... parts of daily life variable PANAL A Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in Social life ... Limited in others PANAL B Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in Social life Limited in ... Severity Scale, modified to specifically reflect questions of QoL in SVT, enabling the authors to translate the various domains and components of well being into a quantitative value For reasons of...
... QoL, have been introduced in clinical trials on a large scale, in addition to measures of morbidity and mortality A simple search on qualityoflife on Medline at the beginning of 2009 gives ... qualityoflife as main outcome (cont.) QoL results Ref Factors related to qualityoflifein long-term survivors of gynecological cancer Review clinically effective and feasible to deliver in ... , or participate in high-intensity strength-training programs [82] , report significantly better QoL These findings demonstrate the importance of integrating training programs into gynecological...
... participating cities; and, a detailed assessment of the practicality of obtaining information to inform the 33 Terms of Reference ‘indicators’ As a result of this work, the following refinements ... The indicators were regrouped into 21 domains reflecting aspects of urban qualityoflife The grouping offered the practical advantage that because, by and large, the information required to inform ... AUDIT INDICATORS Qualityoflife domains Indicators IV ENVIRONMENT 14 Air Quality and Noise Winter Smog: Number of days SO2 exceeds 125µg/m3 (24 hour averaging time) Summer Smog: Number of days...
... snapshots of the effects of increasing privatisation of health and home care on the qualityoflifeof women in each section of Canada [75] It concluded that increasing privatisation of health ... the qualityoflifeof women in Canada and elsewhere A number of indicators from the HDR [26] map onto this qualityoflife theme The overall Human Development Index takes into account general life ... well in just about every indicator of general qualityoflife and women’s qualityoflife as compared to the UK and the US Canada does not perform well in relation to the values on a number of indicators...
... 2 Introduction This leaflet presents the result of the Urban Audit Perception Survey This survey was conducted in January 2004 to measure the local perceptions ofqualityoflifein 31 European ... 75% Unsurprisingly, there is a clear inverse relationship between availability of jobs and availability of housing Cities which find it easy to offer jobs experience higher housing prices The ... pollution, (7) integration of immigrants and (8) overall satisfaction with the qualityoflifeof their city The annex presents all the results in a table format for all 22 questions in the survey The...
... Pinar et al (2008) study findings indicated that pain was one of the negatively affected parameters (Pinar et al., 2008) When the EORTC QLQ-30 general and subscale scores were examined according ... Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: A quality- of- life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology J National Cancer Institute, 85, 365-76 American Cancer ... MS, Phillips PH (1995) Clinical trials, Referral resource Clinical trials assessing qualityoflife Oncology, 95, 1171-8 Dow KH , Melancan CH (1997) Qualityoflifein women with ovarian cancer...
... Validation of a French health-related qualityoflife instrument for adolescents: the VSP-A Qual Life Res 2000, 9:393-403 Ravens-Sieberer U, Bullinger M: Assessing health-related qualityoflifein chronically ... Higginson IJ, Robinson PG: Qualityoflife London: BMJ Books; 2003 Guayatt GH, Feeny DH, Patrick DL: Measuring health-related qualityoflife Ann Int Med 1993, 118:622-629 Ware JE, Keller SD: Interpreting ... infraestimations of HRQL scores in the Spanish sample The use of both instruments in different populations, including clinical samples and from different geographical areas in Spain will allow for continuing...
... applicability of the 10-item short form of the Nepean Dyspepsia Index Dig Dis Sci 2004, 49(4):680-687 King CR: Qualityoflife and controversial issues InQualityofLife Edited by: King CR, Hinds PS ... qualityoflife (FD-QOL) scalein South Korea J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006, 21(1 Pt 2):268-274 Talley NJ, Verlinden M, Jones M: Qualityoflifein functional dyspepsia: responsiveness of the Nepean ... conduct this study Instruments The Short Form (SF) Nepean Dyspepsia Index is a 10-item questionnaire with sub-scales each examining the influence of dyspepsia on domains of health in patients, namely...
... ways of delivering care for people with dementia should incorporate instruments that very broadly address not only domains of health-related qualityof life, but also non health-related qualityof ... from the final measure Scale scores were calculated by taking the mean of the final set of items included in each scale For each scale the mean score, standard deviation (SD), observed minimum, ... a repeat interview within 21 days of the initial interview and who had a 1-point or no change in their overall rating of their caregiving experience (on a 0– 10 scale) between the two interview...
... health-related qualityoflife and weight loss Obes Res 2001, 9:564-571 Blismer B, Riebe D, Dye G, Ruggiero L, Greene G, Caldwell M: Health-related qualityoflife following a clinical weight loss intervention ... Maher E, Waters E: Health-related qualityoflifeof overweight and obese children JAMA 2005, 293:70-6 Schwimmer JB, Burkwinkle TM, Varni JW: Health-related qualityoflifeof severely obese children ... changes in QOL among overweight and obese individuals These studies suggest that physical activity combined with diet can be effective in improving health related QOL in several domains, including...
