... QualityofLife (ADDQoL), the Diabetes-39, the Diabetes Health Profile (DHP), the Diabetes QualityofLife Measure (DQOL) andthe DiabetesSpecific QualityofLife Scale (DSQOLS).(58, 61) As there ... by the WHO as “an individual's perception of their position in life in the context ofthe culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and ... knowledge of DM compare the level of DM knowledge among the residents in Bangkok (the capital andthe largest city in Thailand) and that ofthe residents in other central provinces The second...
... (life area) weights when comparing the preand then-test scores anterior mandible on radiographic assessmentof at least cm, have the cognitive ability to understand the purpose ofthe study, and ... as a thentest to control for recalibration List of abbreviations QoL qualityoflife IQoL individualised qualityoflife SEIQoL-DW Schedule for the Evaluation of Individualised QualityofLife ... planning and setting up ofthe study References 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Wiklund I: Assessmentof patient- reportedoutcomes in clinical trials: the example of health-related qualityof life...
... assess the entire gamut ofthe impact of dry eye on patient outcomes: domains of patients’ everyday life, treatment satisfaction, and amount of bother by symptoms IDEEL will aid in theassessmentof ... in the decisions throughout the process of development and finalisation ofthe questionnaire They gave their approval at each ofthe milestones ofthe development and finalisation process The ... Development and validation ofthe Impact of Dry Eye on Everyday Life (IDEEL) questionnaire, a patient- reportedoutcomes (PRO) measure for theassessmentofthe burden of dry eye on patients Linda...
... rationale ofthe directions, the meaning ofthe items, the appropriateness ofthe response choices, and overall comments on the relevance and complexity ofthe questionnaire [12,13] The primary ... about the number of days and nights in the previous week the child had coughing, wheezing, or shortness of breath, the number of times in the previous week the child used rescue medication, andthe ... Some ofthe children used words like "trust" or "count on" to interpret the question Two out of six ofthe children said they weren't sure ofthe meaning of "rely." I felt socially accepted by other...
... onychomycosis patients into two groups, based on the extent of nail involvement, and compared their qualityoflife scores Patients with whole-nail involvement reported significantly lower qualityoflife ... Health andQualityofLifeOutcomes 2006, 4:50 Background Onychomycosis is a common, chronic fungal infection ofthe keratinized tissue ofthe nail bed and nail plate that may impact patients' quality ... reduced self-esteem, and social withdrawal Furthermore, patients may fear injury and spreading the infection to others [2] To document the effect of onychomycosis on qualityof life, Lubeck et al...
... A, Jones D, Claassens L: Patient- reported outcomes: Assessmentand current perspectives ofthe guidelines ofthe Food and Drug Administration andthe reflection paper ofthe European Medicines ... Improving the sensitivity ofthe Barthel Index for stroke rehabilitation Journal of clinical epidemiology 1989, 42(8):703-709 97 Sintonen H: The 15-D Measure of Health Reated Qualityof Life: Reliability, ... Hosoi T, Ishibashi H, Yamamoto S, Yatomi N: [The assessmentofthe reliability andthe validity ofthe EOQOL questionnaire of osteoporotics QOL assessmentof elderly osteoporotics by EOQOL] Nippon...
... Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration; 2006 Skevington SM, O'Connell KA: Can we identify the poorest qualityof life? Assessing the importance ofqualityoflife using the ... dimensions; 1) the use of pre-specified conceptual and measurement models; 2) the strength of empirical support for the reliability and validity ofthe scale(s); 3) the responsiveness of PRO to clinical ... statistical relationship between the latent construct andthe measured items, andthe ε1 represents the random measurement error in the ith measured item The Convenience scale ofthe Treatment Satisfaction...
... 26; 44% of all deaths), the cause of death was classified on the basis of diagnosis and discharge notes The cause of death of patients dying out of hospital was based on an assessmentof discharge ... designed the study, carried out the female MI survivor survey, collected all thepatient data and drafted the manuscript BF participated in the design ofthe study JEN participated in the design ofthe ... notes and diagnosis ofthe two last hospitalisations ofthepatient All re-admissions and in-hospital deaths were tracked through the hospital information system and verified by reviewing all patient...
... in the period between magnetic resonance imaging and myocardial biopsy; and 3) the patients were not identified as having a chronic transplant rejection at the time of these investigations Further ... enhancement in patient no (Figure 4), 2, andThe endomyocardial biopsies ofpatient no and did not feature a rejection In contrast to that in the endomyocardial biopsies of patients (patient no 1, ... signal enhancement patient lar myocardium (late enhancement, number left and slightly of TurboFLASH 2D ofofthe septal (arrow)ventricushowing3 the basolateral region (arrow) ofthe (short Magneticaresonance...
... sources of bias, andoutcomes Primary authors of each study were asked to review the extracted data for their study and offer comments on the extracted data Assessmentof study quality Details of ... interventions andthe CCDSS, supply of materials to clinicians and/ or to patients, assessments ofpatientand clinician attitude towards health conditions and/ or the CCDSS, audit and feedback of clinician ... of a clinical decision support system based on the recommendations ofthe European Society of Cardiology and other societies for the management of hypercholesterolemia: Report of a cluster-randomized...
