audit outcomes and quality of life in palliative care

... collection and collation, data analysis, writing and editing of the manuscript CM was involved in the conception and design of the study, as well as data analysis and writing and editing of the manuscript ... score in the leisure domain of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire greater than 600 MET-min·wk-1 Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... activity A recent review of exercise intervention studies in persons with MS, found Figure Quality of life scores in people with multiple sclerosis Quality of life scores in people with multiple...

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... Adolescent distinctions between quality of life and self-rated health in quality of life research Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005, 3:64 Veenhoven R: The four qualities of life J Happiness Stud 2000, ... Indirect effect of physical or mental health status on global quality of life as mediated by one of the life domains Sum of all indirect effects for physical and mental health status explaining ... health-related quality of life A conceptual model of patient outcomes J Am Med Assoc 1995, 273:59-65 16 Ferrans CE: Definitions and conceptual models of quality of life Outcomes Assessment in Cancer:...

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... impressive gains in self-efficacy and QOL outcomes in a sample of older adults Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:10 Although our findings offer ... dwelling adults aged 50 and older via flyers and electronic newsletters advertising participation in a study of physical activity beliefs A total of 349 individuals expressed initial interest and ... Stewart A, King A: Evaluating the efficacy of physical activity for influencing quality of life outcomes in older adults Ann Behav Med 1991, 13(3):108-116 Diener E: Subjective well-being Psychol...

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... health related quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia as related to the quality of life of patients in other chronic conditions is presented in Table Results of quality of life of patients ... pain and long term false straining of the muscles eventually can result in chronification of pain In accordance with the hypothesis of Hasenbring, Van Houdenhoven suggested that, especially in ... contribution in drafting the manuscript RJS has been involved in the analysis and interpretation of the data in combination with drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript...

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... GSRS, Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale; QOLRAD, Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... I: Handling missing data in quality of life questionnaires: Experience from clinical trials 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Barcelona, Spain 1999 ... validation of the German translation of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in patients with reflux disease Health Qual Life...

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... experienced changes in both depression and quality of life over a 6-week period [10] Here, we expand on these earlier findings by examining a wider range of health status and quality of life measures ... goal of the over-all LIDO study was to compare Quality of Life (QOL) instruments, several of them were administered These included the Quality of Life in Depression Scale (QLDS) [21,22] and the ... indicate worse quality of life WHOQOL-Bref (WHOQOL Group, 1995, 1996) QOL:Rate is a 5-point scale rating quality of life All other scores on 0–100 scale: Overall Quality of Life (QOL:Rate), and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... management These findings reflect the importance of a supportive social network and self care in improving and maintaining QoL in women with HIV [30] Several studies have revealed that women infected ... al.: Impact of childhood trauma on functionality and quality of life in HIV-infected women Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:84 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full ... recognition and management of mood, anxiety and other stress-related disorders Finally our findings reflect the need to help improve and maintain QoL in HIV positive and traumatized individuals...

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... Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor *Amitriptyline, Clomipramine, Clemastine, Desloratadine, Hydroxyzine, Loratadine, Montelukast and Tolterodine Nordin Olsson et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... Journal of Ageing 2009, 6:113-25 Walker A, Lowenstein A: European perspectives on quality of life in old age European Journal of Ageing 2009, 6:61-6 Kaplan RM: The significance of quality of life in ... as: Nordin Olsson et al.: Medication quality and quality of life in the elderly, a cohort study Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:95 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take...

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... preparation and conduct of the study and the editing of the article MEL participated in the conduct of the study and the editing of the article KHL participated in the preparation and conduct of the ... H, Alte D, Schwahn C, Grabe HJ, Hoffmann W, John U, Dören M: Menopause and determinants of quality of life in women at midlife and beyond: the study of health in Pomerania (SHIP) Menopause 2007, ... health-related quality of life outcomes in weight loss trial participants: comparison of three measures Health Qual Life Outcomes 2009, 7:53 36 Wood NF: Menopause, symptoms, and quality of life: time...

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... collection and collation, data analysis, writing and editing of the manuscript CM was involved in the conception and design of the study, as well as data analysis and writing and editing of the manuscript ... score in the leisure domain of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire greater than 600 MET-min·wk-1 Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... activity A recent review of exercise intervention studies in persons with MS, found Figure Quality of life scores in people with multiple sclerosis Quality of life scores in people with multiple...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... easier In our study only 10.7% of participants withdrew from the study: this surprisingly positive finding may be explained in terms of perceived quality of care related to the offering of custom-made ... [22] There is a growing interest in the possible role of exercise in enhancing QOL, reducing recurrence and other diseases, and extending survival in cancer survivors Preliminary research suggests ... and independent living in older adults Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001;33(S):598 -608 Trine MR Physical activity and quality of life In: Rippe JM, ed Lifestyle Medicine Malden: Blackwell Science Inc;...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 16:23

