... anastomosis, more than four peritonectomy procedures (total anterior parietal peritonectomy, greater omentectomy/splenectomy, subphrenic peritonectomy, pelvic peritonectomy, lesser omentectomy/cholecystectomy) ... technique is a better control of the intraperitoneal circulation and uniform distribution of the cytostatic agents An important disadvantage is the increased risk of contamination compared to the ... from 28 to 46 months and 5year survival rates from 15 to 50% [26] Qualityoflife after CRS and HIPEC Despite relatively high morbidity rates and consecutive initial impairment ofqualityof life...
... the qualityoflifeand improves social behavior in this population [12] Recently, authors have demonstrated that qualityoflifeand sexual satisfaction of patients with CPP and endometriosis is ... endometriosis have no difference in results from qualityoflifeand sexual life inventories [8] The high prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression observed in both groups of this investigation ... endometriosis group and others’ causes of pelvic pain group The diagnosis of endometriosis was done using precise and standardized macroscopic criteria to make the visual diagnosis [21] Endometriosis Souza...
... terms of the extent of symptom relief or the technical success of a procedure Patients, however, measure the impact of disease in terms of general health status andofqualityoflifeand describe ... sources of uncertainty due to factors such as age, sex, social class and individual patient's health status In addition, qualityoflife tools may fail to distinguish between health problems and ... satisfaction (TS), andqualityoflife perception (SAQ QOL) The SAQ measures broader aspects of CHD effects than other disease-specific tools SAQ has well-established psychometric properties and...
... press 21 Brod M, Stewart AL, Sands L, Walton P: Conceptualization and measurement ofqualityoflife in dementia: the Dementia QualityofLife Instrument (DQoL) Gerontologist 1999, 39:25-35 22 Selai ... development of the index of ADL Gerontologist 1970, 1:20-23 25 Lawton MP, Brody EM: Assessment of older people: self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living Gerontologist 1969, ... standard procedure of the visit and includes both an evaluation of cognitive status by means of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) [16] and an evaluation of frailty status according to...
... schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Additional material Additional file 1: TOOL Spanish version The Spanish version of the ‘TOlerability andqualityOfLife (TOOL) questionnaire Acknowledgements This study ... Page of Figure The ‘TOlerability andqualityOfLife (TOOL) questionnaire Retesting was carried out to weeks after the first visit In order to analyse the psychometric properties of the TOOL ... measure to assess health-related qualityoflife in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: the ‘Tolerability andqualityoflife (TOOL) questionnaire Annals of General Psychiatry 2011 10:6...
... components of children and adolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy children and adolescents, but also for qualityoflife ... kinds of items in qualityoflife instruments: 'Indicator and causal variables' in the EORTC QLQ-C30 Qual Life Res 2006, 15:131-141 Meuleners LB, Lee AH, Binns CW, Lower A: Qualityoflife for ... into unobservable, latent variables, giving insights into the theoretical model of some construct [3,14] This is known as factorial validity that is assessed using explorative factor analysis...
... Fayers PM, Hand D: Factor analysis, causal indicators andqualityoflifeQualityofLife Research 1997, 6:139-150 Fayers PM, Hand DJ, Bjordal K, Groenvold M: Causal indicators in qualityoflife research ... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:89 areas of research insofar as they support a state (i.e., environmental) and trait (i.e., genetic) conceptualization ofqualityoflifeandto start discussing ... of the relationship between genes andqualityof life, both genetic and quality- of- life research is hindered by a mono-disciplinary approach Few genetic researchers are working with quality- of- life...
... reporting of child healthrelated qualityoflife Qual Life Res 2004, 13:1297-1307 Eiser C, Morse R: Can parents rate their child's health-related qualityof life? Results of a systematic review Qual Life ... additional allergic disease This is not surprising as the allergic diseases asthma, eczema and rhino conjunctivitis to a great extent are physical disorders with somatic symptoms Looking at the ... important to discuss the clinical relevance of the results and look into this issue more closely in future studies The choice to use the short version of the CHQ (i.e CHQPF28) instead of the longer...
... methods and areas of application ofQualityofLife research in children) Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr 1995, 44:391-399 Eiser C, Morse R: The measurement ofqualityoflife in children: Past and ... adolescents, andis part of a larger study with a broader focus on young adolescent's qualityoflifeand mental health The objective of the current paper was to evaluate reliability and validity of the ... QualityofLife Inventory (PedsQL) [9] is considered one of the most promising HRQOL instruments for children and adolescents, integrating generic core scales and disease-specific modules into...
... contribution to the study design, statistical analysis, interpretation of the data and the revising of the manuscript JW contributed to statistical analysis, interpretation of the data and the revising of ... according to his/her own experience with regard to several life domains [32] This concept is partly comprised of positive and negative affect as an emotional appraisal of health andlife circumstances, ... collection, statistical analysis, interpretation of the data and the drafting of the paper BL contributed to the study design, statistical analysis, interpretation of the data and the revising of the...
