economics and quality of life in the advanced heart failure patient

... participated in the statistical analysis and the drafting of the manuscript PE participated in the design of the study and the drafting of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... 3Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE- 581 83 Linköping, Sweden Authors’ contributions INO participated in the design of the study, the statistical analysis and the drafting of the ... pain killers, sleeping pills and diuretics and in the worst cases anticoagulants and insulin In every respect these results show lack of systematic work in the prescription process The use of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... reported poor quality of life In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing quality of life Success in improving physical and social ... subjective wellbeing e.g mental health and quality of life (healthy ageing) Multi-disciplinary collaboration of research aimed at understanding the ageing and health transition of Singaporean older ... wellbeing and quality of life in their later years Presently available data not indicate a benevolent trend of physical functional wellbeing in the near to medium term Regular monitoring of physical...

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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 ... metabolism in the cortical regions of the brain [35], reduced inhibition of the primary motor cortex in the preand post- exercise period [36] and abnormal cytokine profiles [37,38] Both aerobic- and ... Scale Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions NS was involved in all aspects of this study She was involved in the concept and design,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... instruments, the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and the Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire (QOLRAD), in patients with dyspepsia The GSRS and the QOLRAD were developed in ... versions of the GSRS in the Indigestion domain, for the Hungarian version in the Diarrhoea domain, and for the Afrikaans, Hungarian, Polish and Spanish versions in the Constipation domain Intraclass ... low internal consistency in the Abdominal pain domain probably reflects the difficulty of measuring this often fluctuating symptom, as well as the fact that the GSRS Abdominal pain domain contains...

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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 ... study and the editing of the article TvL participated in the preparation and conduct of the study, the statistical analyses and the writing of the article All authors read and approved the final ... personal interview (CAPI), a self- Page of 10 administered questionnaire, physical examination by trained personal (including assessments of body weight and height) and blood sampling The sample of the...

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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 ... metabolism in the cortical regions of the brain [35], reduced inhibition of the primary motor cortex in the preand post- exercise period [36] and abnormal cytokine profiles [37,38] Both aerobic- and ... Scale Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions NS was involved in all aspects of this study She was involved in the concept and design,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... manuscript BT was involved in the coordination of the study and commented on drafts of paper MS was involved in the interpretation of data AD participated in the coordination of the study PM commented ... drafts of paper AP was involved in the conception of the study RH was involved in the conception of the study and assisted in writing the manuscript All authors have read and approved the final ... where Yi is the response of individual i, fage and fBMI are smooth functions, and xiTb is a linear predictor including the binary and categorical covariates of the model As in the linear model,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; nor in the decision to submit the article for publication The researchers are independent from the funders ... data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis All authors read and approved the final manuscript 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

... schooling, income, work status, place of residence and number of chronic conditions component of quality of life, and smokers showed poorer quality of life than never-smokers The results of the ... 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; and the district of Butantó in the ... Nevertheless, the categories studied were sufcient to detect the associations The importance of this study is reinforcing the ndings of the international researches about this theme, increasing information...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... the interpretation of the results, and the editing of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... 18% of the explained variance in physical activity (R2 = 7.7%) (see Table 3) The associations between health status and quality of life The hypothesized model with the life domains operating ... Hemingway D: Health and other aspects of the quality of life of older people Soc Indic Res 2001, 54:239-274 Michalos AC, Thommasen HV, Read R, Anderson N, Zumbo BD: Determinants of health and the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... fit of the model to the data [39] The SRMR is the average of the standardized residuals between the specified and obtained variancecovariance matrices The SRMR should be less than 08 to indicate ... 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 ... design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, have been involved in drafting and revising the manuscripts, and given final approval of the version to be published Acknowledgements...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... as related to the quality of life of patients in other chronic conditions is presented in Table Results of quality of life of patients participating in the current study seem to be in accordance ... Pain Syndrome (CRPS) were included in the study; they were referred to the rehabilitation department by one of the anaesthesiologists of the pain clinic in the Laurentius hospital in Roermond And ... the interpretation of these results on quality of life, the risk of selection bias has to be considered Nevertheless, based on this overview, it can be concluded that the quality of life of patients...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... subsets of patients defined by either their change in the CESD from baseline to weeks, or by their CIDI at months To determine whether there were changes in the other measures independent of the ... 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 ... examine causality by following clinical changes in the patients Further studies of the importance of changes in QOL in subjects with clinical depression are also needed Competing interests The...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... [55], the Patient s Assessment of Own Functioning Inventory (PAOFI) [56] and the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) [57] scale The former is a brief self-report tool in which the patient rates the ... 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 ... even in women with early disease A decline in function in the early stages of disease was reported in an earlier South African study, with the majority of the decline in function occurring in WHO...

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... understand a population’s health status [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 ... because of the pathology of the disease, therapeutic regimens, and weight gain and inactivity secondary to treatment The reduction in cardiopulmonary capacity may lead to reductions in quality of life ... are few in number, however, and of limited quality Further research using rigorous methodology is needed to definitively answer questions concerning the role of exercise in enhancing QOL in cancer...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 16:23

... (with minimum 5% inclination) after which the speed or the inclination was increased every minute (0.5-1 km—h-1 and 1-2%, respectively) to a level that brought the patient to exhaustion The highest ... clinical practice Finally, these finding represent an urging need for developing effective physical training interventions for patients with schizophrenia 16 Competing interests The authors have ... Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension: The Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... 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 ... functioning and overall quality of life Brief screening instruments have been validated for the detection of anxiety in medical settings [55] And, while there are no published large randomized ... drafted the manuscript and performed statistical analyses JLC, JOB, KN, GC, BM, RAW, APF, FCS, and FLM participated in the design and coordination of the study, interpretation of data and writing the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:20

... analysis and in writing the final paper and has seen and approved the final version LV has participated in the design, data collection, data analysis and in writing the final paper and has seen and ... final paper and has seen and approved the final version DJ participated in the data analysis and in writing the final paper and has seen and approved the final version GM participated in the data ... participated in the design, data collection, data analysis and in writing the final paper and approved the final version SR participated in the data collection, data analysis and in writing the final...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... hospitalization and death in the elderly COPD serves as the fourth leading cause of death in North America, behind heart disease, cancer, and stroke, and is the only leading cause of death that is rising in ... decrement in quality of life [28] [29] [30] A variety of studies exist as to methods of assessing quality of life in COPD Cullen DL [31] identified 37 measures of COPD quality of life and functional ... problem [85] At the same time, the family also plays an essential role in the life of the COPD patient with advancing disease Family interaction requires that they have an understanding of the disease...

Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2015, 20:49

... were incomplete due to missing in the socioeconomic parameters Therefore, the final database consisted of 1,596 patients (89.7% of 1,779) Of these 1,596 consecutive patients, 61.8% were men and the ... important role in alcohol/drug abuse screening and brief intervention (SBI) since young patients in these settings are often at an early stage of their substance abuse problems To the best of our knowledge, ... mental quality of life in young ED patients with minor trauma in comparison to a representative German population sample Physical quality of life in ED patients was even better than in the representative...

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