the unity and diversity of life

... (extraction criterion of eigenvalue >1) was also conducted The Spearman rank correlation coefficient (rs) between the total score of the TOOL and those of the EQ-5 D (unweighted) and the SF-6 D (unweighted) ... studied The mean age of the sample was 41.9 years (SD 10.9), and 63% were males (n = 151) Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the sample are shown in Tables and The percentage of missing ... adverse events of both typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs [4,18] The aim of the present study was to evaluate the linguistic adaptation and psychometric validation into Spanish of the TOOL questionnaire...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... stands in the way of realizing quality of life Success in improving physical and social functioning and quality of life will be determined by measures taken to improve Access and quality of medical ... quality of life The process of optimizing opportunities for physical, social and mental well-being throughout the life course in order to extend healthy life expectancy.'' (Ministry of Health, ... wellbeing e.g mental health and quality of life (healthy ageing) Multi-disciplinary collaboration of research aimed at understanding the ageing and health transition of Singaporean older adults...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... areas of the state of Sóo Paulo, southeastern Brazil: the cities of Botucatu and Campinas; an area covering the cities of Itapecerica da Serra, Embu, and Taboóo da Serra; and the district of Butantó ... work status, place of residence and number of chronic conditions component of quality of life, and smokers showed poorer quality of life than never-smokers The results of the present study are ... risk and promotes the prevention and control of most chronic diseases.4,25 Excess consumption of alcohol increases the risk of several diseases and is associated with increased risk of injuries and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... demonstrates the value of their presence in terms of the financial, economic and social welfare of the countries in which they operate INTRODUCTION The value of biodiversity is more than the sum of its ... Professor at the University of Granada The research team is composed of the members of the Scientific Committee and researchers from CEPS (Emrah Arbak, Research Assistant) and the University of ... scope of their operations The pitfalls of the policy were first criticised by McKinnon (1973) and Shaw (1973) in two influential books Their critique was one of the building blocks of the policy of...

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Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... writing and editing of the manuscript CM was involved in the conception and design of the study, as well as data analysis and writing and editing of the manuscript Both authors read and approved the ... subscale of the IPAQ and the Physical Role(r = 0.214) and General Health (r = 0.254) subscales of the SF36, and the Physical (r = -0.220) and Psychosocial (r = -0.246) scales of the MFIS were detected ... Score (r = 0.312) of the SF36 and the Physical (r = -0.250) and Psychosocial (r = -0.257) scales of the MFIS Discussion The purpose of this study was to compare fatigue, depression and QoL scores...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... especially in the areas of anxiety and depression [12] According to the analysis of data derived from the Health 2000 Study, the threshold value of was taken to indicate ill health (the scores of to ... description of the protocol before signing it The procedures were according to the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Declaration of Helsinki, ... significantly and equally (the adjusted R2 of 0.30 for both) Determinants of the health-related quality of life First, we found that both the seasonal changes in mood and behavior and the experienced illumination...

