... health-related Qualityoflifein children and adolescents); LQ0-100: Lifequality score (range 0– 100); SEM: Standard error of the mean; T1: time 1; T2: time 2; QoL: QualityofLife Competing interests ... day of data collection at follow-up completed the questionnaires individually during the following week under the supervision of the local coordinator Measures The Inventory ofLifeQualityin ... ILC and KINDL and to Jan Wallander for valuable comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript References Koot HM: The study ofqualityof life: Concepts and methods InQualityofLifein Child...
... improvements of all QOL domains for AIDS patients and deterioration of certain QOL domain for AIDS-free HIVinfected individuals Thus, it would be advisable to think about the timing of initiating HAART, ... http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/3/1/6 Miners AH, Sabin CA, Mocroft A, Youle M, Fisher M, Johnson M: Health-related qualityoflifein individuals infected with HIV in the era of HAART HIV Clin Trials 2001, 2(6):484-492 ... from baseline Discussion In our study, we attempted to obtain unbiased estimates of HAART effects on QOL in WIHS by minimizing indication bias and further adjusting for the effect of informative...
... qualityoflifeIn the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing qualityoflife Success in improving physical and social functioning ... level of wellbeing in old age Best long-term prospect for alleviating burden of care and high costs of health spending in old age, better qualityoflife “The process of optimizing opportunities ... wellbeing or qualityoflife Increased chronic diseases and functional disability Escalate use and costs of medical and social services Increase burden of care for family and caregivers QUALITY OF...
... studies using the MOS SF-36® Qual Life Res 1998;7:57–65 34 Jönson A-C, Lindgren I, Hallström B, Norrving B, Lindgren A Determinants ofqualityof Original research 35 36 37 38 39 lifein stroke survivors ... housing, lowest level of education, and lowest income Botucatu has the best housing conditions Heads of families have the highest level of school in the District of Butantã and city of Campinas ... data from groups of people who were 60 years of age or more, a total of 958 individuals All the elderly individuals interviewed in the survey were included in this analysis Survey instrument and...
... there is a paucity of information comparing the QOL amongcancer groups with that of the general population, making interpretation of findings challenging Therefore, this paper examines whether QOL ... population of breast cancersurvivors Further, QOL ofsurvivors were compared to peers without breast cancer, including matching for place of residence, allowing for more accurate interpretation of meaning ... healthrelated qualityoflife scores with survival in breast cancer Support Care Cancer 2007, 15:387-393 Mols F, Vingerhoets A, Coebergh J, Poll-Franse van de L: Qualityoflifeamong long-term breast cancer...
... Health-related qualityoflifeamong old residents of nursing homes in Norway International Journal of Nursing Practice in press Cronbach LJ: Coefficient alpha and internal structure of tests Psychometrika ... Sense of coherence and illness: appraisal in older women's qualityoflife Res Nurs Health 2000, 23:25-34 Jakobsson L: Indwelling catheter treatment and health-related qualityoflifein men ... support and sense of coherence on health-related qualityoflifeamong nursing home residents – a questionnaire survey in Bergen, Norway International Journal of Nursing Studies in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/...
... Predictors ofqualityoflifein old age A cross-validation study Research in Nursing & Health 2007, 30:141-150 Sarvimäki A, Stenbock-Hult B: Qualityoflifein old age described as a sense of well-being, ... Health-related qualityoflifeamong older adults with arthritis Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2004, 2:5 Mili F, Helmick CG, Moriarty DG: Health related qualityoflifeamong adults reporting arthritis: ... al.: Health-related qualityoflife associated with chronic conditions in eight countries: results from the International QualityofLife Assessment (IQOLA) Project QualityofLife Research 2004,...
... Another main finding of this study is that psychological stress was related to all domains ofqualityoflifeamong hypertensive patients This result confirms findings in a study from Ames et al among ... any of the domains of QOL among patients with hypertension plus stroke (Table 5) 0.236 Discussion In this study we investigated the association of psychological stress and qualityoflifeamong ... psychological stress by domains ofqualityoflife Domains ofqualityoflife d Characteristics Diagnosis Stroke Non-stroke Gender Male Female Education a Low High Income b Low High Psychological...
... cardiac arrest, may improve qualityoflifeinsurvivorsof critical illness [9,10] Measuring qualityoflifeinsurvivorsof ICU admission is complicated by the fact that many of these patients may ... the best predictors ofqualityoflifein multivariable analysis Our model explained 17% of variability in physical component qualityoflife scores and 20% of variability in mental component ... use of validated qualityoflife measures, such as the SF12 This is particularly true of geriatric survivors Thus, the investigator is left with the question of how to measure qualityoflife in...