... activity A recent review of exercise intervention studies in persons with MS, found Figure Qualityoflife scores in people with multiple sclerosis Qualityoflife scores in people with multiple ... perceived qualityoflife Exercisers represent individuals who reported participating in at least two, 30min exercise sessions·wk-1, or had a physical activity score in the leisure domain of the International ... perceived qualityoflife Exercisers represent individuals who reported participating in at least two, 30-min exercise sessions·wk-1, or had a physical activity score in the leisure domain of the International...
... activity and qualityoflifein older adults J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001, 56(Spec No 2):23-35 Carr A, Gibson B, Robinson P: Measuring qualityof life: Is qualityoflife determined by expectations ... certain subscales of the SF-36 in preliminary analyses In addition, body mass index was calculated by dividing individuals' weight in kilograms by height in meters squared Body mass index (BMI) ... strongly associated with diminished health related qualityoflifein a large sample of Mexican American older adults Future research on health related qualityoflifein this population should...
... scores reflect better qualityoflife on each domain of all measures Table 3: Scale and domain scores for categories of painful crises 0–3 painful crises/year (N = 412) >3 painful crises/year (N ... Discussion The main purpose of this paper was to assess the utility of this instrument in patients with SCD living in Jamaica In all of its performance measures, the WHOQOL-Bref has Page of (page number ... cell disease: Pain, coping and qualityoflifein a study of adults in the UK Br J Health Psychol 2002, 7(Part 3):331-344 Anie KA, Steptoe A: Pain, mood and opioid medication use in sickle cell...
... condition [7-9] In 1993, The WHOQOL (The World Health Organization Qualityof Life) Group [10] defined QOL as individuals' perceptions of their position inlifein the context of the culture and ... of their role, lack of social and working support, course of the disease, and disruptions in family life All these factors were associated with a considerable damage of QOL The feeling of being ... were: MEDLINE via Pubmed (73), Web of Science (93) and PsycINFO (49) In accordance with the inclusion criteria, titles and abstracts of citations obtained from the search were examined independently...
... review of source and final translated version, 4) pretesting for equivalence in source and final documents in the format of cognitive debriefing, and 5) an international consensus meeting This ... Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:92 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/92 Table 1: A comparison of cross-cultural adaptations ofqualityoflife measures (Continued) Total number of formal ... translated into "bad tempered/moody" in UK English, "bizarre" in French, "genervt" in German and "irritable" in Spanish An example of conceptual equivalence was found in the concept of receiving...
... The findings of the current study underline the importance of combining self- and proxy rating, not only in Germany Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife ... perception of the child The use of all CFQ-R versions also makes it possible to compare HRQoL at the different stages oflife and in this way to explore the impact of CF in the course of a lifetime In ... record all impacts of a disease on daily life, they allow investigations in large populations Considering the advances in CF therapy and with regard to the recent increase in interest in PROs, the...
... effects of pain on physical QoL The indirect effect of depression on the pain-QoL link pathway was 0.08, indicating that about 75% of the effect of pain on QoL impacted through the mediator of depression, ... when interpreting and generalizing the current findings in other populations as the present sample consisted of mainly Chinese female (78.2%) teachers Previous studies show that the experience of ... chronic pain and depression when there is no organic lesion Pain 1987, 31:1-21 Anie KA, Steptoe A, Bevan DH: Sickle cell disease: Pain, coping and qualityoflifein a study of adults in the UK...
... Evaluation of posttreatment health-related qualitylife (HRQoL) among tuberculosis patients Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007, 11:887-892 Dhingra VK, Rajpal S: Health related qualityoflife (HRQL) scoring in ... C: Measuring health-related qualityoflifein tuberculosis: a systemic review Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:14, doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-14 Pasipanodya JG, Miller TL, Vecino M, et ... this article as: Weis and Pasipanodya: Measuring health-related qualityoflifein tuberculosis: a systemic review - Response Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2010 8:7 Submit your next manuscript...
... (early /late) measurements It should be kept in mind that the point of focus of this study is the identification of predictors modifying the worsening (aggravation) of HRQoL at any time point before ... short-term pain Commenting on late effects, a striking finding is that long-term pain (EQ-5D pain/discomfort and SF-36 Bodily Pain dimensions) seemed rather idiosyncratic, since none of the predictors ... be of interest so as to gain more detailed insight into the phenomenon of long-term pain Further commenting on late effects, once again mastalgia emerged as an unfavorable risk factor, being...
... psychosocial qualityoflife irrespective of the severity of heart disease [23] This recent result affirms previous findings of studies focusing on various dimensions ofqualityoflife [21,24-27] ... Measuring health-related qualityoflifein young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version of the Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™) generic core scales ... health-related qualityof life: using qualitative methods to explain the discordance QualityofLife Research 2007, 16:863-871 69 Krol Y, Grootenhuis MA, Destrée-Vonk A: Qualityoflifein children...