... methodologic rigor of quality- of- life assessments in the critical care literature Crit Care Med 1998, 26:591-598 Guyatt GH, Feeny DH, Patrick DL: Measuring health-related qualityoflife Ann Intern ... DJ: Qualityoflife following critical care: moving beyond survival Intensive Care Med 2000, 26: 1172-1175 Tian ZM, Miranda DR: Qualityoflife after intensive care with the sickness impact profile ... fatigue—the use of the thentest approach Acta Oncol 1999, 38:709-718 Adang EM, Kootstra G, Engel GL, van Hooff JP, Merckelbach HL: Do retrospective and prospective qualityoflife assessments...
... Eiser C, Morse R: A review of measures ofqualityoflife for children with chronic illness Arch Dis Child 2001, 84:205-211 Connolly MA, Johnson JA: Measuring qualityoflife in pediatric patients ... satisfied with the efficacy of the study medication on their child's attention The majority of caregivers (93.1%) indicated a high level of satisfaction with the duration of effect of the study medication ... dose of drug delivered depends on the surface area of the patch and the length of time that the patch is worn, which allows for tailoring the duration of medication effect with reductions of first-pass...
... Predictive factors ofqualityoflife on admission Two-thirds of patients had a Physical Component Summary score of >42 and two-thirds of patients had a Mental Component Summary score of >25 The factors ... consumption patterns, and health-related qualityoflifeof primary care patients Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997; 21:899-905 Welsh JA, Buchsbaum DG, Kaplan CB Qualityoflifeof alcoholics and non-alcoholics: ... variables explained 20% of the total variance (Table 3) Predictive factors of improvement in qualityoflife during the inpatient programme Analysis of the distribution of the values for the differences...
... scores Irrespective of the well known shortcomings of the Symptom checklist because of the nonspecific nature of a number of the symptoms asked for and the lack of assessment of functional status ... Bubien RS, Knotts-Dolson SM, Plumb VJ, Kay GN Effect of Radiofrequency catheter ablation on health-related qualityoflife and activities of daily living in patients with recurrent arrhythmias ... F, Saoudi N, Poty H, Douillet R, Cribier A Radiofrequency catheter ablation of common atrial flutter: Significance of palpitations and quality- of- life Evaluation in patients with proven isthmus...
... a coffeehouse, stores, and 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 ... unevenness in the qualityof life. ” Other future plans include the integration of 800 MHz public safety and paging traffic into the same Unison network, as well as the addition of EV-DO data services ... current and future mobile services that add to the qualityof life, part of the ongoing drive for improvements that keep it in the top 10 ranking of American universities Website: www.adc.com From...
... sub-domain (item 1: ‘‘How often does your child have a lot of fun?’’ and item 4: ‘‘How often does your child feel happy?’’) The items of the SPS sub-domain Psychometric properties of the CHIP-CE composed ... Kelsey DK, Allen AJ (2004) Improvement in health-related qualityoflife in children with ADHD: an analysis of placebo controlled studies of atomoxetine J Dev Behav Pediatr 25:445 Perwien AR, Kratochvil ... Ralston SJ, Spiel G, ADORE Study Group (2006a) Validity of the health-related qualityoflife assessment in the ADORE study: parent report form of the CHIP-child edition Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry...
... mostly for reported poor qualityoflife In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing qualityoflife Success in improving ... qualityoflife “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, ... facilitating social role adaptations High level of morbidity and rising trend in physical disability Social and environmental impediments to qualityoflifeQualityof medical care should be improved for...
... priorities needed to realise the vision of a better qualityoflife for all This better qualityoflife will be achieved by supporting the continued development of a dynamic and internationalised ... out of 25; in terms of transport infrastructure, 27th out of 28; and in terms of efficiency of energy infrastructure, Ireland ranked 26th out of 28 Dublin ranked 28th out of 30 in terms of average ... delivery of infrastructure, points to significant ongoing deficits based on OECD work on industrialists perception of overall qualityof infrastructure in Ireland In terms of overall qualityof infrastructure,...
... One of the key issues affecting the qualityof the environment and the qualityoflife in our towns and cities is road traffic Heavy motor traffic means poor air quality, unacceptable levels of ... IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES he qualityoflife in many European cities is affected by the negative impacts of increasing traffic levels This chapter looks at ways in which a dominance of car traffic ... European Commission Reclaiming city streets for people — Chaos or qualityof life? Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 2004 — 52 pp — 29.7 x 21 cm ISBN 92-894-3478-3...
... Treatment of Cancer – QualityofLife Questionnaire – Core Questionnaire; FACT-QoL: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Qualityof Life; HRT: Hormone-replacement therapy; QLI: QualityofLife ... European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer – QualityofLife Questionnaire – Core Questionnaire; FACT-QoL: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Qualityof Life; HRT: Hormone-replacement ... critical review of patient-rated qualityoflife studies of long-term survivors of cervical cancer Gynecol Oncol 102(3), 563–572 (2006) 13 Anderson B, Lutgendorf S Qualityoflife in gynaecologic...
