... Measuring health-related qualityoflife in Greek children: psychometric properties ofthe Greek version ofthe Pediatric Qualityoflife Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales QualityofLife Research 2008, ... health-related qualityoflife in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version ofthe Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™) generic core scales Health and QualityofLife ... 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 in the patient group refused to participate in the study,...
... ofthe 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 of ... practice The lack of standardisation in the choice of instruments limits the generalisability of results Furthermore, ofthe five instruments included in the review that were based on the views of ... measures of health and qualityoflife [2] Only three ofthe five instruments that incorporate the views of patients have been adequately evaluated for reliability and validity Of these, the Knee...
... Translation and validation of a Chinese version ofthe Diabetes QualityofLife (DQOL) instrument International Society for QualityofLife Research meeting abstracts Qual Life Res 2007, A-73: Jacobson ... scores ofthe DQOL were moderately correlated with the D-39S (except sexual functioning) and the RAND-12 Magnitudes in the correlations of all DQOL domains with the physical relevant domains ofthe ... validity of a diabetes quality- of- life measure for the diabetes control and complications trial (DCCT) The DCCT Research Group Diabetes Care 1988, 11(9):725-732 Rubin RR, Peyrot M: Qualityof life...
... the ED and at the time of follow-up (FU) Another consideration is validity: the strength ofthe association between the candidate instrument and other relevant outcomes (construct validity) The ... correlated with the PedsQL™ total scores at FU, with the exception of caregiver missed work or school (Table 1) The negative direction ofthe correlation reflects that the longer the duration of fever ... 4.0: reliability and validity ofthe Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory version 4.0 generic Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:5 13 14...
... Finally, there was no report by the patients or guardians of any lack of comprehension regarding the questions The lack of validation studies on assessment scales ofthequalityoflife among ... Pediatric Qualityof Life; M: mean; SD: standart deviation Higher scores on the subscales ofthe PedsQL™ Cancer Module indicate less difficulties/limitations as the concept ofqualityoflife is ... cancer (Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory™ (PedsQL™) 3.0 Cancer Module, QualityofLife in Childhood Cancer, and the Minneapolis-Manchester QualityofLife Instrument), none of which had yet...
... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:35 the health-related qualityoflifeof parents/guardians The score is computed as the sum ofthe 20 ... cross-cultural adaptation, the group of specialists stated that the concept ofthe impact of childhood cancer on thequalityoflifeofthe families used for development ofthe original instrument was ... illness, the assessment ofthe heath-related qualityoflifeof parents and families could contribute toward their healthcare needs [3,21,22] This study presents the reliability and validity of the...
... healthrelated qualityoflife in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version ofthe Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™) Generic Core Scales Health and QualityofLife ... Topf R: Validation ofthe German version ofthe Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory™ (PedsQL™) in childhood cancer patients off treatment and children with epilepsy QualityofLife Research 2004, ... percentage of scores at the extremes ofthe scaling range Higher scores equal better health-related qualityoflife Page of 15 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes...
... development ofthe study question to the revision ofthe final manuscript Each ofthe four authors has made a significant contribution at each phase ofthe study AQLQ12+ Standardised version ofthe Asthma ... patients; the Spanish version ofthe Asthma QualityofLife Questionnaire Arch Bronconeumol 1995, 31:219-226 Leidy NK, Coughlin C: Psychometric performance ofthe Asthma QualityofLife Questionnaire ... Measuring qualityoflife in children with asthma Qual Life Res 1996, 5:35-46 Juniper EF, Buist AS, Cox FM, Ferrie PJ, King DR: Validation of a standardized version ofthe Asthma QualityofLife Questionnaire...
... QoL QualityofLife QUALEFFO QualityofLife Questionnaire ofthe European Foundation for Osteoporosis References Gold DT: The clinical impact of vertebral fractures: qualityoflife in women ... N, for the ERIQA group: Patient-reported outcomes: the examples of health-related qualityoflife – A European guidance document for the improved integration of health-related qualityoflife assessment ... Reginster JY, de Vernejoul MC, Wiklund I: Qualityoflife as outcome in the treatment of osteoporosis: the development of a questionnaire for qualityoflife by the European Foundation for Osteoporosis...
... qualityoflife assessment in the light of response shift and appraisal Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004, 2: Varni JW, Seid M, Rode CA: The PedsQL: measurement model for the pediatric qualityoflife ... child QOL For the total sample, there were statistically significant correlations between parents' ratings of their own QOL on the SF-36 measure and their ratings ofthe child's QOL on the PedsQL™ ... A: The Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory-32 (PCQL-32): I Reliability and validity Cancer 1998, 82:1184-1196 Varni JW, Seid M, Kurtin PS: Reliability and validity ofthe pediatric qualityof life...
