questions to be asked when selecting a quality of life instrument

... Page of 11 instrument The EQ-VAS includes a 100 point visual analogue rating scale with a bottom anchor of ‘worst imaginable health’ and a top anchor of ‘best imaginable health’[18] The EQ-VAS has ... health (top scale anchor) may be like and 85 (66%) had not considered what worst imaginable health (bottom scale anchor) may be like Of those participants who did think of a best imaginable health ... consideration of subjective patient reported outcomes may cause a patient to paradoxically report a change when no change has occurred, or a disproportionate change than that which has actually taken...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Table S1 Associations between caregiver and patient characteristics and caregiver quality of life scores Associations between caregiver and patient characteristics and caregiver quality of life ... spirituality and faith and benefits of caregiving compared to caregivers who were white We anticipated that associations of caregiver quality of life with other caregiver and patient characteristics ... nonmissing data for the particular variable Higher order associations of individual scales were evaluated using factor analysis Several number of factor criteria were run, including Guttman's weakest...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... Fujisawa M, Ichikawa Y, Yoshiya K, Isotani S, Higuchi A, Nagano S, Arakawa S, Hamami G, Matsumoto O, Kamidono S: Assessment of health-related quality of life in renal transplant and hemodialysis ... C, Navascués RA, Naves M, Ure a A, Bad a X, Alvarez-Ude F, Alvarez-Grande J: Health related quality of life (HRQOL) of kidney transplanted patients : variables that influence it Clin Transplant ... Return to occupation after transplantation, % 37.2 51.1 Socio-demographic data Sex, % males Age, years, mean ± SD (range) Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... with a standard deviation of 10 Validation measures We used a number of validation measures available from the SAPALDIA database that met the Global Initiative for Asthma criteria for the assessment ... Sanjuas C, Alonso J, Prieto L, Ferrer M, Broquetas JM, Anto JM: Health-related quality of life in asthma: a comparison between the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire and the Asthma Quality of Life ... Federal Office for Forest, Environment and Landscape, the Federal Office of Public Health, the Federal Office of Roads and Transport, the canton's government of Aargau, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Land,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... Life- Cancer Survivors, Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors Scale, and Quality of Life Index-Cancer Version) evaluated all four domains (physical, psychological, social, and spiritual) of ... of the generic measures have been validated in a breast cancer population, creating a need for validation of these measures for evaluating changes in self-reported general health status of patients ... to total and partial mastectomy affecting QoL Sammarco et al (2008) [44] Leak et al (2008) [43] Examining relation among symptom distress, spirituality, and QoL of AfricanAmerican BCS Examining...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... for each instrument [23] Because both the factor variances and the covariance are invariant, the correlation between the factors is also invariant [26] The finding of equal factor variances across ... Decoding the meaning of factorial invariance and updating the practice of multi-group confirmatory factor analysis: A demonstration with TIMSS data Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation 2007, ... CFA model that specified partially invariant factor loadings (all loadings invariant except for the Sleep and Social subscales of the KDCS), fully invariant factor variances and covariances, and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... which avoids the theoretical disadvantages of using the sum score as a matching variable, is also available • A combination of statistical significance and magnitude criteria should be used when ... LE, Narasimhalu K, Lai J-, Cella D: Rapid detection of differential item functioning in assessments of health-related quality of life: The functional assessment of cancer therapy Quality of Life ... Sprangers M, Sullivan M, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life, Group: Use of differential item functioning analysis to assess the equivalence of translations...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... number and depth to establish a reliable longitudinal and transverse substrata profile at areas of concern such as at structure foundation locations and adjacent earthwork locations, and to investigate ... Table 10.5.5.2.3-2 may be warranted Statistical data are not available to quantify this at this time A resistance factor somewhere between the resistance factors specified for the static analysis ... where ASTM standards are not available, other widely accepted detailed guidelines, such as Sabatini, et al (2002), AASHTO Manual on Subsurface Investigations (1988), Arman, et al (1997) and Campanella...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 15:57

... conducted to determine the appropriate resistance factor, if inadequate measured data are available to assess the alternative method using reliability theory A similar approach as described by Allen ... Manual 7.1 NAVFAC DM-7.1 Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Alexandria, VA, p 348 Vesic', A S 1970 Research on Bearing Capacity of Soils Vesic', A S 1975 “Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations.” ... that varies linearly from the full base resistance in the overlying strong layer at a distance of 1.5B above the top of the weaker layer to the base resistance of the weaker layer at the top of...

Ngày tải lên: 29/09/2013, 12:20

... shall be taken as: could be obtained from a pile bearing static analysis, and the anticipated amount of soil setup or relaxation Furthermore, the actual hammer performance is a variable that can ... results are available to allow the wave equation soil or hammer input values to be refined and made more accurate, a higher resistance factor may be used The wave equation may be used in combination ... installation is to conduct dynamic testing with signal matching to verify the accuracy of the wave equation analysis results, and to calibrate the wave equation analyses Note that if a drivability...

