... of health-related qualityoflifein head and neck cancer patients Qual Life Res 2000, 9:951-960 Schultz AA, Winstead-Fry P: Predictors ofqualityoflifein rural patientswith cancer Cancer ... HMO, PPO, private)], six domains of perceived qualityof care, control of pain and discomfort (definitely vs somewhat/not at all) and control of nausea and vomiting (definitely vs somewhat/not at ... treatment efficacy in randomized clinical trials [2-4] HRQL is also used inqualityof care research [5] and is a predictor of survival ofpatientswith colorectal cancer [6-8] Understanding the characteristics...
... JA: Estimating clinically significant differences inqualityoflife outcomes Qual Life Res 2005, 14:285-95 Ware JE, Keller SK: Interpreting general health measures InQualityoflifeand pharmacoeconomics ... the scales and for the PCS and MCS scores, which are normed to a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10, with greater scores indicating better health Change scores of to points for the individual ... Survey, with or items measuring each of the concepts included in the SF-36 SF-12 summary scores (PCS and MCS) are normed with a general population mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10, and greater...
... responsiveness of generic and specific quality- of- life instruments J Clin Epidemiol 2003, 56(1):52-60 Coons SJ, Rao S, Keininger DL, Hays RD: A comparative review of generic quality- of- life instruments ... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:95 emia and hypertension [4-8] However, epidemiological research indicates that diabetic retinopathy remains common inpatientswith both type and type ... instrument developers Categorical variables were summarized in terms of frequencies and percentages, and continuous variables were summarized in terms of means and standard deviations Preliminary...
... score of the SF36 ofpatientswith fibromyalgia in this study was studied in comparison with scores ofpatientswith fibromyalgia from other studies, qualityoflife scores ofpatientswith other ... testing (p = 0.20) The health related qualityoflifeofpatientswith fibromyalgia as related to the qualityoflifeofpatientsin other chronic conditions is presented in Table Results ofquality ... qualityoflifeofpatients participating in the current study seem to be in accordance with scores ofpatientswith fibromyalgia participating in other studies For patientswith fibromyalgia in the...
... a valid instrument for examination of social and psychic burdens of psoriasis The recording of stigmatization feeling andofqualityoflife determines different supplementary aspects of the illness-related ... Determinants of QoL in psoriasis patients Various factors may be attributed to the lower QoL in psoriasis patients The chronic and recurring nature of this disease often brings about a feeling of ... Finlay AY, Lewis JJ, Sumner MI: Qualityoflifeand clinical outcome in psoriasis patients using intermittent cyclosporine (Neoral) Qual Life Res 2004, 13:91-95 van de Kerkhof PC: The impact of...
... outcomes of different management strategies and inform clinical decision making Utility assessment is a particularly appealing qualityoflife measure because it incorporates all aspect of health into ... associated with Barrett's HGD management and therapy using the Paper Standard Gamble instrument Although other studies have analyzed qualityoflifeinpatientswith gastroesophageal reflux disease ... esophagus qualityoflife assessment studies Our findings may also provide some preliminary data to aid both patient care providers andpatientsin the clinical decision making process regarding the...
... participated in generating and gathering the data the data andin writing the manuscript EN participated in generating the data andin writing the manuscript MH participated in the design of the study and ... improvement in the scales of vitality and mental health and a deterioration in the scale of social functioning in anogenital warts patients between the time of diagnosis and initiation of treatment and ... participated in generating andin gathering the data of the study HP participated in generating and gathering the data of the study AK participated in the design and coordination of the study All authors...
... associated with health-related qualityoflifeinpatientswith COPD Also, we also did not include generic questionnaires like the SF-36, in the evaluation of the QoL of these patients, as some investigators ... patient to be included in the final sample by random drawing from a list while being blinded to the rest of the parameters included in this study The matching process was done prospectively and at the ... early detection of the diseasein women Indeed, the early age of onset of impairment in QoL in women should raise alarm considering that most of the primary care physicians not think in COPD when...
... responsiveness of generic and specific quality- of- life instruments J Clin Epidemiol 2003, 56(1):52-60 Coons SJ, Rao S, Keininger DL, Hays RD: A comparative review of generic quality- of- life instruments ... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:95 emia and hypertension [4-8] However, epidemiological research indicates that diabetic retinopathy remains common inpatientswith both type and type ... instrument developers Categorical variables were summarized in terms of frequencies and percentages, and continuous variables were summarized in terms of means and standard deviations Preliminary...
... results are in line with other studies In a study on patients from various disease groups, full health in EQ-5D was observed in 9% of patients, of whom 92% reported health restraints in SF6D dimension ... to those with missing SF6D, but disease severity did not differ between patientswith available and missing scores In all instruments, missing items were more frequent in women than in men (11% ... admissions of some patients The ability of an instrument to discriminate between disease stages was analyzed using linear mixed regression models, adjusting for age, sex, smoking status and time of assessment...