... identified problems After the revision ofthe second version, the Chinese version ofthe FIM was finalized and to be field-tested in the current study The reports of all the steps in the translation process ... reach the value of 0.85 Discussion The current study presents the feasibility, reliability and validity ofthe Chinese version ofthe FIM This is also the first report of psychometric properties of ... evaluated, and the Chinese versions ofthe Asthma Module and the Cardiac Module are being developed [15] The objective ofthe current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties ofthe Chinese...
... now, validation ofthe Japanese version has not been conducted The aim of this study was to demonstrate the reliability, validity, and feasibility ofthe Japanese version ofthe PedsQL 3.0 Cancer ... version, the interviewer was the child’s parent After the parent completed the parent proxy report separately from their child, they read out the questions for the child’s self-report and marked the ... means the patient was receiving medical treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery (n = 88; 35.9%) Off-treatment status means the patient completed all therapy by the time of the...
... Topf R: Validation ofthe German version ofthe Pediatric QualityofLife InventoryTM (PedsQLTM) in childhood cancer patients off treatment and children with epilepsy QualityofLife Research 2004, ... Health-related qualityoflifeof overweight and obese children Jama 2005, 293:70-76 18 Hao Y, Tian Q, Lu Y, Chai Y, Rao S: Psychometric properties ofthe Chinese version ofthe Pediatric QualityofLife ... guarantee the power of test, the groups of Children and Teens were combined into one group for subsequent analyses because ofthe small sample size of Teens (n = 9) In this study, the majority of the...
... health-related qualityoflife in Greek children: psychometric properties ofthe Greek version ofthe Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory(TM) 4.0 Generic Core Scales Qualityoflife research : ... disorder Qualityoflife research : an international journal ofqualityoflife aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2011, 20(1):31-36 24 Linguistic validation ofthe PedsQL - a QualityofLife ... health-related qualityoflife in Hungarian children with heart disease: psychometric properties ofthe Hungarian version ofthe Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the Cardiac...
... chemotherapy Convergent and discriminant validity was examined by correlating the scales ofthe Japanese version ofthe PedsQL™ Brain Tumor Module with the theoretically-predicted scales ofthe ... Glaser A, Galvin H: The value ofthe PedsQLTM in assessing qualityoflife in survivors of childhood cancer Child Care Health Dev 2003, 29:95-102 32 Eiser C, Morse R: Quality- of- life measures in ... Additionally, proof ofthe validity of our results was evidenced on several points The fixed scale-development methods ofthe present study ensured the content validity and the results ensured...
... recruited via the working group "quality of life" (Arbeitskreis "Lebensqualität") within the German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO) Members ofthe working group were asked whether they were ... satisfaction levels than the other professional groups With the aging ofthe population there will be a growing demand to recruit health care professionals -especially in oncology On the other hand birth ... improve the structural conditions within the departments Such measures could be: better definitions of responsibilities for the individual cancer care worker, delegation of office work to other professional...
... controlling for the presence of either type of disorder and other predisposing and enabling characteristics Indeed, more than half ofthe lesbians and bisexual women in the study indicated that they had ... conceived the idea for the paper, directed the data analyses, and drafted the paper; LG conducted the statistical analyses and contributed to the interpretation of findings and writing ofthe paper; ... on the design ofthe original survey study and contributed to the interpretation of findings and writing ofthe paper; SDC conceived and directed the original survey study and contributed to the...
... country Acknowledgements The coordination of ECRHS II was supported by the European Commission, as part of their QualityofLife programme The following bodies funded the local studies in ECRHS ... of covariance were summarized in a factor This yields an estimate ofthe association between having one ofthe symptoms in the factor, regardless of which, and HRQoL The factors substituted the ... adults are related to impaired qualityof life, regardless of asthma and COPD: results from the European community respiratory health survey Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2010 8:107 ...
... status, COPD severity, and the presence of comorbidities A better understanding ofthe influence of psychological status on HRQoL at earlier stages of COPD, including the identification of patients ... and QualityofLife Outcomes 2010, 8:108 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/108 Page of Table Health-related qualityof life, psychological status, and limitations in activities of daily living of ... ofthe patients The study included a large sample of stable COPD patients with mild to very severe disease, and had been designed as an ancillary study ofthe larger Phenotype and Course of COPD...