... factors for CVD and evaluation of VO2peak should be incorporated in clinical practice Finally, these finding represent an urging need for developing effective physical training interventions for ... reduce the risk of CVD, the interventions are probably more dependent on improving VO2peak than increasing physical activity level alone [35, 36] Quality of life Our findings of lower SF-36 social ... symptoms and low emotional well being [11] High levels of VO2peak are associated with high levels of quality of life (QOL) [12] Body mass index (BMI) are found inversely related to QOL in patients...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:108 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/108 Page of Table Health-related quality of life, psychological status, and limitations in activities of daily living ... origin of the Impact domain, covering psychological disturbances resulting from respiratory disease, partly explains these findings A posthoc analysis excluding Balcells et al Health and Quality ... both and reduced HRQoL and found that the magnitude of this association was modified by working status, COPD severity, and the presence of comorbidities A better understanding of the influence of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... functioning using well-validated physiologic measures, which allows us to extend the findings of other investigators who suggested greater impairment in physical functioning and quality of life ... that a 10-point increase in anxiety score is associated with a mean decrease in MWD of meters, a decrease in maximum exercise workload of almost Watt, and an increase of approximately points on the ... performance of diagnostic testing and determination of study eligibility Physiologic measures Pulmonary function tests, including spirometry and single-breath diffusing capacity (DLCO), were performed in...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:20

... as to methods of assessing quality of life in COPD Cullen DL [31] identified 37 measures of COPD quality of life and functional status reported in selected literature in 1994-1997 Of these eight ... anxiety, use of psychotropic drugs), and the role of personal and social support, and care factors in predicting AECOPD (living arrangement), quality of caregiver support, and patient’s level of treatment ... consistent findings have been observed of the strong impact of FEV1% in predicting mortality [73] [98] [99] and poor overall clinical outcomes that included death, readmission, intubation and intensification...

Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2015, 20:49

... status index years post-intensive care unit of 25% and 50%, respectively (bold solid line) Moreover, the remaining life years were modelled, again considering an increase and a decrease of 25% (fine ... depicting costs per and 50%, respectively (QALY) saved tus index years post-intensive care unit of 25 %quality- adjusted life year(bold solid line) considering both an increase and a decrease in health ... Tsevat J: Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of initiating dialysis and continuing aggressive care in seriously ill hospitalized adults SUPPORT investigators Study to understand prognoses and preferences...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... pre-morbid health status [6,7] Quality of life studies are often difficult to compare, since different intensive care populations have been studied and a variety of quality of life measures have been ... S Heterogeneity in intensive care units: fact or fiction? Anaesthesia 1997, 52:531-537 Zaren B and Hedstrand U Quality of life among long-term survivors of intensive care Crit Care Med 1987, 15:743-747 ... Quality of life after prolonged intensive care Crit Care Med 1999, 27:11321139 Heyland DK, Hopman W, Coo H, Tranmer J and McColl MA Longterm health-related quality of life in survivors of sepsis...

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... study findings are explained elsewhere [9] Here the focus is on quality of life and patients' socioeconomic status In summary, patients' quality of life was assessed in two points in time: baseline ... baseline and follow-up functioning and global quality of life scores on the EORTC QLQ-C30 (the higher values indicate a higher level of functioning and quality of life, min.: 0, max.: 100) Baseline ... quality of life in patients with low income [8] This paper reports on data from a prospective study of quality of life in lung cancer patients and examines whether there is a difference in quality of...

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... MJ and Shumaker SA: Conceptual Issues and Considerations in Cross-Cultural Validation of Generic Health-Related Quality of Life Instruments In: Quality of Life and Pharmacoecoeconomics in Clinical ... DF and Anderson RT: Creating and Evaluating Cross-Cultual Instruments In: Quality of Life and Pharmacoecoeconomics in Clinical Trials Secondth edition Edited by: Spilker B Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven ... Thompson PW and Kirwan JR: Quality of Life Measures British Journal of Rheumatology 1996, 35:275-281 Testa MA and Simonson DC: Assessment of quality- of- life outcomes New England Journal of Medicine 1996,...

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... Development testing and use of the Sickness Impact Profile In: Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990's Page 10 of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... thing." I.3 "There's sort of voices and all sorts of mayhem going on inside and there's not enough of your brain left to concentrate on what people are saying You're sort of dealing with all of ... motivation, loss of energy, paranoia, and depression I.6 "Being quiet and not sociable Not wanting to go anywhere and being suspicious of people and what they were thinking of me Feeling tired, agitated,...

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