... and qualityoflifeof elderly individuals (4, 5) The impact that disease has on qualityoflife should be assessed and monitored This can be achieved through surveys that include measurements of ... and other chronic medical conditions on health-related qualityof life: is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Health and qualityoflife outcomes 2005:3–12 24 Lebrão ML, Laurenti R Saúde, ... committees of the School of Medical Sciences of the State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo RESULTS The data analyzed came from a total of 958 individuals—929 males and 029 females 60 years of...
... international data The aim of the present study was to provide a profile of SF-36 scales and analyze the influence of demographic and socioeconomic factors on health-related qualityoflife in an elderly ... Overview of the SF-36 Health Survey and International QualityofLife Assessment (IQOLA) project J Clin Epidemiol 1998; 51:903-12 10 Tsay SY, Chi LY, Lee CH, Chou P Health-related qualityoflife ... software The ISA-SP project was approved by the Ethics Committees of the School of Public Health at the University of São Paulo (USP), the School of Medical Science at the State University of...
... 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 present study ... reduces the risk of disease, increases life expectancy of those with illnesses and improves qualityof life, though the harmful effects of smoking lasts for a certain amount of time depending ... consistent evidence of the effects of healthrelated behaviors on health, little is known regarding the association between these behaviors and different aspects ofqualityof life, especially among...
... the points of supply, and differences in the standards applied Also the EU standards relate to several aspects of water quality, some of which are arguably more critical to qualityoflife than ... The consumption of energy is not per se a measure of the qualityoflife However, the good management of energy resources contributes to reductions in emissions, lower consumption of natural resources ... concentrations occur in the majority of cities and are frequent in many, although their prevalence is generally decreasing Air quality and noise is an important aspect ofqualityoflife and has a distinctive...
... the majority of the elderly people, that is 80.9% had a moderate level ofqualityoflife 17.2% had a high level ofqualityoflife and only 1.9% showed a low level ofqualityoflife (Table 2) ... predict the qualityoflifeof elderly people in the study These two factors could predict 53.3% of the qualityoflifeof the subjects The factor that best predicted the qualityoflifeof the elderly ... qualityoflife negatively, and a long period of good qualityoflife is possible2 Therefore, the maintenance and improvement of the qualityoflife become important issues The proportion of elderly...
... conditions for subjects with good qualityoflife and subjects with bad qualityoflife are shown in tables and While the determinants of a negative qualityoflife were limited to only one reason ... determinant of a bad qualityoflife Note 2: The percentage represented the rate of the 23 subjects who mentioned that domain Figure - Why would you say that? Determinants of a negative qualityoflife ... determinant of a good qualityoflife Note 2: The percentage represented the rate of the 53 subjects who mentioned that domain Figure - Why would you say that? (Determinants of a Positive qualityof life) ...
... Functional capacity, healthy active lifestyle, good housing, social relationship along with economic status affect the QualityofLife CONCLUSION The QualityofLifeof rural elderly population was ... voluntary organizations) for improving QualityofLifeof elderly To improve the qualityoflife after the age 60, efforts have to start at least from the age of 30 Preventive maintenance is wiser ... insecurity, loss of power leading to low qualityoflife So, we are trying to explore the domain in which rural – urban population are lacking and recommend the measures to improve the qualityoflife Objectives...
... reliability and validity of health-related qualityoflife questionnaire among adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in urban Uganda: cross-sectional study Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2010 ... Applications of the Medical Outcomes Study health-related qualityoflife measures in HIV/ AIDS Qual Life Res 1997, 6(6):531-54 Revicki DA, Sorensen S, Wu AW: Reliability and validity of physical ... hospital and had Babikako et al Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2010, 8:93 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/93 Page of Figure Health-related qualitylife scores among adult tuberculosis patients...
... Wood-Dauphinee Three Sources of Descriptive Information for Quality- of- Life Measures, Ten Review Forms for Quality- of- Life Measures, 65 83 89 Applications of Quality- of- Life Measures and Areas for ... questionnaires Quality- of- Life Measures A full set of quality- of- life measures would encompass not only the types of measures just mentioned but also a wide range of internal and external attributes of the ... all of these reasons, quality- of- life measures enable the assessment of an important additional dimension in the evaluation of health care interventions TWELVE APPLICATIONS OF QUALITY- OF- LIFE...
... every indicator of general qualityoflife and women’s qualityoflife as compared to the UK and the US Canada does not perform well in relation to the values on a number of indicators of Denmark ... snapshots of the effects of increasing privatisation of health and home care on the qualityoflifeof women in each section of Canada [75] It concluded that increasing privatisation of health ... that governmental support of these social determinants of health overlap with the qualityoflife themes presented by the Canadian Policy Research Networks The qualityof political rights and general...