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... status and quality of life in adolescents: a latent variable mediation model Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:17 Helgeson VS: Social support and quality of life Quality of Life Research ... evaluation of oral health impact profile Community Dent Health 1994, 11: 3-11 33 Inglehart MR, Bagramian RA: Oral health-related quality of life: an introduction In Oral health-related quality of life ... of oral health on quality of life was tested using multinomial logistic regression The sample was categorized into groups according to the prevalence and the median (the median of OHIP = 3) of...

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... 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 ... Regarding the single aspects of well-being, we found highly significant improvements in daily (hobbies and work at home, p

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... 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...

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... 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 ... is the number in work or seeking work as a proportion of the population of working age) The majority of women of working age are in the workforce The proportions are much lower in southern cities...

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... snapshots of the effects of increasing privatisation of health and home care on the quality of life of women in each section of Canada [75] It concluded that increasing privatisation of health ... costs, and the increasing perception of health as a business All of these have contributed towards increasing privatisation of health care services in general and in home care in particular A ... the quality of life of women in Canada and elsewhere A number of indicators from the HDR [26] map onto this quality of life theme The overall Human Development Index takes into account general life...

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... 2 Introduction This leaflet presents the result of the Urban Audit Perception Survey This survey was conducted in January 2004 to measure the local perceptions of quality of life in 31 European ... 75% Unsurprisingly, there is a clear inverse relationship between availability of jobs and availability of housing Cities which find it easy to offer jobs experience higher housing prices The ... pollution, (7) integration of immigrants and (8) overall satisfaction with the quality of life of their city The annex presents all the results in a table format for all 22 questions in the survey The...

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... Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: A quality- of- life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology J National Cancer Institute, 85, 365-76 American Cancer ... MS, Phillips PH (1995) Clinical trials, Referral resource Clinical trials assessing quality of life Oncology, 95, 1171-8 Dow KH , Melancan CH (1997) Quality of life in women with ovarian cancer ... Measurement of the quality of life in cancer survivors Qual Life Res, 4, 523-31 Hoskins NS, Perez CA, Young RC (1997) Principles and practice of gynecologic oncology; second ed Lippincott- Raven...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... infraestimations of HRQL scores in the Spanish sample The use of both instruments in different populations, including clinical samples and from different geographical areas in Spain will allow for continuing ... Validation of a French health-related quality of life instrument for adolescents: the VSP-A Qual Life Res 2000, 9:393-403 Ravens-Sieberer U, Bullinger M: Assessing health-related quality of life in chronically ... Descriptive results of the Spanish VSP-A and KINDL-R domains in a representative sample of non-institutionalized adolescents in Spain (n = 555) Domains (no of items) Mean (SD)* Median Missing values Effect...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... applicability of the 10-item short form of the Nepean Dyspepsia Index Dig Dis Sci 2004, 49(4):680-687 King CR: Quality of life and controversial issues In Quality of Life Edited by: King CR, Hinds PS ... backgrounds In- depth Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:45 cognitive interviews were conducted to determine appropriateness of the original English ... and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:45 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/45 eating/drinking 0.88, knowledge/control 0.86 and work/ study 0.95 In the Malay speaking group, ICC between baseline...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... and obese individuals These studies suggest that physical activity combined with diet can be effective in improving health related QOL in several domains, including social functioning, mood, ... characteristics of binge eating in obese individuals Each item presents three or four differently weighted statements, with a final score varying from 0–46 It is used to identify binge eaters, Page of (page ... 2: Descriptive scores of depression, anxiety, binge eating, body image dissatisfaction, and quality of life in obese adolescents submitted to a multidisciplinary long-term lifestyle therapy Variable...

