is quality of life responsive to changing internal and external circumstances

... 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] Quality of life after CRS and HIPEC Despite relatively high morbidity rates and consecutive initial impairment of quality of life...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... the quality of life and improves social behavior in this population [12] Recently, authors have demonstrated that quality of life and sexual satisfaction of patients with CPP and endometriosis is ... endometriosis have no difference in results from quality of life and 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...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... 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 and of quality of life and describe ... sources of uncertainty due to factors such as age, sex, social class and individual patient's health status In addition, quality of life tools may fail to distinguish between health problems and ... satisfaction (TS), and quality of life perception (SAQ QOL) The SAQ measures broader aspects of CHD effects than other disease-specific tools SAQ has well-established psychometric properties and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... press 21 Brod M, Stewart AL, Sands L, Walton P: Conceptualization and measurement of quality of life in dementia: the Dementia Quality of Life 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...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Additional material Additional file 1: TOOL Spanish version The Spanish version of the ‘TOlerability and quality Of Life (TOOL) questionnaire Acknowledgements This study ... Page of Figure The ‘TOlerability and quality Of Life (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 quality of life in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: the ‘Tolerability and quality of life (TOOL) questionnaire Annals of General Psychiatry 2011 10:6...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... 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 quality of life ... kinds of items in quality of life 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: Quality of life 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...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Fayers PM, Hand D: Factor analysis, causal indicators and quality of life Quality of Life Research 1997, 6:139-150 Fayers PM, Hand DJ, Bjordal K, Groenvold M: Causal indicators in quality of life research ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:89 areas of research insofar as they support a state (i.e., environmental) and trait (i.e., genetic) conceptualization of quality of life and to start discussing ... of the relationship between genes and quality of life, both genetic and quality- of- life research is hindered by a mono-disciplinary approach Few genetic researchers are working with quality- of- life...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... reporting of child healthrelated quality of life Qual Life Res 2004, 13:1297-1307 Eiser C, Morse R: Can parents rate their child's health-related quality of 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...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... methods and areas of application of Quality of Life research in children) Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr 1995, 44:391-399 Eiser C, Morse R: The measurement of quality of life in children: Past and ... adolescents, and is part of a larger study with a broader focus on young adolescent's quality of life and mental health The objective of the current paper was to evaluate reliability and validity of the ... Quality of Life 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...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... 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 and life 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...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... 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 quality of life ... kinds of items in quality of life 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: Quality of life 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...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... between quality of life and socio-demographic characteristics Table 5: Analysis of covariance for the impact of psychological stress, demographic and social factors on domains of quality of life ... plus stroke Table 3: Clinical and sociodemographic factors and psychological stress by domains of quality of life Domains of quality of life d Characteristics Diagnosis Stroke Non-stroke Gender ... good and poor QOL measured by WHOQOL-BREF, poor quality of life is indicated by numbers pointing to '0' and high quality is characterized by numbers pointing to '100' A certified translation of...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... Rate of imprisonment African American Person-years of life lost to Prison Rate of imprisonment Hispanic Person-years of life lost to Prison Rate of imprisonment Person-years of life 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 of life and ... burden of imprisonment is not evenly distributed across gender and Table 2: Rates of imprisonment and person-years of life lost to prison in the United States, 2000–2004, by race and gender, age...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005, 3:56 Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and is 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 life and ... Evaluation of impairment of health related quality of life in asthma: development of a questionnaire for use in clinical trials Thorax 1992, 47:76-83 Prigatano GP, Wright EC, Levin D: Quality of life and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... fact, one of the primary goals of Healthy People 2010 is to improve both the quality and the number of years of healthy life [2] Quality of life is frequently measured in investigations to evaluate ... Health-related quality of life in cardiac patients with dyslipidemia and hypertension Qual Life Res 2004, 13:793-804 Repetto L, Comandini D, Mammoliti S: Life expectancy, comorbidity and quality of life: ... Physical activity and quality of life 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 Quality of life assessment...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... medication to assess any new or ongoing AEs Health-related quality of life and 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 of quality of life for children with chronic illness Arch Dis Child 2001, 84:205-211 Connolly MA, Johnson JA: Measuring quality of life in pediatric...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... 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 ... – Quality of Life Questionnaire – Core Questionnaire; FACT-QoL: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Quality of Life; HRT: Hormone-replacement therapy; QLI: Quality of Life Index; QoL: Quality ... survivors with quality of life as main outcome (cont.) QoL results Ref Factors related to quality of life in long-term survivors of gynecological cancer Review clinically effective and feasible to deliver...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... feelings of loss of control in response to breast cancer is a significant predictor of first recurrence and death from the Quality of Life and Breast Cancer 505 disease (Pettingale, Morris, Greer, ... if perceptions of control stem from current quality of life and adjustment And yet, it is indisputable that a relationship exists between psychosocial variables and quality of life in women with ... depression, anger and anxiety Positive yielding (acceptance) was related to greater sense of coherence, vigor, and overall quality of life as well as lower anxiety This is consistent with Cotton and colleague’s...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 17:20

... Assessments of professional quality of life were made with the Professional Quality of Life 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 is to 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...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... 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 quality of life 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...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20