the anatomy of the ostracod pelecocythere purii sp nov and some features connected with the abyssal mode of life in this and some other deep water forms
... analysis withother HRQoL instruments was not performed inthis study, which limits the findings ofthis study somewhat Several other disease-specific HRQoL instruments have been developed for dyspepsia ... instruments Once again, the magnitude ofthis reduction in SFNDI scores was less marked inthe Malay version ofthe SFNDI andthe smaller sample size inthis group might explain the lack of statistical ... demonstrated moderate correlation with various domains ofthe SF-12 (a generic HRQoL instrument), similar to the findings from this study [25] In another study of 52 Norwegian patients with food...
... relevance to the quality of life, there are difficulties in interpreting them For example, the proportion of land within a particular land use within a city depends upon the characteristics ofthe city ... ‘indicators’ As a result ofthis work, the following refinements were made : - - - - The indicators were regrouped into 21 domains reflecting aspects of urban ‘quality oflifeThe grouping offered ... supply, and differences inthe standards applied Also the EU standards relate to several aspects ofwater quality, someof which are arguably more critical to quality oflife than others, in that they...
... floating on the swift current, caught against the corner ofthe house, and stuck there, banging, grinding, and jarring withthe movements ofthe swirling water, and threatening to beat the house ... through the store?" Mrs Burton asked, as she rapidly spread the dinner on the table inthe centre ofthe room, while Katherine joined inthe frolic that was going on withthe twins andthe dog ... with red men and white, coming down the river to the bay, laden with skins of wolf, fox, beaver, wolverine, squirrel, and skunk, the harvest ofthe winter's trapping Then in winter the cove and...
... Financing comes from a mix of fees and tax financing Insome provinces, these fees are very low, in others, higher [78] Differences exist among provinces in integration of long-term care withthe ... weakening of social infrastructure along the lines seen inthe UK and US and to a lesser extent in Canada 9.1 Decline ofthe welfare state Teeple [11] sees increasing income and wealth inequalities ... are specifically concerned with women But all indicators illuminate the state of political and economic forces that in uence the quality oflifeof women in Canada and elsewhere A number of indicators...
... high yet, in spite of their huge size, the stones not dwarf the landscape ofthe open chalk plain Rather they mark off and make special a particular place within it The stone rings andthe earth ... scratched a living along the encroaching shoreline and among the pine and oak woods for some two thousand years before the beginning ofthe era that formsthe focus ofthis book In 4700 BC a significantly ... dissolved into oblivion, succeeding generations have speculated endlessly about the purpose ofthe monument andthe identity of its builders In his History ofthe Kings of Britain of 1135, Geoffrey of...
... Description ofthe instruments and variables The Spanish versions ofthe VSP-A and KINDL-R were administered together withother demographic and health status variables The VSP-A andthe KINDL-R are ... cut-off-point: 70.1 SE: 0.73 SP: 0.70 the case ofthe KINDL-R questionnaire [14] The VSP-A was developed using exclusively the opinion of adolescents for defining item and domain content [13] The ... describing health needs of adolescents and for their application in health service research in Spain Moreover, the use ofthe Spanish VSP-A and KINDL-R in future applied studies will allow continuing...
... patients with moderate MS Perhaps in persons with mild MS, the physical limitations ofthe disease are minimal and therefore irrespective of exercise status the impact ofthe disease on QoL inthe ... study She was involved inthe concept and design, data collection and collation, data analysis, writing and editing ofthe manuscript CM was involved inthe conception and design ofthe study, as ... metabolism inthe cortical regions ofthe brain [35], reduced inhibition ofthe primary motor cortex inthe preand post- exercise period [36] and abnormal cytokine profiles [37,38] Both aerobic- and...
... addition The findings ofthe 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 Quality ofLife ... andinthis way to explore the impact of CF inthe course of a lifetime In comparison to other studies investigating HRQoL in children with CF, the number of patients inthis multicentre study is ... even in a repeated administration ofthe questionnaires The number of patients in both samples is limited, which might influence the results and should be noted inthe interpretation Some other...
... mediated the painQoL link for the physical aspect (Model 4) When pain was the mediator, it accentuated the negative effects of depression on mental functioning The indirect effect of pain on the depression-QoL ... the negative effects of pain on physical QoL The indirect effect of depression on the pain-QoL link pathway was 0.08, indicating that about 75% ofthe effect of pain on QoL impacted through the ... when interpreting and generalizing the current findings inother populations as the present sample consisted of mainly Chinese female (78.2%) teachers Previous studies show that the experience of...
... questionnaire in 89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% ofthe sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample Distribution of all participants in terms of gender and age group is shown in ... 5-18 years and 254 parents of children aged 2-18 years It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 92.52% ofthe sample, and it was the father in 7.48% ofthe sample No parent inthe patient ... instruction ofthe MAPI Research Institute, in accordance withthe guidelines ofthe QOL-SIG TCA (Quality ofLife - Special Interest Group Translation and Cultural Adaptation) group [43-47] The...
