women apos s quality of life indicator analyses from five nations

... comparison nations The information relevant to these issues comes primarily from two types of data sources: indicator analyses from international reports and intensive and detailed policy analyses of ... decisions that support women in their lives [98] This is the meaning of equity and fairness In terms of contemporary analyses of women s quality of life, these policy changes in Canada—and elsewhere—have ... private assistance through local authorities A government system provides “Cash Benefits for Closely Related Persons” through the special assistance system for a maximum 60 days in case of serious illness...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 11:20

... episodes yearly in the United States [1] On average, each episode is associated with 1.2 days of missed work or classes [1] The cost of treating ambulatory patients with symptoms of dysuria is ... quality of life scales, such as the SF-36 Health Survey, are better suited to assess chronic illnesses [4] Higher scores on the Quality of Well-Being reflect higher QOL The questionnaire was modified ... treatment of acute cystitis [2,3] In most cases, these guidelines suggest treatment based upon symptoms of disease in otherwise healthy adult women and recommend against obtaining culture and sensitivity...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... conditions, depression and previous admissions to the ED Finally, some discussion must be devoted to a few methodological issues When taking falls, ED admissions and hospitalisation as adverse health ... This latter finding suggests that a greater use of the ED by elders is associated with dimensions of the QOL other than the HRQOL, such as dissatisfaction with social support, personal relationships ... admissions such as depressive symptoms, lack of social support, loneliness, larger use of ED visits [45-49] However, it is noteworthy that in our study this correlation persisted after adjustment...

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Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... subjects subjects 15/53 (28%) subjects 10 subjects subject subject subject 13/53 (24%) subjects subjects 10/53 (19%) subjects subjects subject subject subjects subjects 7/53 (13%) subjects subject subjects ... life) Among 38 subjects with positive assessment of their current life and 17 subjects with assessments with opposite values, 53 subjects mentioned at least one reason for assessing positively their ... dos idosos Xavier FMF et al Rev Bras Psiquiatr 2003;25(1):31-9 satisfeitos, os insatisfeitos tinham mais problemas de saúde pela CIRS e mais sintomas depressivos quando avaliados pela GDS Os satisfeitos...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... various physical symptoms such as dyspnea, insomnia, appetite loss, constipation and diarrhea All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from to 100 A high scale score represents a ... Between Women s Characteristics and Quality of Life Scores Characteristic Global score Mean±SD test Physical Mean±SD test Role function Mean±SD test Emotional Mean±SD test Cognitive Mean±SD test Social ... and symptom scales which include a number of single items assessing additional symptoms commonly reported by cancer patients This questionnaire includes a total of 30 items and is composed of scales...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... professionals, in the last year/Total number of women in the sample × 100 Smoke cessation counseling in the last year Number of current smokers climacteric stage women who received smoke cessation ... this scale comprehensively addresses the main domains of the health of women in climacteric stage The questionnaire was applied as rigorously as possible, assuring that all participants understood ... relationship between these components and HR-QoL is not straightforward A number of variables intervene, such as changes in lifestyle, women s endowment, etc This cross-sectional study has several...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... analysis Statistical analysis was performed with the Windows 13.0 version of SPSS software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) Values are expressed as mean ± S. D or percentages For the validation of ... questionnaires have been developed to measure QOL in osteoporosis The most widely used are the Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (OQLQ) [6,7], the Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire ... increasing isolation, which, then, negatively impacts self-esteem and selfimage, and causes depression Studies have also shown that patients with vertebral fractures suffer from a loss of independence...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... SAQ scores An analysis done comparing regression models to analyze SAQ dimensional scores [26] led us to conclude that a combination of the results derived from a least squares linear regression ... hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, smoking status, pulmonary disease, liver/gastrointestinal disease, malignancy), disease specific ... strategies for analyzing seattle anginal questionnaire quality of life data Quality of Life Research 2001, 9:309 Scott SC, Goldberg MS, Mayo NE: Statistical assessment of ordinal outcomes in comparative...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... hair status (330 women, 93% of those participated) was assessed by the same trained nurse, using Ludwig 's scale [14], and re-classified into two classes for the analysis The original classes and ... number of studies have shown that, in selected clinical populations, androgenic alopecia is associated with poorer quality of life scores on disease-specific quality of life questionnaires [8,9] Women ... study suggested that hair loss in women could be associated with psychiatric disorders, e.g depression [3] It is unclear why women with AGA would have a poorer quality of life As most studies...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

