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... in newborns and infants – risk factors and efficacy of MCT-diet Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:127 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient ... assessed the duration of drainage, the day of maximum loss of chylous and the type and duration of treatment (fatty acidfree MCT-enriched diet, TPN, octreotide, recanalisation of thrombosed veins ... could not methodically analyze the impact of the loss of pro- and anti-coagulation factors, total protein and immunoglobulins on infections, thromboses and on the outcome (Table 2) In our study,...

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... al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:108 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/108 Page of Table Health-related quality of life, psychological status, and limitations in activities of daily ... importance of psychological factors Eur Respir J 2002, 19:47-53 Cleland JA, Lee AJ, Hall S: Associations of depression and anxiety with gender, age, health-related quality of life and symptoms ... this article as: Balcells et al.: Factors affecting the relationship between psychological status and quality of life in COPD patients Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:108 Submit your...

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... as to methods of assessing quality of life in COPD Cullen DL [31] identified 37 measures of COPD quality of life and functional status reported in selected literature in 1994-1997 Of these eight ... picture of severity of disease RISK FACTORS OF AECOPD Acute exacerbations contribute considerably to the morbidity and the diminished quality of life in patients with COPD Several etiologic factors ... The purpose of this study was to describe the outcomes of patients with COPD in terms of the rates of repeat hospitalization for AECOPD, and the quality of life, and to evaluate factors associated...

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... in the way of realizing quality of life Success in improving physical and social functioning and quality of life will be determined by measures taken to improve Access and quality of medical ... strategies of disease prevention and health promotion for healthy and long life expectancy Wide range of research topics and issues relevant to public health, primary care, and hospital and nursing ... physical and mental dimensions, social role limitations accounted mostly for reported poor quality of life In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands...

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... income, work status, place of residence and number of chronic conditions component of quality of life, and smokers showed poorer quality of life than never-smokers The results of the present study ... mortality risk and promotes the prevention and control of most chronic diseases.4,25 Excess consumption of alcohol increases the risk of several diseases and is associated with increased risk of injuries ... smoking 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...

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... to Non-exercisers, p < 0.05 Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:68 Fatigue, depression and quality of life scores Exercisers had significantly ... Kollegger H, Kristoferitsch W, Zeitlhofer J: Factors influencing quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients: disability, depressive mood, fatigue and sleep quality Acta Neurol Scand 2004, 110(1):6-13 ... between Exercisers and Non-exercisers on the cognitive component of the MFIS The impact of disease severity on fatigue, depression and quality of life Univariate analysis of variance between...

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... Vallerand AH, Payne JK: Theories and conceptual models to guide quality of life research Quality of Life From Nursing and Patient Perspectives: Theory, Sawatzky et al Health and Quality of Life ... Health and other aspects of the quality of life of older people Soc Indic Res 2001, 54:239-274 Michalos AC, Thommasen HV, Read R, Anderson N, Zumbo BD: Determinants of health and the quality of life ... A: Health and the quality of life Soc Indic Res 2000, 51:245-286 Zullig KJ, Valois RF, Drane JW: Adolescent distinctions between quality of life and self-rated health in quality of life research...

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... incontinence) and search (quality of life and bother and urinary Results of search (quality of life and distress and urinary incontinence) and search (quality of life and bother and urinary incontinence) ... the 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." ... further development of the incontinence quality of life instrument (I-QOL) Urology 1999, 53(1):71-6 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:8...

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... of 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 ... physical self-worth; DL = disability limitations; QOL = quality of life Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:10 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/10 ... self-efficacy and QOL outcomes in a sample of older adults Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:10 Although our findings offer support for...

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... S, on behalf of the Health-Related Quality of Life Subgroup of the Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation Study: The relationship of healthrelated quality of life to prevalent and incident ... I: Quality of life in patients with vertebral fractures: validation of the Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO) Working Party for Quality of Life ... independent factors of vertebral fracture after adjusting on age, educational level, history of peripheral fracture, and lumbar BMD Factors associated with worse quality of life and the impact of vertebral...

