poverty and quality of life

... functional wellbeing of the elderly  High level of morbidity and rising trend in physical disability  Social and environmental impediments to quality of life  Quality of medical care should ... or quality of life Escalate use and costs of medical and social services Increase burden of care for family and caregivers Avoidable Hospitalization Rates in Singapore Ng et al, Journal of ... possible 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 quality of life  “The process of optimizing...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... 2011;45(3):485-93 component of quality of life, and smokers showed poorer quality of life than never-smokers. The results of the present study are consistent with those of other studies using the ... these behaviors and different aspects of quality of life, especially among the elderly. The few studies investigating the association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health- related ... reduces the risk of disease, increases life expectancy of those with illnesses and improves quality of life, though the harmful effects of smoking lasts for a certain amount of time depending...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... Central Page 1 of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Research The impact of regular physical activity on fatigue, depression and quality of life ... Function, Bodily Pain and Physical Component Summary Score of the SF36 (Figures 4, 5 and 6). The influence of the quantity of regular physical activity on fatigue, depression and quality of life scores Significant ... overall reported physical activity levels and some subscales of the quality of life and fatigue questionnaires. Additionally, some quality of life subscale scores indicated that regular physical activity...

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... R, Anderson N, Zumbo BD: Determinants of health and the quality of life in the Bella Coola Valley. Soc Indic Res 2005, 72:1-50. 28. Michalos AC, Zumbo BD, Hubley A: Health and the quality of life. ... Adolescent distinctions between quality of life and self-rated health in quality of life research. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005, 3:64. 30. Veenhoven R: The four qualities of life. J Happiness Stud 2000, ... Perceived quality of life: a neglected component of adolescent health assessment and intervention. J Adolesc Health 2004, 34:270-278. 9. Koot HM, Wallander JL: Quality of Life in Child and Adolescent...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... incontinence) and search 2 (quality of life and bother and urinary incontinence)Figure 1 Results of search 1 (quality of life and distress and urinary incontinence) and search 2 (quality of life and bother ... PubMed version of Medline. The first search used the terms " ;quality of life and distress and urinary incontinence" and the second used the terms " ;quality of life and bother and urinary incontinence." ... 356(21):2143-55. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:8 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/8 Page 4 of 8 (page number not for citation purposes) Results of search 1 (quality of life and distress and urinary...

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... the physical activity and QOL relationship. Physical Activity, Quality of Life, and Demographics As noted earlier, relationships among physical activity and quality of life have been examined ... 40(1):122-128. BioMed Central Page 1 of 7 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Research Physical activity and quality of life in community dwelling older ... present study, 0.9% of disability limitations data (n = 3), 0.3% of self-efficacy data (n = 1), 1.9% of GLTEQ physical activity data (n = 6), 1.9% of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009,...

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... related quality of life of patients with fibromy- algia as related to the quality of life of patients in other chronic conditions is presented in Table 4. Results of qual- ity of life of patients ... interpretation of these results on quality of life, the risk of selection bias has to be considered. Nevertheless, based on this over- view, it can be concluded that the quality of life of patients with ... BioMed Central Page 1 of 8 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Research Disability and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia Jeanine...

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... B: Electronic quality of life questionnaires: a comparison of pen-based electronic questionnaires with conventional paper in a gastrointestinal study. Qual Life Res 1995, 4:21-26. Health and Quality of Life ... Symptom Rating Scale; QOLRAD, Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:12 http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/12 Page 10 of 12 (page number not ... of the German translation of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in patients with reflux disease. Health Qual Life...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... discectomy is a safe and efficacious technique to relieve symptoms of herniated discs and this improvement in back pain and leg symp- toms translates to improvement in quality of life. It has the ... are very limited reports of how this trans- lates to quality of life improvement and ability to return to work. Health-related quality of life measures that are patient-oriented (self-administered ... 1 of 8 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research Open Access Research article Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: clinical and quality of life...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... referred to as quality of life measures when they actually measure quality of health not quality of life " because I think that health is part of our life. The concept of quality of life includes ... asking which of four possible titles they preferred and why. The four options offered were: 1. Quality of Life Outcomes 2. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 3. Health-related Quality of Life Outcomes 4. ... Italy 1. Quality of Life Outcomes: I prefer this because it is brief and to the point! I believe it can be inclusive of not only overall quality of life but also elements of quality of life such...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Zaren B and Hedstrand U Quality of life among long-term sur- vivors of intensive care Crit Care Med 1987, 15:743-747 10. Hurel D, Loirat P, Saulnier F, Nicolas F and Brivet F Quality of life 6 ... Heyland DK, Hopman W, Coo H, Tranmer J and McColl MA Long- term health-related quality of life in survivors of sepsis. Short Form 36: a valid and reliable measure of health-related qual- ity of life ... Eddleston JM, White P and Guthrie E Survival, morbidity, and quality of life after discharge from intensive care Crit Care Med 2000, 28:2293-2299 26. Ridley SA and Wallace PG Quality of life after intensive...

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... Review of the concept of quality of life assessment and discussion of the present trend in clinical research Nephrol Dial Transplant 1998, 13:65-69 17. Leplege A and Hunt s The problem of quality of ... benefit and a demonstration of life prolongation or quality of life improvement with well-designed RCTs is formally required, on several occasions surrogate end- points of quality of life and symptomatic ... better survival, and fewer patients and less time are needed to complete a trial. However, the reason why surrogate end- points of quality of life are used instead of formal (psy- chometric) quality of life...

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... Health-Related Quality of Life Medical Care 1999, 37(5):469-478 38. Wyrwich KW, Tierney WM and Wolinsky FD Using the standard error of measurement to identify important changes on the Asthma Quality of Life ... with osteoarthritis of the lower extremities Arthritis & Rheumatism 2001, 4:384-391 23. Hays RD and Morales LS The RAND-36 measure of health-re- lated quality of life Annals of Medicine 2001, ... Questionnaire Quality of Life Research 2002, 11:1-7 39. Drummond MF Introducing economic and quality of life meas- ures into clinical studies Ann Med 2001, 33:344-349 40. Walters SJ, Campbell MJ and Paisley...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... and NCQA developed data entry rules [Appendix A] and a quality assurance plan. The quality assurance plan focuses attention on standardizing five key areas of vendor performance: 1. systems and ... moni- toring of data entry by vendor staff, and preparation and submission of data files; 4. beneficiary confidentiality – mandates specific require- ments for confidentiality of person-level data; and, 5. ... between the CDAC standard and the vendor standard were compared to the original hard copy surveys and adjudicated by a data quality control supervisor. A final "gold standard" for each...

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