Ngày tải lên: 29/09/2013, 12:20

... occur at approximately one order of magnitude faster than soils without preconsolidation, and it is reasonable to assume that they take place as rapidly as the loads are applied Infrequently, a layer ... analyses and drained soil strength parameters The nominal bearing resistance of spread footings on cohesive soils shall be evaluated for total stress analyses and undrained soil strength parameters ... inclination factors This is due, in part, to the lack of knowledge of the vertical and horizontal loads at the time of geotechnical explorations and preparation of bearing resistance recommendations...

Ngày tải lên: 29/09/2013, 12:20

... number and depth to establish a reliable longitudinal and transverse substrata profile at areas of concern such as at structure foundation locations and adjacent earthwork locations, and to investigate ... Table 10.5.5.2.3-2 may be warranted Statistical data are not available to quantify this at this time A resistance factor somewhere between the resistance factors specified for the static analysis ... where ASTM standards are not available, other widely accepted detailed guidelines, such as Sabatini, et al (2002), AASHTO Manual on Subsurface Investigations (1988), Arman, et al (1997) and Campanella...

Ngày tải lên: 29/09/2013, 12:20

... Baden-Wurttemberg (to JW and GUN), the ¨ ARC ⁄ NHMRC Network FABLS Australia (collaborative grant to AS et al.), and IDP Education Australia (Australia–Europe Scholarship to AL) The authors acknowledge ... Varian Cary Eclipse fluorometer (Varian, Palo Alto, CA), equipped with a fiber-optic probe A constant spacing between the head of the optical fiber and the tissue was ensured by means of a mm spacer ... metal halide lamp (Osram, Danvers, MA) equipped with a 530 nm bandpass filter glass (Schott, Mainz, Germany), and photographs were taken with a Camedia C-730 Ultra Zoom Digital Compact Camera (Olympus,...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 09:20

... factors, economic status, health, education, nutrition, caste, religion, race, rural-urban and status of husband and wife; Nuptiality Concept and analysis of marital status, single mean age at ... Village Swadeshi Place of machine and labour cottage industries, trusteeship, early approaches of planning (The national planning committee ) Gadgil : Co-operation as a way of life and strategy of development; ... Imperfections, Lack of (Skilled Labor, Capable Entrepreneurs, Adequate Means of Transport & Communication), Political Factors, Natural Factors, External Factors, Vicious Cycle of Poverty Unit-2 Classical...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 03:20

... become a doctor Her father, who was a health-care administrator, always wanted to be a doctor But, as a (pre–civil rights) AfricanAmerican male, he encountered too much racial discrimination to pursue ... claims manager who likes project management and writing became a technical writer, a CPA with a passion for New Age health care became a spa manager, and a systems engineer with an innate talent ... financial risk Despite his ambition, he was never able to achieve any real career satisfaction because he was too afraid to take any real emotional or financial risks If not for this fatal flaw,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/04/2014, 12:23

... higher rate of PTSD symptoms at ward A Generally, compared to normative data, mean Compassion Satisfaction scores (CS) were low at all the wards At ward A; mean CS was 30.2, (SD 6.5) Ward B; mean ... the central and northern parts of Norway with about 1.1 million inhabitants The unit consists of wards with a total number of 21 beds One of the wards (ward F) is specialised to serve offenders ... data CL and TP performed statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors revised the manuscript critically and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors wish to acknowledge...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... formal translations At least forward and back translations At least forward translations and a consensus version, i.e Back translations At least forward Single forward and back translations and ... local PI Translators should not have a clinical background Professional, naïve translator for each of the target languages Single back translation Background and methods Forward translation Translators ... ratings After back translation Between forward and back translations After back translations After forward and back translations After pre-testing Role of patients To ensure face validity of the translation...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... behalf of Abbott Laboratories NHH: Ms Harnan is an employee of United BioSource Corporation and completed this analysis on behalf of Abbott Laboratories MKW: Dr Willian was an employee of Abbott Laboratories ... contributions DAR, MK, NH, and MKW designed and interpreted the analysis of health-related quality of life data AM and SF assisted Abbott Laboratories with the original Phase III study design and acquisition ... 45 to 50 years of age (similar to the REVEAL sample) and were compared with baseline SF-36 scale scores for each of the REVEAL treatment groups (adalimumab and placebo) before treatment initiation...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... intellectual content All authors commented on drafts of the manuscript and read and approved the final manuscript Additional material Additional file Analysis of covariance of each subscale of SF-36 ... inclusion criteria Beyond that, the participation rate was high (90%) Dementia was not diagnosed as part of this study To reach the target population, we took a rather pragmatic position when including ... for activities such as occupational therapy and participation in the political, cultural and religious arenas In this way, health care professionals can encourage the residents to engage in activities...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... items a patient can reasonably be expected to complete and response format Consequently, because a good cross-sectional scale needs to have a large number of items it may be appropriate to use a ... feature of a scale Neither the scale nor the treatment can be characterised as showing a particular effect size (i.e., having a particular sensitivity to change), because each depends on other factors ... that the treatment is beneficial When used as an everyday clinical tool for audit purposes, the QOL scale needs to be short As indicated above, short scales can be very sensitive to change In selecting...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20