uncertainties in quality of life

... social well-being The idea of quality of life (QoL) incorporates these dimensions and can be defined as “an individual’s perception of their position in life, and in the context of the culture ... QoL of patients during care and the influence of QoL on the prognosis of alcoholism are unknown (22, 23) The aims of this study in a clinical setting was: 1) to determine the change in QoL of ... admission are shown in Table The regression model including seven variables explained 20% of the total variance (Table 3) Predictive factors of improvement in quality of life during the inpatient programme...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:52

... University of Aberdeen routinely employs a reminder system when administering follow-up questionnaires When a patient does not respond within two weeks of the initial mailing, a reminder questionnaire ... proportion of participants who repeatedly responded by reminder is minimal In the trials used here the 'learning-effect' of reminders did not appear to be a factor, but it would be interesting to investigate ... system of reminders is a useful tool in increasing the response List of abbreviations EQ5D: EuroQoL EQ5D health outcome instrument; LS: Listing and Schlittgen; MAR: missing at random; MCAR: missing...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... measurements Quality of Life Research 1992, 1:219-224 Fairclough DL, Peterson HF, Chang V: Why are missing quality of life data a problem in clinical trials of cancer therapy? Statistics in Medicine 1998, ... quality of life data Statistics in Medicine 1998, 17:725-737 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-8-16 Cite this article as: Peyre et al.: Identifying type and determinants of missing items in quality of life ... Machin D: Incomplete quality of life data in randomized trials: missing items Statistics in Medicine 1998, 17:679-96 Perneger TV, Burnand B: A simple imputation algorithm reduced missing data in...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... health-related Quality of life in children and adolescents); LQ0-100: Life quality score (range 0– 100); SEM: Standard error of the mean; T1: time 1; T2: time 2; QoL: Quality of Life Competing interests ... day of data collection at follow-up completed the questionnaires individually during the following week under the supervision of the local coordinator Measures The Inventory of Life Quality in ... ILC and KINDL and to Jan Wallander for valuable comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript References Koot HM: The study of quality of life: Concepts and methods In Quality of Life in Child...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Robinson PG: Is quality of life determined by expectations or experience? BMJ 2001, 322:1240-1243 Smith KW, Avis NE, Assmann SF: Distinguishing between quality of life and health status in quality ... Population Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life Atlanta, GA; CDC; 2000 Gill GM, Feinstein AR: A critical appraisal of the quality of quality- of- life measurements JAMA 1994, 272:619-626 ... monitoring adult QOL continues to be of interest in the United States [4,5] Monitoring adolescent QOL is also beginning to receive attention in some adolescent literature [6,7] Although definitions...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... as well as individual trajectories, thus allowing for the explicit examination of inter-individual differences in intra-individual change It readily estimates both linear and nonlinear change; ... MH-60911 References Quality of life and clinical trial Lancet 1995, 346:1-2 Wilson IB, Cleary PD: Linking clinical variables with healthrelated quality of life JAMA 1995, 273:59-65 Page of (page number ... denominator degrees of freedom for tests of the fixed effects NOTEST prevents the printing results of type tests of fixed effects RANDOM statement contains a list of the random effects, in this...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... and ribavirin Compared to the baseline, the responders sustained a significant decrease in the domain score of vitality while of the domain scores declined in non responders at the end of treatment ... were excluded Sustained virologic response was defined as loss of serum HCV RNA at follow-up 24 weeks after discontinuation of treatment Measurement and scoring of quality of life The HRQOL data ... effects of interferon alpha-2b in combination with ribavirin on health related quality of life and work productivity J Hepatol 2001, 34:140-147 Hassanein T, Cooksley G, Sulkowski M, Smith C, Marinos...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... caregivers of stroke survivors Stroke 2005, 36:639-643 25 Jonsson AC, Lindgren I, Hallstrom B, Norrving B, Lindgren A: Determinants of quality of life in stroke survivors and their informal caregivers ... 0,001 b/c = 0,003 DF = degrees of freedom Pinto et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011, 9:65 http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/65 Figure Quality of life domains in the three comparison groups ... 36:2296-2301 22 Kauhanen M, Koperlainen JT, Hiltenen P, Nieminen P, Sotaniemi KA, Myllyla VV: Domains and determinants of quality of life after stroke caused by brain infarction Arch Phys Med Rehabil...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... meaning worst possible quality of life and 10 meaning best possible quality of life Responses were categorized as 0-4 (poor), 5-7 (moderate), (good), 9-10 (excellent) [22] Change in quality of life ... HM, Ganz PA, Ory M Quality of life in diverse groups of midlife women: Assessing the influence of menopause, health status and psychosocial and demographic factors Quality of Life Research 2004;13:933-946 ... healthrelated quality of life? The American Journal of Medicine 2005;118:25S-36S [18] Aromaa A & Koskinen S (eds) Health and functional capacity in Finland Baseline results of the Health 2000 Health examination...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... improvements of all QOL domains for AIDS patients and deterioration of certain QOL domain for AIDS-free HIVinfected individuals Thus, it would be advisable to think about the timing of initiating HAART, ... http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/3/1/6 Miners AH, Sabin CA, Mocroft A, Youle M, Fisher M, Johnson M: Health-related quality of life in individuals infected with HIV in the era of HAART HIV Clin Trials 2001, 2(6):484-492 ... from baseline Discussion In our study, we attempted to obtain unbiased estimates of HAART effects on QOL in WIHS by minimizing indication bias and further adjusting for the effect of informative...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20