... social well-being The idea ofqualityoflife (QoL) incorporates these dimensions and can be defined as “an individual’s perception of their position in life, and in the context of the culture ... QoL of patients during care and the influence of QoL on the prognosis of alcoholism are unknown (22, 23) The aims of this study in a clinical setting was: 1) to determine the change in QoL of ... admission are shown in Table The regression model including seven variables explained 20% of the total variance (Table 3) Predictive factors of improvement inqualityoflife during the inpatient programme...
... international data The aim of the present study was to provide a profile of SF-36 scales and analyze the influence of demographic and socioeconomic factors on health-related qualityoflifein ... domain in each study area a minimum sample size of 200 was estimated, based on a prevalence of 0.5, an error of 0.07, an alpha error of 0.05 and a design effect of Considering a possible loss of ... per capita monthly income less than four times the minimum salary and 42.6% had less than four years of schooling (Table 1) Scores ofqualityoflife were lowest in the following dimensions: vitality...
... schooling, 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 ... 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 on the health condition.16,23 For instance, ... prevalence of 0.5, an error of 0.10, an alpha error of 0.05 and a design effect of Considering a potential loss of 20%, 250 individuals were selected for each age and gender domain For obtaining a...
... medicine API, Mumbai pp 1459-1462 Meisheri YV 1992 Geriatric services—Need of the hour JPGM, 38(3): 103-105 Prakash IJ 1999 Ageing in India A Life Course Perspective of Maintaining Independence in ... problems of aged population in rural area of Wardha district Indian Journal of Public Health, 41(2): 43-48 Kumar Vinod 2003 Elderly in India — Needs and issues, geriatric medicine in API textbook of ... are trying to explore the domain in which rural – urban population are lacking and recommend the measures to improve the qualityoflife Objectives · To assess the difference inQualityof Life...
... were defined as the measurements of how much dental problems and oral disorders interfere in the normal functioning of an individual’s life Since the indicators were meant to supply information ... out in Joaçaba, a city in the western region of the State of Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil The Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)15 was used as the instrument to assess the qualityoflife ... measure of dental impacts on daily living Community Dent Health 1996;13:22-6 Locker D Concepts of oral health, disease and the qualityoflife In: Slade G Measuring oral health and qualityof life...
... because of the aging population Critical Opportunities to Improve Older Adults’ Health and QualityofLife Our increased understanding of the critical factors involved in protecting and promoting ... addressing depression CDC’s Role in Promoting Healthy Aging (continued) Healthy Brain Initiative Th e Healthy Aging Program sponsors The State of Aging and Health in America report series and interactive ... Healthy Aging Programs, 2003–2008 University of Washington University of Colorado University of Illinois at Chicago University of Pittsburgh Examples of these activities include the following: University...
... impact of social and healthcare services on the qualityoflifeof elderly individuals as well as a clearer understanding of areas of investment for achieving better gains inqualityoflife [6] ... implies a 33.0% loss inqualityoflife The investigation into the qualityoflifeof elderly individuals has received growing interest in the healthcare field With the increase in this population, ... [67.0% of maximal score on the index (120 points)], ranging 62 (51.0% of maximal score) to 98 (81.0% of maximal score) Modal and mean values confirmed a qualityoflife index of around 68.0% of the...
... missing qualityoflife data a problem in clinical trials ofcancer therapy? Stat Med 1998, 17:667-677 Curran D, Bacchi M, Schmitz SF, Molenberghs G, Sylvester RJ: Identifying the types of missingness ... proportion of participants who repeatedly responded by reminder is minimal In the trials used here the 'learning-effect' of reminders did not appear to be a factor, but it would be interesting to investigate ... system of reminders is a useful tool in increasing the response List of abbreviations EQ5D: EuroQoL EQ5D health outcome instrument; LS: Listing and Schlittgen; MAR: missing at random; MCAR: missing...
... for individuals nearing the end oflife List of abbreviations HRQoL: Health related Qualityof Life; AQoL: Assessment ofQualityof Lifel; CI: Confidence Interval; OR: Odds Ratio Competing interests ... the role of clinicians in using societal resources to assist this prolongation This dilemma – between the qualityoflife and the quantity oflife – was first raised in the qualityoflife medical ... both time points, contributing the least disutility to the overall AQoL score Figure Distribution of Assessment ofQualityofLife scores Distribution of Assessment ofQualityofLife scores...
... parents Other studies on qualityoflife [35] and life satisfaction [24] have showed that children living with a single parent had lower scores on qualityoflife than those living with two parents ... to qualityof life, psychological well-being and self-management in cardiac patients J Health Psychol 2007, 12:4-16 Wu HK-MRBM, Chau JP-CRBMN, Twinn SR: Self-efficacy and QualityofLifeAmong ... adolescents Int J Behav Dev 2004, 28:385-400 Peeters Y, Boersma SN, Koopman HM: Predictors ofqualityof life: a quantitative investigation of the stress-coping model in children with asthma Health & Quality...