 1997, 42:17-41 Bjelland I, Dahl AA, Haug TT and Neckelmann D: The validity of the Hospital Anxiety...
... performance and poorer health-related qualityoflife (Table 1) Subjects showed moderately high levels of baseline anxietyand depression Thirty percent of subjects had state anxiety scores above 40 and ... Our analysis of the effect of gender on the association between anxietyand functioning found an interaction between gender andanxiety on qualityoflife reports For men, higher anxiety was associated ... APF, FCS, and FLM participated in the design and coordination of the study, interpretation of data and writing the manuscript References Prigatano GP, Wright EC, Levin D: Qualityoflifeand its...
... in the way of realizing qualityoflife Success in improving physical and social functioning andqualityoflife will be determined by measures taken to improve Access andqualityof medical ... strategies of disease prevention and health promotion for healthy and long life expectancy Wide range of research topics and issues relevant to public health, primary care, and hospital and nursing ... physical and mental dimensions, social role limitations accounted mostly for reported poor qualityoflife In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands...
... income, work status, place of residence and number of chronic conditions component ofqualityof life, and smokers showed poorer qualityoflife than never-smokers The results of the present study ... these behaviors and different aspects ofqualityof life, especially among the elderly The few studies investigating the association between health-related qualityoflife (HRQoL) and healthrelated ... reduces the risk of disease, increases life expectancy of those with illnesses and improves qualityof life, though the harmful effects of smoking lasts for a certain amount of time depending...
... to Non-exercisers, p < 0.05 Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:68 Fatigue, depression andqualityoflife scores Exercisers had significantly ... between Exercisers and Non-exercisers on the cognitive component of the MFIS The impact of disease severity on fatigue, depression andqualityoflife Univariate analysis of variance between ... Kollegger H, Kristoferitsch W, Zeitlhofer J: Factors influencing qualityoflife in multiple sclerosis patients: disability, depressive mood, fatigue and sleep quality Acta Neurol Scand 2004, 110(1):6-13...
... Vallerand AH, Payne JK: Theories and conceptual models to guide qualityoflife research QualityofLife From Nursing and Patient Perspectives: Theory, Sawatzky et al Health andQualityofLife ... Health and other aspects of the qualityoflifeof older people Soc Indic Res 2001, 54:239-274 Michalos AC, Thommasen HV, Read R, Anderson N, Zumbo BD: Determinants of health and the qualityoflife ... A: Health and the qualityoflife Soc Indic Res 2000, 51:245-286 Zullig KJ, Valois RF, Drane JW: Adolescent distinctions between qualityoflifeand self-rated health in qualityoflife research...
... incontinence) and search (quality oflifeand bother and urinary Results of search (quality oflifeand distress and urinary incontinence) and search (quality oflifeand bother and urinary incontinence) ... the PubMed version of Medline The first search used the terms "quality oflifeand distress and urinary incontinence" and the second used the terms "quality oflifeand bother and urinary incontinence." ... further development of the incontinence qualityoflife instrument (I-QOL) Urology 1999, 53(1):71-6 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:8...
... of the physical activity and QOL relationship Physical Activity, Qualityof Life, and Demographics As noted earlier, relationships among physical activity andqualityoflife have been examined ... physical self-worth; DL = disability limitations; QOL = qualityoflife Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:10 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/10 ... sample of older adults Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:10 Although our findings offer support for a social cognitive model of physical...
... health related qualityoflifeof patients with fibromyalgia as related to the qualityoflifeof patients in other chronic conditions is presented in Table Results ofqualityoflifeof patients ... interpretation of these results on qualityof life, the risk of selection bias has to be considered Nevertheless, based on this overview, it can be concluded that the qualityoflifeof patients ... to a number of clinical disorders, such as Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:8 body dysmorphic disorder [28], depression andanxiety [29]...
... Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale; QOLRAD, QualityofLife in Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:12 http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/12 ... Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) andQualityofLife in Reflux and Dyspepsia Questionnaire (QOLRAD) domains and Hospital Anxietyand Depression Scale (HAD) Questionnaire and domain Translation Afrikaans* ... paper and pencil were used The method of using electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) for recording of symptoms and health-related qualityoflife has previously been shown to improve the quality...
