... conception, the development ofthe design ofthe study, and analyzed the raw data CM helped to develop the design ofthe study K-CK helped to develop the design ofthe study and to analyze the raw ... the discretion ofthe intensivist in charge without any explicit standard ofcare beyond the normal institutional standards and guidelines Neither careofthe patients nor endof-life decision ... hospital and ICU admission costs From the perspective ofthe society's healthcare system, we included post-hospital discharge healthcare costs and used a 3% annual discount rate [20] Other costs...
... terms of how much ofthe live blocks they occupy on disk and in terms of how much ofthe data written to the log they represent More than 99% ofthe live data on disk consists of file data blocks and ... delay the cleaning a while and let more ofthe blocks die in the current segment The value of a segment’s free space is based on the stability ofthe data in the segment Unfortunately, the stability ... (i-number for the directory andthe position ferent to the users than the Unix FFS-like file system in within the directory), the contents ofthe directory entry Sprite The reason is that the machines...
... Increase burden ofcare for family and caregivers QUALITYOFCARE is now a critical factor that determines whether the current cohort of Singaporean seniors faces the prospect of better functional ... reported poor qualityof life In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing qualityof life Success in improving physical and social ... strategies of disease prevention andhealth promotion for healthy and long life expectancy Wide range of research topics and issues relevant to public health, primary care, and hospital and nursing...
... areas ofthe state of Sóo Paulo, southeastern Brazil: the cities of Botucatu and Campinas; an area covering the cities of Itapecerica da Serra, Embu, and Taboóo da Serra; andthe district of Butantó ... work status, place of residence and number of chronic conditions component ofqualityof life, and smokers showed poorer qualityof life than never-smokers The results ofthe present study are ... and different aspects ofqualityof life, especially among the elderly The few studies investigating the association between health- related qualityof life (HRQoL) and healthrelated behaviors...
... writing and editing ofthe manuscript CM was involved in the conception and design ofthe study, as well as data analysis and writing and editing ofthe manuscript Both authors read and approved the ... subscale ofthe IPAQ andthe Physical Role(r = 0.214) and General Health (r = 0.254) subscales ofthe SF36, andthe Physical (r = -0.220) and Psychosocial (r = -0.246) scales ofthe MFIS were detected ... in the Exercisers There was no significant difference between Exercisers and Non-exercisers on the cognitive component ofthe MFIS The impact of disease severity on fatigue, depression and quality...
... used The method of using electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) for recording of symptoms and health- related qualityof life has previously been shown to improve thequalityofthe data and ... support the validity ofthe Scandinavian language versions ofthe GSRS andthe QOLRAD in patients with GERD [41] Future studies could use this approach to further assess the validity ofthe additional ... the GSRS Reflux, Abdominal pain and Indigestion domains correlated with all QOLRAD domains in theSpanish version ofthe questionnaires Correlation ofthe GSRS with the SF-36 Each domain of the...
... which the generic and specific health- related QOL were measured were comparable The standard version ofthe SF-12 covered the past weeks andthe NVPQOL covered the past week Given that most ofthe ... analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting ofthe article AB made substantial contribution to conception and design ofthe study, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting ofthe article ... 'Medications, Pregnancy and Lactation' at the Faculty of Pharmacy ofthe University of Montreal and CHU Ste-Justine Page of (page number not for citation purposes) HealthandQualityof Life Outcomes...
... used the SF-36 (Table 1) Since the SF-6D is a continuous measure of effect we used meta-analytic methods to estimate the weighted grand mean ofthe MID and to test the hypothesis of homogeneity of ... establish the interpretability ofthe SF6D, a new single summary preference-based measure ofhealth derived from the SF-36 The SF-36 is one ofthe most widely used HRQoL outcome measures in the world ... equivalent to the MID In patients who reported a worsening ofhealth (GRoC of or 2) the sign ofthe change in the SF-6D score was reversed (i.e multiplied by minus one) The MID was then taken as the mean...
... comparability with the original version ofthe questionnaire Similar to most studies reliability ofthe Iranian version ofthe HADS as measured by the internal consistency ofthe anxiety andthe depression ... I, Bilbao A and Ruiz I Evaluation ofthe psychometric characteristics oftheSpanish version ofthe Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Acta Psychiatr Scand 2003, 107:216-221 List of abbreviations ... contribution AM designed the study, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper MV collected the data, and contributed to the study design ME and SJ contributed to the translation procedure and data collection...
... function On the other hand, the inclusion ofthe pain items provides a better characterisation ofthe total impact of disease in this population, so if the aim is compare the overall deficit of a patient ... occurs only if some ofthe severe patients, the very severe patients, endorse the Page of (page number not for citation purposes) HealthandQualityof Life Outcomes 2003, item andthe not-so-very-severe ... on the proportion of shifting and shifting items in the QOL scale and that proportion depends, for reasons shown above, on the type of item, the population and treatment Effect size is always the...