... 2010 andthe results ofthe search process are consolidated here based on an extension ofthe Jadad scale [13] A score of 10 on the scale indicated the highest study quality [4] Assessmentof CCDSS ... decisions; and measured clinical performance (a measure of process of care) or patientoutcomes (including any aspect ofpatient well-being) Studies were excluded if they provided only summaries ofpatient ... any ofthe treatment arms showed a benefit over the control arm Outcomes were considered primary if reported by the author as ‘primary’ or ‘main’ outcomes If no primary outcomes were reported and...
... sample of prepubertal children using a measure of emotional problems [53] Other studies have examined different measures oflife stress andreported that the short variant modifies the effect of ... adult life; and (4) those with MDD in adult life only Individuals with an onset of depression in adulthood had a similar risk profile to those without a history of depression, with the exception of ... depression Furthermore, the two studies that have examined the continuity of prepubertal and postpubertal depression with depression in adult life both report low rates of homotypic continuity of child...
... The study period andthe longitudinal nature ofthe data enables theassessmentofthe number of patients that remained active up to years after they first entered the program (2005 - 2007) The ... to 61.2% ofthe original patient total Ofthe total number of patients who entered in each quarter of 2005, at the end ofthe study period (after 12, 11, 10 and quarters for waves 1, 2, and respectively), ... some segments ofthe population This resulted in the total number of patients being 13,568 across the selected countries and for the study period (Appendix 1, Note 5) Of these patients there was...
... qualityoflife Ann Intern Med 1993, 118:622-9 19 Gill TM, Feinstein AR: A critical appraisal ofthequalityofqualityoflife measurements JAMA 1994, 272(8):619-25 20 ThePatientReportedOutcomes ... in the inclusion of patient- reportedoutcomes (PRO) data in approved drugs labelling by the FDA and EMA PatientReportedOutcomes Newsletter 2008, 40:8-10 Doward et al Health andQualityofLife ... underestimate the QoL of breast cancer patients[64] As a result, there is a growing awareness ofthe need to take account ofthepatient s views in the healthcare evaluation process andthe use of PROs...
... QualityofLifeand Technology Assessment http://www.nap.edu/catalog/1424.html THE USE OF QUALITY- OF- LIFE MEASURES IN TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTThe Use of Quality- of- Life Measures in Technology Assessment ... the success of therapy or thequalityoflifeofthepatient Some patients will find their qualityoflife reduced if their work is no longer available to them, and others will be very satisfied ... proved The patients with improved qualityoflife did not have increased quantity oflifeThe investigators state that the goal of therapy was not to extend life but rather to enrich it They theorize...
... to intact skin [22] The dose of drug delivered depends on the surface area ofthe patch andthe length of time that the patch is worn, which allows for tailoring the duration of medication effect ... medication, and 91.9% were satisfied with the efficacy ofthe study medication on their child's attention The majority of caregivers (93.1%) indicated a high level of satisfaction with the duration of ... the importance of caregivers as change agents ofthe child, in turn, children are reciprocally change agents ofthe caregiver andof family life in general Caregivers of children in the Ritalin...
... Wong et al.: The differential mediating effects of pain and depression on the physical and mental dimension ofqualityoflife in Hong Kong Chinese adults Health andQualityofLifeOutcomes 2010 ... al Health andQualityofLifeOutcomes 2010, 8:1 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/1 Page of Table Pain characteristics and means of depression and QoL measures Pain measures Number of pain areasa, ... effect of depression on the mental aspect of QoL went through the mediator of pain, and over 72% ofthe effect was direct When depression was the mediator, depressive symptoms accentuated the negative...
... time Some ofthe time All ofthe time Knee pain present at night: None ofthe time Some ofthe time All ofthe time Knee pain worse on movement: None ofthe time Some ofthe time All ofthe time ... growth in the development and testing of instruments that measure aspects of health andqualityoflife from the perspective ofthepatient [1] The majority have been developed for specific patient ... selfreported measures of health andqualityoflife [2] Only three ofthe five instruments that incorporate the views of patients have been adequately evaluated for reliability and validity Of these,...
... Renal Disease patients The group confirmed the pertinence ofthe five dimensions, andthe relevance ofthe items The dimension of "Medical Care," which is not evoked in other QOL RTR-specific ... neither found for the five dimensions of RTQ nor dimensions of SF36 among any of these groups of patients Discussion The psychometric properties of RTQ are satisfactory with an exception for the ... the data, drafted the manuscript; EJ participated in the design ofthe study, collected the data and performed the statistical analysis BD and VM: participated in the design ofthe study, collected...
... the high survival rate of RB patients andthe severe impact ofthe late effects of RB and its treatment, it is important to evaluate health-related qualityoflife (HRQoL) of RB survivors So far, ... in the design ofthe study, interpreted the data and revised the manuscript AYNSM, PJR and PTCK interpreted the data and revised the manuscript PDB contributed to the statistical analysis and ... vision and (6%) survivors were blind Ofthe survivors, 52 (80%) had an ocular prosthesis In most cases (86%) the proxy informant was the mother The mean age ofthe parents was 43.63 ± 6.5 years; of...