... Assessments of professional qualityoflife were made with the Professional QualityofLife Scale (ProQOL) [16], which is a validated development of the Compassion Fatigue Test [17] ProQOL is a ... (BO) and Compassion Fatigue (CF) in the ProQOL in a binary logistic regression model using a forward stepwise method (Wald) In the final model, including only variables significantly contributing ... significant, length of psychiatric nursing experience (P = 028 , HR = 1.76, CI 95% 1.06–2.90) and scores on the CS (P = 027 , HR = 90, CI 95% 81– 99) In this investigation of nursing staff working in a high...
... indicate worse qualityoflife WHOQOL-Bref (WHOQOL Group, 1995, 1996) QOL: Rate is a 5-point scale rating qualityoflife All other scores on 0–100 scale: Overall QualityofLife (QOL: Rate), and ... one goal of the over-all LIDO study was to compare QualityofLife (QOL) instruments, several of them were administered These included the QualityofLifein Depression Scale (QLDS) [21,22] and ... qualityoflife over a 6-week period [10] Here, we expand on these earlier findings by examining a wider range of health status andqualityoflife measures as well as examining synchrony of change...
... qualityoflifeIn the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing qualityoflife Success in improving physical and social functioning ... mental health andqualityoflife (healthy ageing) Multi-disciplinary collaboration of research aimed at understanding the ageing and health transition of Singaporean older adults Goal to help formulate ... improve qualityof geriatric care, assisted living and long-term care, designs for housing, built environment and transportation, and promotion of ‘active ageing’ Population ageing in Singapore...
... schooling, income, work status, place of residence and number of chronic conditions component ofqualityof life, and smokers showed poorer qualityoflife than never-smokers The results of the ... Kromhout D Smoking Cessation andqualityof life: the effect of amount of smoking and time since quitting Prev Med 2001; 33(6):653-60 DOI:10.1006/pmed.2001.0941 17 Peixoto SV, Firmo JOA, Lima-Costa ... 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...
... enrolment and obtaining informed consent, an explanation of the handling of the QL-recorder to participating patients, interpretation and use of results during the consultation Training sessions ... M: Interpretation ofqualityoflife scores from the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire Eur Respir J 2 002, 19:405-413 Higginson IJ, Carr AJ: Measuring qualityof life: Using qualityoflife ... physicians in handling the electronic equipment and interpreting HRQoL scores, andin effi- What barriers may hinder wider application of this approach? Methods Setting This study is part of a primary...
... collection and collation, data analysis, 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 ... activity A recent review of exercise intervention studies in persons with MS, found Figure Qualityoflife scores in people with multiple sclerosis Qualityoflife scores in people with multiple ... Kollegger H, Kristoferitsch W, Zeitlhofer J: Factors influencing qualityoflifein multiple sclerosis patients: disability, depressive mood, fatigue and sleep quality Acta Neurol Scand 2004, 110(1):6-13...
... clearer insights into its measurement properties and direct eventual revisions Abbreviations KINDL: German questionnaire for measuring qualityoflifein children and adolescents; QOL: qualityof life; ... components of children and adolescents QOLand well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy children and adolescents, but also for qualityoflife ... S, Lund T: Assessing health-related qualityoflifein adolescents: some psychometric properties of the first Norwegian version of KINDL® Scand J Caring Sci 2005, 19: 102- 09 Page of (page number...
... shown here) *p < 05 obtain information about tobacco dependence, drug and health-related behavior, andqualityoflifein adolescents in grades to 12 in schools in the province of British Columbia ... Indirect effect of physical or mental health status on global qualityoflife as mediated by one of the life domains Sum of all indirect effects for physical and mental health status explaining ... Adolescent qualityof life, part II: initial validation of a new instrument J Adolesc 2 002, 25:287-300 12 Bradford R, Rutherford DL, John A: Qualityoflifein young people: ratings and factor...
... used to pay the printing of questionnaires, mailing costs, data management and the English translation of the draft References Spiker BN: Qualityoflifeand phamarcoeconomics in clinical trials ... NY; 1978 Jofre R, Lopez-Gomez JM, Valderrabano F: Qualityoflife for patients groups Kidney international 2000, 57(suppl):121-130 Gentile S: Principal determinants ofqualityoflife Soins 2004, ... health-related qualityoflifein renal transplant and hemodialysis patients using the SF-36 health survey Urology 2000, 56:201-206 Tomasz W, Piotr S: A trial of objective comparison ofqualityof life...