... Clinical Excellence (NICE) inthe UK andthe Health Care Insurance Board inthe Netherlands Therefore, researchers working with economic evaluation, government agencies andthe pharmaceutical industry ... After excluding individuals under the age of 18 years and those without diabetes, such as health care workers and others with an interest in diabetes, the NDA drew a random sample of 1,000 members ... Cells with dotted line indicate that the variable was not included inthe model # Self reported episodes of hypoglycaemia, with levels of severity (level = hypoglycaemia cured withthe intake of...
... involvement, a PASI score of ≥ 12 and a Physician's Global Assessment of at least moderate disease The REVEAL study was conducted in accordance withthe principles ofthe Declaration of Helsinki, ... Survey, with or items measuring each ofthe concepts included inthe 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 ... (PCS and MCS) are obtained from the SF-36 Norm-based scoring algorithms were used for the scales and for the PCS and MCS scores, which are normed to a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10, with...
... ofthe study protocol andthe informed consent document The study was initiated at each site after the principal investigator andthe study sponsor obtained approval documents The principal investigator ... letters, another lost 39 letters, andtheother 37 patients lost between 10 and 27 letters) Analyses comparing subgroups of patients with different levels of vision loss within this group of patients ... VFQ-25 scales in any ofthe models Comparing change in individual VFQ-25 items among the five ETDRS change groups Mean change in each individual item ofthe VFQ-25 was computed for each ofthe five...
... questionnaire and a specific Impact of Weight on Quality ofLife scale Our aim would be to determine the differences inthe quality oflifeofthe overweight and obese, withand without co-morbidities, and ... focused on the link between the quality oflifeandthe BMI value inthe general population [25,26] Therefore, the aim of our research was to assess the association between the BMI value and health-related ... functioning, a finding also borne out by other authors [36,41-45] However, assessment of quality oflifeinthe female population shows lower scores inthe realm of both physical and mental health in...
... the scoring points at 10, to allow 12 spending points and to allow the mother and child counselors to administer the index if requested by the subject To further simplify the concept for administration ... quality oflife impact into clinical outcome evaluations inthe future especially in developing countries like India where it is often ignored The possibility of further optimizing the index for the ... 4.8/10 in unemployed and 6.3/10 in working mothers [10] compared with 3.5/10 in unemployed mothers and 3.8/10 in working mothers in our study As discussed earlier, the overall lower scores in our...
... from to 100, with representing the worst health-related quality oflifeand 100 representing the best [22] The psychometric properties ofthe Iranian version ofthe SF-36 were examined in a previous ... of limited studies measured quality oflifein survivors ofthe Iran-Iraq war [14-16], the present study is the first survey of quality oflifein Iranian chemical warfare survivors The findings ... quality oflifein war related spinal cord injured female and their spouses The 4th National Congress on Spinal cord Injuries, Tehran, Iran 2007:59 Mousavi B, Soroush MR, Montazeri A: Quality of life...
... patients with IRD andthe planning ofthe healthcare services should take these findings into account by maintaining the focus on impairment and physical function, but also focusing on the mental and ... Health and Quality ofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:25 revising the manuscript WG helped inthe design andthe interpretation and was involved in critically revising the important intellectual content ofthe ... assessing erosions and joint space narrowing of joints of hands and feet in peripheral PsA The proposed adapted scoring method for PsA is a detailed scoring method evaluating erosions, joint space...
... conceived and designed the project, obtained funding, assisted withthe interpretation ofthe results and contributed to the writing and editing of multiple drafts CAM was involved inthe design, ... reduced pain, and greater emotional wellbeing (i.e., happiness) The clinical relevance ofthe mediating role of physical activity can be inferred by comparing the magnitude ofthe indirect effect ... contributions RS designed and carried out the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript TLA assisted withthe interpretation ofthe results and contributed to the writing and editing of multiple drafts...
... moderate inthe Abdominal pain domain ofthe GSRS This generally low internal consistency inthe Abdominal pain domain probably reflects the difficulty of measuring this often fluctuating symptom, ... the GSRS withthe QOLRAD; (b) correlating the GSRS andthe QOLRAD withthe SF-36 dimensions; and (c) correlating the GSRS andthe QOLRAD withthe HAD (except in South Africa) andwith clinician-rated ... versions ofthe GSRS inthe Indigestion domain, for the Hungarian version inthe Diarrhoea domain, and for the Afrikaans, Hungarian, Polish and Spanish versions inthe Constipation domain Intraclass...
... patients with SCD due to lack of understanding ofthe severity ofthe painful crises andthe potential impact on function Therefore, assessing the quality oflife among a US adult SCD population and ... related quality of life, andother information including medical history and medication use In addition to the survey information, blood was obtained for genotyping and urine specimens were collected ... people with SCD may temporarily report poorer well-being associated with high levels of pain or other disease sequalae, most often they would report a baseline well-being similar to that of others...