... Validation of a specific measure to assess health-related qualityoflifeinpatientswith schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: the ‘Tolerability andqualityoflife (TOOL) questionnaire Annals of General ... aim of testing criterion validity and discriminative validity of the TOOL, patients were classified depending on their CGI-S scores, yielding two Table Spanish ‘TOlerability andqualityOfLife ... UK: National Institute of Mental Health in England; 2005 Thornicroft G, Tansella M: Growing recognition of the importance of service user involvement in mental health service planning and evaluation...
... three patients groups with a mean of 46 for both RA and PsA patientsand a mean of 45 for patientswith AS Figure Health-related qualitylife at baseline Health-related quality ofof life at baseline ... three diseases Clinically meaningful improvement in health-related quality Clinically meaningful improvement in health-related qualityof lifeof life Percentage ofpatients who achieved a clinically ... ofpatientswith PsA [4], the mean number of active joints inpatientswith PsA was 6, while the baseline mean number of tender and swollen joints for patientsin the IMPACT II study was 25 and...
... changes in VO2peak after eight weeks of high aerobic intensity training inpatientswith schizophrenia [14] Recently, Strassnig et al [3] published measures of oxygen uptake in 117 patientswith ... in clinical practice Finally, these finding represent an urging need for developing effective physical training interventions for patientswith schizophrenia 16 Competing interests The authors ... cardiovascular disease, andqualityoflife Methods Subjects We included 33 patients, 11 women and 22 men, with ICD-10 schizophrenia, schizotypal or delusional disorders (F20 to F29) in the study Patients...
... mouth opening and a higher sense of illness than patientswith T1/2 tumours In a multi-centre study of 357 patientswith head and neck tumours in Sweden and Norway, differences inqualityoflife ... qualityoflifein oral cancer: a review J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2006, 64:495-502 Infante-Cossio P, Torres-Carranza E, Cayuela A, Gutierrez-Perez JL, GiliMiner M: Qualityoflifeinpatientswith ... more complaints of dry mouth and cough The smokers lost, with a median of kg, more weight in comparison to the non-smokers with a median of kg The degree of discrimination for ascertaining the significance...
... [1]: diseaseof the middle ear and/ or mastoid with irreversible mucosal damage or infection lasting more than months This definition covers adequately the clinical course and findings in our patients ... measurements andqualityoflife evaluations One example is chronic rhinosinusitis, in which the expression of the chronic inflammatory changes in computed tomography of the sinuses is not correlated with ... Health-related qualityoflife (HR-QOL) has an everincreasing importance as an outcome parameter For the proof of the success of surgical interventions, the evidence of an improvement of HR-QOL in addition...
... D, Singh JA, Sarkin A, Kavanaugh A: Perceptions ofdiseaseand health-related qualityoflife among patientswith gout Rheumatology (Oxford) 2009, 48:582-586 20 Singh JA: Qualityoflifeandquality ... seen with all canakinumab doses, with 24 to 67% ofpatients having no or mild pain by 24 hours post-dose (compared with 38% with triamcinolone acetonide), and reductions in pain in the canakinumab ... ‘no pain’; mild, ‘pain’; moderate, ‘pain and winces’; severe, ‘pain; winces and withdraws’; and swelling rated as none, ‘no swelling’; mild, ‘palpable’; moderate, ‘visible’; and severe, ‘bulging...
... influencing health-related qualityoflife Presently, little is known about the determinants of health-related qualityoflife (HRQOL) inpatientswith PAH An improved understanding of these determinants ... health-related qualityoflifeinpatientswith COPD Chest 1995, 107:1585-1589 Lucke KT, Coccia H, Goode JS, Lucke JF: Qualityoflifein spinal cord injured individuals and their caregivers during the initial ... catheterization in 103 patientsand six-minute walk distance in 33 patients) Health-Related QualityofLife Measurements We administered a generic and a respiratory disease- specific qualityoflife questionnaire...
... qualityoflifeinpatientswith long-standing insulin dependent (type 1) diabetes mellitus: benefits of regular physical training Wien Klin Wochenschr 2001, 113(17-18):670-675 Faulkner MS: Quality ... Determinants ofqualityoflifein adults with type and type diabetes Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2011 9:115 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • ... al Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2011, 9:115 http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/115 We examined personal, medical and lifestyle determinants of HRQL andlife satisfaction in adults with type...
... Fialka-Moser V et al: Health related qualityoflifeinpatientswith long-standing insulin dependent (type 1) diabetes mellitus: benefits of regular physical training Wien Klin Wochenschr 2001, 113(17-18):670-675 ... have examined determinants of HRQL in adolescents and young adults with T1D [12-17], only a few studies have examined the determinants of HRQL and QoL in adults with T1D One study that examined 397 ... examine: (1) the determinants of HRQL and QoL (life satisfaction) in adults with T1D; and, (2) the interaction effects of diabetes type (i.e., T1D/T2D) on significant determinants of HRQL and...
... people without diabetes According to the literature the number of comorbid conditions was associated with a lower qualityoflifein all domains of the SF-36 [26,27] Interestingly in our study patients ... findings are in accordance with previous studies, describing similar qualityoflife scales ofpatientswith hypertension and those without any chronic condition [28,29] One reason for this finding ... scales in all domains of the SF-36 in particular within the subscales related to physical well-being The revealed high burden ofpatientswith osteoarthritis is in accordance with other studies and...