... of search (quality oflifeand distress and urinary incontinence) and search (quality oflifeand bother and urinary incontinence) Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQuality ... Non-surgical intervention for SUI = 27 Include = 21 Figure incontinence) Results of search (quality oflifeand distress and urinary incontinence) and search (quality oflifeand bother and urinary ... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:8 Urinary incontinence (UI) is defined by the International Continence Society as the "complaint of any involuntary leakage of urine" [1] Urinary incontinence...
... impressive gains in self-efficacy andQOL outcomes in a sample of older adults Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:10 Although our findings offer ... physical activity and QOL, as well as an expanded QOL model including both health status indicators and global QOL Given that the life expectancy of many countries continues to increase, a more ... dwelling adults aged 50 and older via flyers and electronic newsletters advertising participation in a study of physical activity beliefs A total of 349 individuals expressed initial interest and...
... health related qualityoflifeof patients with fibromyalgia as related to the qualityoflifeof patients in other chronic conditions is presented in Table Results ofqualityoflifeof patients ... pain and long term false straining of the muscles eventually can result in chronification of pain In accordance with the hypothesis of Hasenbring, Van Houdenhoven suggested that, especially in ... contribution in drafting the manuscript RJS has been involved in the analysis and interpretation of the data in combination with drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... GSRS, Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale; QOLRAD, QualityofLifein Reflux and Dyspepsia questionnaire Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes ... validation of the German translation of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) andQualityofLifein Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in patients with reflux disease Health Qual Life ... Wiklund I: [Psychometric validation of translation to Spanish of the gastrointestinal symptoms rating scale (GSRS) andqualityoflifein reflux and dyspepsia (QOLRAD) in patients with gastroesophageal...
... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:15 Introduction In asthma research, there is growing evidence indicating that traditional outcomes, such as respiratory symptomsand pulmonary ... registries of inhabitants of these areas Health examinations were conducted at the eight local centres at baseline in 1991 and at follow-up in2002 Subjects answered an interview-based standardised ... of missing data for each item of the two questionnaires We then assessed the distributions of the AQLQ and SF-36 domain scores graphically and by looking at skewness and kurtosis Since AQLQ and...
... punctured into the disc and an intraoperative discogram is performed with a mixture of ml of contrast media and ml of indigo carmine The indigo carmine stains the pathologic nucleus and the annular ... exiting nerve root and this avoids the risk of inducing spinal instability [2,3,15] Also the spinal canal is not violated and therefore there is less epidural bleeding and epidural scarring However, ... discectomy is a safe and efficacious technique to relieve symptomsof herniated discs and this improvement in back pain and leg symptoms translates to improvement inqualityoflife It has the advantage...
... being referred to as qualityoflife measures when they actually measure qualityof health not qualityoflife " because I think that health is part of our life The concept ofqualityoflife includes ... overall qualityoflife but also elements ofqualityoflife such as health and functioning as well as symptom relief and psychological and spiritual well-being Health andQualityofLife Outcomes: ... health-related qualityoflife If so, then the titles "Health-related qualityoflife outcomes" and Health andqualityof life" are closer to the journal's intent James W Varni, Ph.D Professor of Psychiatry,...
... pre-morbid health status [6,7] Qualityoflife studies are often difficult to compare, since different intensive care populations have been studied and a variety ofqualityoflife measures have been ... for age and SAPS II and median values for *LOS and **IPPV days (hours/24) Comparison of medical and surgical ICU patients, andof ICU patients with increasing and patients with decreasing summarized ... Health and Physical Functioning scores decreased in cardiovascular patients and increased in respiratory and neurological patients All categories show increases in Vitality scores and reductions in...
... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in industrialized and developing countries ... (health-related qualityof life) and also important clinical goals such as prevention of disease progression and minimization ofsymptoms [11] Currently, however, there are no instruments that incorporate ... between now and 2015 that is independent from the success of smoking cessation campaigns [3] In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid to developing and validating qualityoflife questionnaires...
... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, Introduction Health Related QualityofLife (HRQoL) outcome measures are being increasingly used in research trials, but less so in routine clinical ... Since health is a function of both length oflifeandqualityof life, the QALY (Quality- adjusted life year) has been developed in an attempt to combine the value of these attributes into a single ... C, Barofsky I andand the Clinical Significance Consensus Meeting Group Group vs individual approaches to understanding the clinical significance of differences or changes inqualityoflife Mayo...
... qualityof the data including staff training, receipt of the data by vendor staff, data entry, decision rules, quality monitoring of data entry by vendor staff, and preparation and submission of data ... probability of collecting high quality data when utilizing multiple survey vendors in obtaining health outcomes information Appendix A project reporting – establishes uniform reporting and definitions ... Survey were standardization and simplicity Standardization In addition to using a standardized survey administration protocol and instrument to minimize the potential for systematic inter-vendor...