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Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... guidance for estimates to be used in cost-effectiveness analyses as well as guidance for designing larger Barrett 's esophagus quality of life assessment studies Our findings may also provide some preliminary ... refinements that resulted from this 'pre-testing' were further simplifications of many of the medical terms used to describe the various health states Data analysis This was a descriptive, cross-sectional ... Paper Standard Gamble Survey; Imagined Paper Standard Gamble; Post Successful Esophagectomy with Dysphagia State Description; Post Successful PDT (no dysphagia) Description; Post Successful PDT...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... not be sensitive enough to assess changes in specific illnesses as they are designed to measure HRQoL across a wide variety of diseases [27] Questionnaires designed specifically for patients with ... suggests that serious health disorders might reduce HRQoL to similar levels, regardless of starting HRQoL and overrides less severe HRQoL factors There are a number of limitations to this research ... given disease should be more responsive or sensitive to changes in health status because they contain items from relevant patient groups Asian women with PCOS scored worse than Caucasian women...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... categories [57] Page of 10 Data analyses Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows, version 18.0 and Statistica, version 10 Basic statistical analyses ... Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) The CES-D is one of the most commonly used self-report screening tools for depression It consists of 20 statements with a total score ranging from to ... neglect These five subscales each consist of items with scores ranging from to 25 A summary score assesses overall trauma with scores Troeman et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011, 9:84 http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/84...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... comprising a group of specific indicators such as number of bathrooms, number of full-time domestic servants, number of cars owned by the family, possession of domestic items such as television sets, ... with stressful emotional situations [45] Social support was evaluated using a questionnaire consisting of 19 items comprising five dimensions of functional social support: material (4 questions ... contexts This study suggests possible mechanisms of how social connections and social support are important and may influence womens quality of life Our findings agree with those of Hanson et al...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... analysis with adjustment for variances (significance of 5%) The statistical tests were performed using the SAS software [41] A Poisson regression model was used to assess the association between ... Barbosa et al [19] and presents good psychometric properties The CPQ 11-14 is a self-administered instrument used to determine quality of life associated with oral health and consists of 35 items ... parents educational level was categorized by number of years of schooling into two levels: up to years of schooling or over years Statistical analyses Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... severity as measured using standard disease-specific tools In cross-sectional analyses, we identified ADL-related components of the UPDRS as most closely linked to health-related quality of life, ... misclassification of depression, which was based on records of physician diagnosis or prescription of antidepressant medication, rather than through standardized prospective assessment Studies that ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/91 severity as reflected by H+Y scores, S+ E scores, and UPDRS II and III scores (Figure 1) Consistent with this, collinear variables such as individual UPDRS motor subscores of bradykinesia,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... activities related to the quality of life of patients Quality of life assessment in Alzheimer 's disease (Quality of Life Alzheimer Disease / QOL-AD) was a broad set of tools, which structured ... their quality of life higher than caregivers assessed and there was aunificationbetween these two assessments Quality of life of patients is generally low, achieving only 47.5% (as assessed by ... health of caregivers increased 5.4% and mental health increased 23% CHAPTER DISCUSSION 4.1 Quality of life status of Alzheimer s disease patients and their caregivers 4.1.1 Quality of life status of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 11:36

... estimating propensity score Statistical analysis Propensity score matching Unlike in randomized trials, use of therapies in observational studies is not from random assignment and thus Page of ... Insurance % CD4+ cell count Viral Load (log10) AIDS diagnosis % Depression % Number of symptoms Number of outpatient visit Number of hospitalizations Number of medications Quality of life scores ... and depression to Model All statistical analyses were performed using a SAS version 9.1 http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/3/1/6 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) and Splus 7.0 (Insightful, Seattle,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20

... values of the PHS and MHS from the MOSHIV generated out of descriptive statistics of the cohort were used to establish levels of low (PHS: 0-39.09; MHS: 0-41.03), moderate (PHS: 39.10-48.47; MHS: ... distress; QL - quality of life Table presents correlation coefficients computed comparing the physical and mental health summary scores of the MOS-HIV and SF-12v2 as well as scores of all sub-domains ... because of the lack of skew in the distributions of the summary scores Pearson correlation coefficients were used to investigate the relationship between common subdomains of the MOS-HIV and SF-12v2...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21