... functional wellbeing of the elderly High level of morbidity and rising trend in physical disability Social and environmental impediments to qualityof life Qualityof medical care should ... or qualityof life Escalate use and costs of medical and social servicesIncrease burden of care for family and caregiversAvoidable Hospitalization Rates in SingaporeNg 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 qualityof life “The process of optimizing...
... 2011;45(3):485-93component ofqualityof life, and smokers showed poorer qualityoflife than never-smokers.The results of the present study are consistent with those of other studies using the ... these behaviors and different aspects ofqualityof life, especially among the elderly.The few studies investigating the association between health-related qualityoflife (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...
... CentralPage 1 of 10(page number not for citation purposes)Health andQualityofLife OutcomesOpen AccessResearchThe impact of regular physical activity on fatigue, depression and quality oflife ... 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 andqualityoflife scoresSignificant ... overall reported physical activity levels and some subscales of the qualityoflifeand fatigue questionnaires. Additionally, some qualityof life subscale scores indicated that regular physical activity...
... R, Anderson N, Zumbo BD:Determinants of health and the qualityoflife in the Bella Coola Valley.Soc Indic Res 2005, 72:1-50.28. Michalos AC, Zumbo BD, Hubley A: Health and the qualityof life. ... Adolescent distinctions between quality of lifeand self-rated health in qualityoflife research. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005, 3:64.30. Veenhoven R: The four qualities of life. J Happiness Stud 2000, ... Perceived qualityof life: a neglected component of adolescenthealth assessment and intervention. J Adolesc Health 2004, 34:270-278.9. Koot HM, Wallander JL: QualityofLife in Child and Adolescent...
... incontinence) and search 2 (quality oflifeand bother and urinary incontinence)Figure 1Results of search 1 (quality oflifeand distress and urinary incontinence) and search 2 (quality oflifeand bother ... PubMed version of Medline. The first search used the terms " ;quality oflife and distress and urinary incontinence" and the secondused the terms " ;quality oflifeand bother and urinaryincontinence." ... 356(21):2143-55.Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:8 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/8Page 4 of 8(page number not for citation purposes)Results of search 1 (quality oflifeand distress and urinary...
... the physicalactivity and QOL relationship.Physical Activity, Qualityof Life, and DemographicsAs noted earlier, relationships among physical activity and qualityoflife have been examined ... 40(1):122-128.BioMed CentralPage 1 of 7(page number not for citation purposes)Health andQualityofLife OutcomesOpen AccessResearchPhysical activity andqualityoflife in community dwelling older ... present study, 0.9% of disabilitylimitations data (n = 3), 0.3% of self-efficacy data (n = 1),1.9% of GLTEQ physical activity data (n = 6), 1.9% of Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2009,...
... related qualityoflifeof patients with fibromy-algia as related to the qualityoflifeof patients in otherchronic conditions is presented in Table 4. Results of qual-ity oflifeof patients ... interpretation of these results on qualityof life, the risk of selection biashas to be considered. Nevertheless, based on this over-view, it can be concluded that the qualityoflifeof patientswith ... BioMed CentralPage 1 of 8(page number not for citation purposes)Health andQualityofLife OutcomesOpen AccessResearchDisability andqualityoflife in patients with fibromyalgiaJeanine...
... B:Electronic qualityoflife questionnaires: a comparison of pen-based electronic questionnaires with conventionalpaper in a gastrointestinal study. Qual Life Res 1995, 4:21-26.Health andQualityofLife ... Symptom Rating Scale; QOLRAD, QualityofLife in Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire.Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:12 http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/12Page 10 of 12(page number not ... of theGerman translation of the Gastrointestinal Symptom RatingScale (GSRS) andQualityofLife in Reflux and Dyspepsia(QOLRAD) questionnaire in patients with reflux disease.Health Qual Life...
... discectomy is a safe and efficacious technique to relieve symptoms of herniateddiscs and this improvement in back pain and leg symp-toms translates to improvement in qualityof life. It hasthe ... are very limited reports of how this trans-lates to qualityoflife improvement and ability to returnto work. Health-related qualityoflife measures that arepatient-oriented (self-administered ... 1 of 8(page number not for citation purposes)Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchOpen AccessResearch articlePercutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: clinical andquality of life...
... referred to as qualityoflife measures when they actually measure qualityof health not qualityoflife " because I think that health is part of our life. The concept ofqualityoflife includes ... askingwhich of four possible titles they preferred and why. Thefour options offered were:1. QualityofLife Outcomes2. Health andQualityofLife Outcomes3. Health-related QualityofLife Outcomes4. ... Italy1. QualityofLife Outcomes: I prefer this because it is brief and to the point! I believe it can be inclusive of not only overall qualityoflife but also elements of quality oflife such...
... Zaren B and Hedstrand U Qualityoflife among long-term sur-vivors of intensive care Crit Care Med 1987, 15:743-74710. Hurel D, Loirat P, Saulnier F, Nicolas F and Brivet F Qualityof life 6 ... Heyland DK, Hopman W, Coo H, Tranmer J and McColl MA Long-term health-related qualityoflife in survivors of sepsis. ShortForm 36: a valid and reliable measure of health-related qual-ity oflife ... Eddleston JM, White P and Guthrie E Survival, morbidity, and qualityoflife after discharge from intensive care Crit Care Med2000, 28:2293-229926. Ridley SA and Wallace PG Qualityoflife after intensive...
... Review of the concept ofquality of life assessment and discussion of the present trend in clinicalresearch Nephrol Dial Transplant 1998, 13:65-6917. Leplege A and Hunt s The problem ofqualityof ... benefit and a demonstration oflife prolongationor qualityoflife improvement with well-designed RCTs isformally required, on several occasions surrogate end-points ofqualityoflifeand symptomatic ... bettersurvival, and fewer patients and less time are needed tocomplete a trial. However, the reason why surrogate end-points ofqualityoflife are used instead of formal (psy-chometric) qualityof life...
... Health-Related Qualityof Life Medical Care 1999, 37(5):469-47838. Wyrwich KW, Tierney WM and Wolinsky FD Using the standarderror of measurement to identify important changes on theAsthma QualityofLife ... with osteoarthritis of the lowerextremities Arthritis & Rheumatism 2001, 4:384-39123. Hays RD and Morales LS The RAND-36 measure of health-re-lated qualityoflife Annals of Medicine 2001, ... Questionnaire QualityofLife Research2002, 11:1-739. Drummond MF Introducing economic andqualityoflife meas-ures into clinical studies Ann Med 2001, 33:344-34940. Walters SJ, Campbell MJ and Paisley...
... and NCQA developeddata entry rules [Appendix A] and a quality assuranceplan. The quality assurance plan focuses attention onstandardizing 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 theCDAC standard and the vendor standard were comparedto the original hard copy surveys and adjudicated by adata quality control supervisor. A final "gold standard" foreach...