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... activity A recent review of exercise intervention studies in persons with MS, found Figure Quality of life scores in people with multiple sclerosis Quality of life scores in people with multiple ... perceived quality of life Exercisers represent individuals who reported participating in at least two, 30min exercise sessions·wk-1, or had a physical activity score in the leisure domain of the International ... perceived quality of life Exercisers represent individuals who reported participating in at least two, 30-min exercise sessions·wk-1, or had a physical activity score in the leisure domain of the International...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... activity and quality of life in older adults J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001, 56(Spec No 2):23-35 Carr A, Gibson B, Robinson P: Measuring quality of life: Is quality of life determined by expectations ... 20 hours of training in assessments of physical functioning including balance, gait, and functional daily living skills and HRQOL Interviews were conducted in Spanish or English, depending on the ... certain subscales of the SF-36 in preliminary analyses In addition, body mass index was calculated by dividing individuals' weight in kilograms by height in meters squared Body mass index (BMI) categories...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Discussion The main purpose of this paper was to assess the utility of this instrument in patients with SCD living in Jamaica In all of its performance measures, the WHOQOL-Bref has Page of (page number ... scores reflect better quality of life on each domain of all measures Table 3: Scale and domain scores for categories of painful crises 0–3 painful crises/year (N = 412) >3 painful crises/year (N ... cell disease: Pain, coping and quality of life in a study of adults in the UK Br J Health Psychol 2002, 7(Part 3):331-344 Anie KA, Steptoe A: Pain, mood and opioid medication use in sickle cell...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... condition [7-9] In 1993, The WHOQOL (The World Health Organization Quality of Life) Group [10] defined QOL as individuals' perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and ... of their role, lack of social and working support, course of the disease, and disruptions in family life All these factors were associated with a considerable damage of QOL The feeling of being ... were: MEDLINE via Pubmed (73), Web of Science (93) and PsycINFO (49) In accordance with the inclusion criteria, titles and abstracts of citations obtained from the search were examined independently...

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... review of source and final translated version, 4) pretesting for equivalence in source and final documents in the format of cognitive debriefing, and 5) an international consensus meeting This ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:92 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/92 Table 1: A comparison of cross-cultural adaptations of quality of life measures (Continued) Total number of formal ... Assessment J Clin Epidemiol 1998, 51(11):913-923 von Mackensen S, Bullinger M: Development and testing of an instrument to assess the Quality of Life of Children with Haemophilia in Europe (Haemo-QoL)...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... The findings of the 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 of Life ... record all impacts of a disease on daily life, they allow investigations in large populations Considering the advances in CF therapy and with regard to the recent increase in interest in PROs, the ... perception of the child The use of all CFQ-R versions also makes it possible to compare HRQoL at the different stages of life and in this way to explore the impact of CF in the course of a lifetime In...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... effects of pain on physical QoL The indirect effect of depression on the pain-QoL link pathway was 0.08, indicating that about 75% of the effect of pain on QoL impacted through the mediator of depression, ... Treatment of Cancer Core Quality of Life Questionnaire Journal of psychosomatic research 2000, 49(1):27-34 Wong WS, Fielding R: Eating ability predicts subsequent quality of life in Chinese patients ... chronic pain and depression when there is no organic lesion Pain 1987, 31:1-21 Anie KA, Steptoe A, Bevan DH: Sickle cell disease: Pain, coping and quality of life in a study of adults in the UK...

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... Evaluation of posttreatment health-related quality life (HRQoL) among tuberculosis patients Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007, 11:887-892 Dhingra VK, Rajpal S: Health related quality of life (HRQL) scoring in ... C: Measuring health-related quality of life in tuberculosis: a systemic review Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:14, doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-14 Pasipanodya JG, Miller TL, Vecino M, et ... this article as: Weis and Pasipanodya: Measuring health-related quality of life in tuberculosis: a systemic review - Response Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:7 Submit your next manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... should be kept in mind that the point of focus of this study is the identification of predictors modifying the worsening (aggravation) of HRQoL at any time point before or after VABB In an attempt ... short-term pain Commenting on late effects, a striking finding is that long-term pain (EQ-5D pain/discomfort and SF-36 Bodily Pain dimensions) seemed rather idiosyncratic, since none of the predictors ... be of interest so as to gain more detailed insight into the phenomenon of long-term pain Further commenting on late effects, once again mastalgia emerged as an unfavorable risk factor, being...

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... psychosocial quality of life irrespective of the severity of heart disease [23] This recent result affirms previous findings of studies focusing on various dimensions of quality of life [21,24-27] ... requirement in accordance with the WHO definition of health and well-being [3] Pediatric quality of life studies that investigate the individuals’ perceptions of their well-being in a multidimensional ... health-related quality of life in children with ESRD: performance of the generic and ESRD-specific instrument of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) American Journal of Kidney Diseases...

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