... epidemiologic findings The American Journal of Psychiatry 2000, 157(10):1606-1613 Dimenas ES, Dahlof CG, Jern SC, Wiklund IK: Defining quality of life in medicine Scandinavian Journal of Primary ... Disability and quality of life in pure and comorbid social phobia Findings from a controlled study European Psychiatry 2000, 15(1):46-58 Stein MB, Kean YM: Disability and quality of life in social ... disorders explained only a small proportion of the variance in QoL [10,11], suggesting that an individual’s perception of quality of life is an additional factor that should be part of a complete...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... parts of daily life variable PANAL A Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in Social life ... Limited in others PANAL B Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in Social life Limited in ... limited in their daily life concerning work, social events and sports Due to this nature of the disease QoL is increasingly impaired over time Despite of the high immediate success rate of SVT...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:44

... systems, Duke is enabling current and future mobile services that add to the quality of life, part of the ongoing drive for improvements that keep it in the top 10 ranking of American universities ... service providers in the area, Risley came up with a short list of requirements: reliability, ease of installation with minimal disruption (in both new construction and existing buildings), multi-frequency ... a post office), and a new extension (opened in 2005) of the 122,000 square foot Bostock library Both of these projects are scheduled for completion in the spring of 2006 “We’re developing a master...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 07:17

... track changes in QoL over time The internal consistency of domains and subdomains was robust against single missing items, except for changes in the TA sub-domain and the AP subdomain Results from ... baseline to endpoint was fair, except for AP, which had better internal consistency for changes over time The internal consistency of all sub-domains at baseline and endpoint was robust against single ... sub-domains A cluster of between-sub-domain correlations was observed for nine sub-domains, which showed correlations of [0.3 with three or more subdomains at baseline and/or at endpoint In contrast,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... quality of life In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing quality of life Success in improving physical and social functioning ... level of wellbeing in old age Best long-term prospect for alleviating burden of care and high costs of health spending in old age, better quality of life “The process of optimizing opportunities ... faces the prospect of better functional wellbeing and quality of life in their later years Presently available data not indicate a benevolent trend of physical functional wellbeing in the near to...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... QoL, have been introduced in clinical trials on a large scale, in addition to measures of morbidity and mortality A simple search on quality of life on Medline at the beginning of 2009 gives ... , or participate in high-intensity strength-training programs [82] , report significantly better QoL These findings demonstrate the importance of integrating training programs into gynecological ... quality of life as main outcome (cont.) QoL results Ref Factors related to quality of life in long-term survivors of gynecological cancer Review clinically effective and feasible to deliver in...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... studies using the MOS SF-36® Qual Life Res 1998;7:57–65 34 Jönson A-C, Lindgren I, Hallström B, Norrving B, Lindgren A Determinants of quality of Original research 35 36 37 38 39 life in stroke ... housing, lowest level of education, and lowest income Botucatu has the best housing conditions Heads of families have the highest level of school in the District of Butantã and city of Campinas ... data from groups of people who were 60 years of age or more, a total of 958 individuals All the elderly individuals interviewed in the survey were included in this analysis Survey instrument and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... participating cities; and, a detailed assessment of the practicality of obtaining information to inform the 33 Terms of Reference ‘indicators’ As a result of this work, the following refinements ... The indicators were regrouped into 21 domains reflecting aspects of urban quality of life The grouping offered the practical advantage that because, by and large, the information required to inform ... AUDIT INDICATORS Quality of life domains Indicators IV ENVIRONMENT 14 Air Quality and Noise Winter Smog: Number of days SO2 exceeds 125µg/m3 (24 hour averaging time) Summer Smog: Number of days...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 23:20

... researcher was interested in studying quality of life of the elderly people in Einme Township, as well as factors affecting the quality of life of elderly people in Einme Township The researcher also ... predict the quality of life of the elderly These two factors predicted the quality of life of elderly in Einme Township at 53.3% The strongest factor that influenced the quality of life was self-esteem ... of quality of life, followed by 17.2% having a high level Most of the elderly had a moderate level of quality of life because Myanmar is a developing country and the majority of people live in...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... The feasibility of conducting quality of life interviews among TB patients using the MOS in urban Uganda setting was evaluated by examining the percent of missing item responses, interviewer-reported ... quality of life private hospitals in urban, Uganda The key finding in this study of 133 patients with pulmonary TB is that the MOS in measuring HRQoL performed well on the psychometric indicators ... receiving care in public health institutions appear to catch-up in HRQoL to those receiving care in private institutions and that TB therapy improves HRQoL regardless of treatment setting In this...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20