... The questionnaire responses were analysed in the light ofthe results of this estimation ofthe severity of both anxiety andof depression This enabled a reduction ofthe number of items in the ... purposes) HealthandQualityof Life Outcomes 2003, score of to 10 being just suggestive ofthe presence ofthe respective state Further work indicated that the two subscales, anxiety and depression, ... The record chart provided by the publisher enables a graphic display of progress rather in the manner of a chart for record of body temperature Further validation studies ofthe English and of...
... report a poorer qualityof life [10,24] The effect of self-efficacy on qualityof life has been investigated in several studies ofhealth related behaviors Self-efficacy andqualityof life are positively ... on thequalityof life of elderly women Age and Aging 1993, 22:82-89 Hunskaar S, and Vinsnes A: Thequalityof life in women with urinary incontinence as measured by the sickness impact profile ... Treatment of UI is based on a thorough assessment to confirm the presence of UI, the type of UI, identification of contributing factors, andthe determination of patients that may require further...
... statement that gave the details ofthe study, andthe requirements of participants If the patient agreed to participate in the study, they then completed the first version ofthe questionnaire ... each ofthe times in the study One observation that can be made in relation to Table is that the average degree of correlation between the two measuresof personality andthe other variables systematically ... fails, the person becomes depressed, and their behavioral withdrawal allows the homeostatic mechanisms of adaptation to regain control of SQOL The relative contribution of affect and cognition to the...
... facility for the measurement of health- related qualityof life Health Pol 1990, 16:199-208 Kind P: The EuroQol Instrument: An index of health- related qualityof life Qualityof Life and Pharmacoeconomics ... use ofthe EQ-5D [9–11,18–20] compared to the HUI2 or HUI3 [21,22], perhaps due to the shortness and ease of completeness ofthe EQ-5D index compared to the latest versions ofthe HUI, either the ... Bush JW and Berry CC: Health status: Types of validity andthe index of well-being Health Serv Res 1976, 11:478-507 Brazier J, Jones N and Kind P: Testing the validity ofthe Euroqol and comparing...
... HealthandQualityof Life Outcomes 2003, efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare interventions; and 4) thehealth status of general populations HUI currently consists of two systems, ... Developer of HUI, founder and President ofHealth Utilities Inc Fellow ofthe Institute for Health Economics and Professor at the University of Alberta William Furlong, MSc Developer of HUI, and founder ... in healthandhealth economics at McMaster University 15 16 George Torrance, PhD "Grandfather" ofthe utility approach to assessing health status andhealth related qualityof life Developer of...
... in the questionnaires The response alternatives in the AIMS2 are based on frequency ofthe difficulty andthe SF-36 andthe RAOS response alternatives concerns intensity ofthe difficulty The ... [22] Responsiveness The patients completed the RAOS, the SF-36, the HAQ and four subscales ofthe AIMS2 at baseline and at the end ofthe multidiscipline care intervention, shortly before leaving ... adaptation ofthe KOOS intended to evaluate symptoms and functional limitations related to the foot and ankle The FAOS meet set criteria of validity and reliability [12] The Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis...
... dimension oftheSpanish KTQ, dividing the difference between the mean score in the first interview and that ofthe last one by the standard deviation ofthe mean score in the first interview [19] The ... analyzing the correlation coefficients between the scores ofthe KTQ dimensions andthe scores ofthe two Component Summaries ofthe SF-36 (PCS and MCS), the seric creatinine and hemoglobin, the comorbidity ... comparison ofthe group of patients under study in each case, with the general population and with other groups of patients In the case of ESRD, it also allows the evaluation ofthe effect ofthe change...
... between the healthy sample andthe two chronic illness samples were minimal Material well-being (#1) loaded with the health, work and active recreation items in the healthy sample and with the relationship ... helping others; and #13, socializing) loaded significantly on two different factors in one or the other ofthe three samples Page of (page number not for citation purposes) HealthandQualityof Life ... of Flanagan's conceptual categories into one Development ofthe intellect and understanding the self are extended to nurturing the development of others and participation in civic life, all of...
... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) HealthandQualityof Life Outcomes 2003, What are the applications ofthe QOLS? Over the past 20 years, a number of researchers have used the QOLS ... Press; 1965 Andrews RM and Crandall R: The validity ofmeasuresof selfreported well-being Soc Indicator Res 1976, 3:1-19 Burckhardt CS, Woods SL, Schultz AA and Ziebarth DM: Qualityof life of adults ... Measuring qualityof life of women with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus: A Swedish version oftheQualityof Life Scale (QOLS) Scand J Rheumatol 1992, 21:190-195 Neumann L and...