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... health related quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia as related to the quality of life of patients in other chronic conditions is presented in Table Results of quality 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 overview, it can be concluded that the quality of life of patients ... pain conditions and scores of persons out of the general population Analyses were performed using SPSS software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill Version 14) Results Health related quality of life The SF36...

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... Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale; QOLRAD, Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:12 http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/12 ... and 1.1%; Poland, 0.7% and 0.7%; Spain, 0.6% and 0.6% In cases where more than 6% of the data were missing (Germany, Hungary and Italy), characteristics (age, gender, duration and frequency of ... paper and pencil were used The method of using electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) for recording of symptoms and health-related quality of life has previously been shown to improve the quality...

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... outcomes, there are very limited reports of how this translates to quality of life improvement and ability to return to work Health-related quality of life measures that are patient-oriented (self-administered ... significant morbidity affecting quality of life Hence surgical treatment to improve these symptoms translates to significant improvement in the quality of life of patients In our study, the mean ... discectomy is a safe and efficacious technique to relieve symptoms of herniated discs and this improvement in back pain and leg symptoms translates to improvement in quality of life It has the advantage...

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... status and health-related quality of life among a sample of HIV positive and HIV negative low income women Quality of Life Research 2005, 14:945-957 Cowdery JE, Pesa JA: Assessing quality of life ... effects of the stress of HIV infection and thus serves to maintain a sense of quality of life [21] Therefore, returnto-work programmes and other interventions to enhance the economic and employment ... reduction in quality of life Hepatology 1998, 27:209-212 Bonkovsky HL, Wooley JM: The Consensus Interferon Study Group Reduction of health-related quality of life in chronic hepatitis C and improvement...

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... 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 ... Cremona, Italy 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 ... "Health-related quality of life outcomes" and Health and quality of life" are closer to the journal's intent James W Varni, Ph.D Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine...

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... Heyland DK, Hopman W, Coo H, Tranmer J and McColl MA Longterm health-related quality of life in survivors of sepsis Short Form 36: a valid and reliable measure of health-related quality of life ... 52:531-537 Zaren B and Hedstrand U Quality of life among long-term survivors of intensive care Crit Care Med 1987, 15:743-747 Hurel D, Loirat P, Saulnier F, Nicolas F and Brivet F Quality of life months ... pre-morbid health status [6,7] Quality of life studies are often difficult to compare, since different intensive care populations have been studied and a variety of quality of life measures have been...

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... goals of improved exercise tolerance and emotional function (health-related quality of life) and also important clinical goals such as prevention of disease progression and minimization of symptoms ... both quality of life questionnaires Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, Results Sixty-seven questionnaires were returned (87%) The data of ... Med 2001, 163(5):1256-1276 Juniper EF, Guyatt GH and Jaeschke R How to develop and validate a new quality of life instrument In: Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trials (Edited...

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... extremities Arthritis & Rheumatism 2001, 4:384-391 Hays RD and Morales LS The RAND-36 measure of health-related quality of life Annals of Medicine 2001, 33(5):350-357 Brazier J, Usherwood T, Harper R and ... 37(5):469-478 Wyrwich KW, Tierney WM and Wolinsky FD Using the standard error of measurement to identify important changes on the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire Quality of Life Research 2002, 11:1-7 ... economic and quality of life measures into clinical studies Ann Med 2001, 33:344-349 Walters SJ, Campbell MJ and Paisley S Methods for determining sample sizes for studies involving quality of life...

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... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, Background In response to demands by stakeholders and the evolving field of quality measurement, the Centers for Medicare ... the Atlantic or Pacific Coasts of the U.S were assigned to one CDAC (N = 1197) and cases from Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/6 ... were marked for "Highest level of education", select the highest level of education marked Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/6...

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... 1985, 70:662680 Anderson RT, Aaronson NK, Leplege AP and Wilkin D International use and application of generic health-related quality of life instruments In: Quality of life and Pharmacoeconomics ... International Quality of Life Assessment Project (IQOLA) [34] and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Study Group [35] In addition to conceptual and psychometric ... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, Authors' contributions NL and JT designed and supervised the study, analyzed and interpreted data, and...

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