... components of children and adolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy children and adolescents, but also for qualityoflife ... kinds of items in qualityoflife instruments: 'Indicator and causal variables' in the EORTC QLQ-C30 Qual Life Res 2006, 15:131-141 Meuleners LB, Lee AH, Binns CW, Lower A: Qualityoflife for ... into unobservable, latent variables, giving insights into the theoretical model of some construct [3,14] This is known as factorial validity that is assessed using explorative factor analysis...
... between qualityoflifeand socio-demographic characteristics Table 5: Analysis of covariance for the impact of psychological stress, demographic and social factors on domains ofqualityoflife ... plus stroke Table 3: Clinical and sociodemographic factors and psychological stress by domains ofqualityoflife Domains ofqualityoflife d Characteristics Diagnosis Stroke Non-stroke Gender ... good and poor QOL measured by WHOQOL-BREF, poor qualityoflifeis indicated by numbers pointing to '0' and high qualityis characterized by numbers pointing to '100' A certified translation of...
... Rate of imprisonment African American Person-years oflife lost to Prison Rate of imprisonment Hispanic Person-years oflife lost to Prison Rate of imprisonment Person-years oflife lost to Prison ... of the life table into these two states using prevalence of imprisonment by gender and race These figures were then used to compute the life table value of the total remaining years oflifeand ... burden of imprisonment is not evenly distributed across gender and Table 2: Rates of imprisonment and person-years oflife lost to prison in the United States, 2000–2004, by race and gender, age...
... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2005, 3:56 Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide andis currently the fourth ... labelling of the disease [8-11] Over the past decade, more and more research on the development and validation of questionnaires has been undertaken to quantify the impact of disease on daily lifeand ... Evaluation of impairment of health related qualityoflife in asthma: development of a questionnaire for use in clinical trials Thorax 1992, 47:76-83 Prigatano GP, Wright EC, Levin D: Qualityoflife and...
... fact, one of the primary goals of Healthy People 2010 isto improve both the qualityand the number of years of healthy life [2] Qualityoflifeis frequently measured in investigations to evaluate ... Health-related qualityoflife in cardiac patients with dyslipidemia and hypertension Qual Life Res 2004, 13:793-804 Repetto L, Comandini D, Mammoliti S: Life expectancy, comorbidity andqualityof life: ... Physical activity andqualityoflife in older adults J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001, 56:23-35 Shumaker SA, Anderson RT, Czajkowski SM: Psychological tests and scales In Qualityoflife assessment...
... medication to assess any new or ongoing AEs Health-related qualityoflifeand medication satisfaction measures As secondary objectives of this study, caregiver-reported HRQL and medication satisfaction ... of missed days from work for caregivers and in the number of subjects requiring extra hours for tutoring, nursing, and home healthcare The number of subject visits to the emergency room due to ... 28:227-237 Eiser C, Morse R: A review of measures ofqualityoflife for children with chronic illness Arch Dis Child 2001, 84:205-211 Connolly MA, Johnson JA: Measuring qualityoflife in pediatric...
... of women of the same age from the general population, as many of the survivors’ symptoms are those of menopause and aging It is important to distinguish effects due to cancer from those due to ... – QualityofLife Questionnaire – Core Questionnaire; FACT-QoL: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Qualityof Life; HRT: Hormone-replacement therapy; QLI: QualityofLife Index; QoL: Quality ... survivors with qualityoflife as main outcome (cont.) QoL results Ref Factors related toqualityoflife in long-term survivors of gynecological cancer Review clinically effective and feasible to deliver...
... feelings of loss of control in response to breast cancer is a significant predictor of first recurrence and death from the QualityofLifeand Breast Cancer 505 disease (Pettingale, Morris, Greer, ... if perceptions of control stem from current qualityoflifeand adjustment And yet, it is indisputable that a relationship exists between psychosocial variables andqualityoflife in women with ... depression, anger and anxiety Positive yielding (acceptance) was related to greater sense of coherence, vigor, and overall qualityoflife as well as lower anxiety This is consistent with Cotton and colleague’s...
... Assessments of professional qualityoflife were made with the Professional QualityofLife Scale (ProQOL) [16], which is a validated development of the Compassion Fatigue Test [17] ProQOL is a 30 ... occurrence of job satisfaction, burnout and post traumatic stress symptoms has not been explored The aim of this present study isto explore relations between, and occurrence of, job satisfaction, ... the risk of more long term psychological consequences The risk of having to leave nursing profession due to psychological consequences is substantial [11] and risk for post traumatic stress disorder...
... acquisition and analysis of data, drafting of manuscript RJK: conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript, and critical revision of ... translation and adaptation that factored into account the challenges of small sample size in rare disorders, and applied it to a qualityoflife tool We used the KIT (Kids' ITP Tools), a disease-specific ... intellectual content CC: acquisition and analysis of data, critical revision of manuscript for important intellectual content CW: acquisition and analysis of data, critical revision of manuscript for important...