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Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... status and age, sex of the patients, and educational level in these IRD and to estimate the burden of the disease by controlling for the normal variations in health status in the general population ... representative of the practices in Marche in terms of size of practice, geographical location, and socio-economic status of those attending The sample for the survey was selected randomly so that there ... the patients from the mean scores of the general population, followed by the division of these deviations by each scale's standard deviation in the general population The standardized s-score...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... support the validity of the Scandinavian language versions of the GSRS and the QOLRAD in patients with GERD [41] Future studies could use this approach to further assess the validity of the additional ... frequency and severity of symptoms, and the QOLRAD Emotional distress domain correlated with physician-assessed frequency of symptoms Known-groups validity of the GSRS and the QOLRAD All domains of the ... correlating the GSRS and the QOLRAD with the SF-36 dimensions; and (c) correlating the GSRS and the QOLRAD with the HAD (except in South Africa) and with clinician-rated severity of dyspepsia...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... Minimum and maximum values represent the lowest and highest scores for the individual components of each of the sub-scales Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life ... be able to provide accurate and reliable assessments of their HRQL [3] and that this may be due to problems understanding the questions, lack of understanding of the disease itself or time perception ... [20] The newly developed MMQL-UK (PF) was then compared with the shortened and anglicised version of the MMQLUK (CF) This paper concentrates specifically on the validation of the MMQL-UK (PF) and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting of the article AB made substantial contribution to conception and design of the study, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting of the article ... which the generic and specific health-related QOL were measured were comparable The standard version of the SF-12 covered the past weeks and the NVPQOL covered the past week Given that most of the ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:32 tioning [7], and on stress levels [8] In addition, the presence and severity of NVP have been shown to have an impact on the quality of life (QOL) of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... used the SF-36 (Table 1) Since the SF-6D is a continuous measure of effect we used meta-analytic methods to estimate the weighted grand mean of the MID and to test the hypothesis of homogeneity of ... assessment of change including, that the reliability and validity of the global scale has not been established and that the judgement of change is psychologically difficult [19] Another limitation of the ... equivalent to the MID In patients who reported a worsening of health (GRoC of or 2) the sign of the change in the SF-6D score was reversed (i.e multiplied by minus one) The MID was then taken as the mean...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... comparability with the original version of the questionnaire Similar to most studies reliability of the Iranian version of the HADS as measured by the internal consistency of the anxiety and the depression ... contribution AM designed the study, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper MV collected the data, and contributed to the study design ME and SJ contributed to the translation procedure and data collection ... I, Bilbao A and Ruiz I Evaluation of the psychometric characteristics of the Spanish version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Acta Psychiatr Scand 2003, 107:216-221 List of abbreviations...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... function On the other hand, the inclusion of the pain items provides a better characterisation of the total impact of disease in this population, so if the aim is compare the overall deficit of a patient ... occurs only if some of the severe patients, the very severe patients, endorse the Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, item and the not-so-very-severe ... on the proportion of shifting and shifting items in the QOL scale and that proportion depends, for reasons shown above, on the type of item, the population and treatment Effect size is always the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... The questionnaire responses were analysed in the light of the results of this estimation of the severity of both anxiety and of depression This enabled a reduction of the number of items in the ... administers the HADS to ask the intending respondent to read out aloud one or other of the phrases of the questionnaire This also provides opportunity to provide explanation of the purpose of the questionnaire ... The record chart provided by the publisher enables a graphic display of progress rather in the manner of a chart for record of body temperature Further validation studies of the English and of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... poorer quality of life [10,24] The effect of self-efficacy on quality of life has been investigated in several studies of health related behaviors Self-efficacy and quality of life are positively ... Treatment of UI is based on a thorough assessment to confirm the presence of UI, the type of UI, identification of contributing factors, and the determination of patients that may require further ... American College of Physicians 1995, 122:438-449 Grimby A, Milson I, Molander U, Wiklund I and Ekelund P: The influence of urinary incontinence on the quality of life of elderly women Age and Aging...

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... statement that gave the details of the study, and the requirements of participants If the patient agreed to participate in the study, they then completed the first version of the questionnaire ... mechanisms of adaptation to regain control of SQOL The relative contribution of affect and cognition to the maintenance of SQOL, and the relationship between them, is uncertain In particular the question ... variables at each of the times in the study One observation that can be made in relation to Table is that the average degree of correlation between the two measures of personality and the other variables...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... use of the EQ-5D [9–11,18–20] compared to the HUI2 or HUI3 [21,22], perhaps due to the shortness and ease of completeness of the EQ-5D index compared to the latest versions of the HUI, either the ... facility for the measurement of health-related quality of life Health Pol 1990, 16:199-208 Kind P: The EuroQol Instrument: An index of health-related quality of life Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics ... least one of the 10 items of the PBSI These non-perfect PBSI ratings were associated with a mean EQ-VAS value of 72.4 (sd = 12.4) This difference is important and highlights the capacity of the PBSI...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... at all Full use of two hands and ten fingers Limitations in the use of hands or fingers, but does not require special tools or help of another person Limitations in the use of hands or fingers, ... use of special tools (does not require the help of another person) Limitations in the use of hands or fingers, requires the help of another person for some tasks (not independent even with use of ... use of hands or fingers, requires the help of another person for most tasks (not independent even with use of special tools) Limitations in use of hands or fingers, requires the help of another...

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