... outcomes, there are very limited reports of how this translates to qualityoflife improvement and ability to return to work Health-related qualityoflife measures that are patient-oriented (self-administered ... significant morbidity affecting qualityoflife Hence surgical treatment to improve these symptoms translates to significant improvement in the qualityoflifeof patients In our study, the mean ... discectomy is a safe and efficacious technique to relieve symptoms of herniated discs and this improvement in back pain and leg symptoms translates to improvement in qualityoflife It has the advantage...
... referred to as qualityoflife measures when they actually measure qualityof health not qualityoflife " because I think that health is part of our life The concept ofqualityoflife includes ... Cremona, Italy QualityofLife Outcomes: I prefer this because it is brief and to the point! I believe it can be inclusive of not only overall qualityoflife but also elements ofqualityoflife such ... "Health-related qualityoflife outcomes" and Health andqualityof life" are closer to the journal's intent James W Varni, Ph.D Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine...
... Heyland DK, Hopman W, Coo H, Tranmer J and McColl MA Longterm health-related qualityoflife in survivors of sepsis Short Form 36: a valid and reliable measure of health-related qualityoflife ... 52:531-537 Zaren B and Hedstrand U Qualityoflife among long-term survivors of intensive care Crit Care Med 1987, 15:743-747 Hurel D, Loirat P, Saulnier F, Nicolas F and Brivet F Qualityoflife months ... pre-morbid health status [6,7] Qualityoflife studies are often difficult to compare, since different intensive care populations have been studied and a variety ofqualityoflife measures have been...
... goals of improved exercise tolerance and emotional function (health-related qualityof life) and also important clinical goals such as prevention of disease progression and minimization of symptoms ... both qualityoflife questionnaires Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, Results Sixty-seven questionnaires were returned (87%) The data of ... Med 2001, 163(5):1256-1276 Juniper EF, Guyatt GH and Jaeschke R How to develop and validate a new qualityoflife instrument In: QualityofLifeand Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trials (Edited...
... 37(5):469-478 Wyrwich KW, Tierney WM and Wolinsky FD Using the standard error of measurement to identify important changes on the Asthma QualityofLife Questionnaire QualityofLife Research 2002, 11:1-7 ... Rheumatism 2001, 4:384-391 Hays RD and Morales LS The RAND-36 measure of health-related qualityoflife Annals of Medicine 2001, 33(5):350-357 Brazier J, Usherwood T, Harper R and Thomas K Deriving a Preference-based ... economic andqualityoflife measures into clinical studies Ann Med 2001, 33:344-349 Walters SJ, Campbell MJ and Paisley S Methods for determining sample sizes for studies involving qualityof life...
... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, Background In response to demands by stakeholders and the evolving field ofquality measurement, the Centers for Medicare ... the Atlantic or Pacific Coasts of the U.S were assigned to one CDAC (N = 1197) and cases from Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/6 ... were marked for "Highest level of education", select the highest level of education marked Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/6...
... 1985, 70:662680 Anderson RT, Aaronson NK, Leplege AP and Wilkin D International use and application of generic health-related qualityoflife instruments In: Qualityoflifeand Pharmacoeconomics ... International QualityofLife Assessment Project (IQOLA) [34] and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QualityofLife Study Group [35] In addition to conceptual and psychometric ... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, Authors' contributions NL and JT designed and supervised the study, analyzed and interpreted data, and...
... types of cancer [49,50], and standardized group psychoeducation for patients with any kind of cancer diagnoses [51–53] Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife ... distress and improve qualityoflife in cancer patients are widely available, highly effective, and standardized Given the bulk of literature available detailing the efficacy of various types of interventions ... Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology has published a book of Standards which details principles of practice, professional issues, and organization and structure of psychosocial oncology...
... have dementia [15] Hospice QualityofLife Index The Hospice QualityofLife Index (HQLI) is a 28-item self-report tool that includes three aspects of overall qualityof life: Psychophysiologic ... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, been used by Moody, et al in a number of dyspnea andqualityoflife studies.[4,5] Reliability of the scale has ranged from 88 to 94 Content validity and concurrent ... feelings of mastery, and perceived qualityoflife as related to being caregivers Research Questions Severe dyspnea, whether acute or chronic, affects patients' functional status andqualityof life...