... economics The rise of transnational corporations that can easily shift investments across the globe serves to pressure nations into acceding to their demands for changes that reverse reforms associated ... associated costs, and the increasing perception ofhealth as a business All of these have contributed towards increasing privatisation ofhealth care services in general andin home care in particular ... Medicare and Medicaid Conclusion: the welfare state andwomensqualityoflife The findings concerning womensqualityoflifeinCanada are consistent with the analysis of Fast and Keating s [82]...
... behavioral and emotional responses [1] The structure of network ties influences peoples health by providing different types and levels ofsupport Lower social support is associated with more symptoms of ... networks and social support [27,28,29] The use of dental services was associated with better levels of social networks and social support [27,28] Men who had more social supports and those reporting ... servants, number of cars owned by the family, possession of domestic items such as television sets, radio sets, VCRs, vacuum cleaners, washing machine, fridges, freezers; and level of education of...
... must be emphasised that a poor QOL is associated with several acknowledged predictors of ED admissions such as depressive symptoms, lack of social support, loneliness, larger use of ED visits ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/72 239 Cases enrolled at baseline 29 Missing cases 210 Cases with data on one-year survival 16 Cases of death Cases of nursing home placement Cases refusing the phone interview 184 Cases with data ... predictors of several adverse health outcomes: falls and ED admissions for overall QOL as well as falls, nursing home placement and death for HRQOL Our findings lend support to the prognostic value of...
... children in six European countries Haemophilia 2002, Suppl 2:47-54 Barofsky I: Cognitive aspects ofqualityoflife assessment InQualityofLifeand Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trials Volume 14 Second ... national factors and individual opinions to include Several processes within the DISABKIDS project (team meetings, group discussions) have influenced decisions An example was the post-hoc decision to ... DA, Singer AE, Nolop KB, Goss TF: The responsiveness of disease-specific and generic health measures to changes in the severity of asthma among adults Qual Life Res 1998, 7:235-244 Guyatt GH, King...
... employing the estimated marginal means and the pooled standard deviation All analyses were performed using SPSS (version 15.0 for Windows; SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL) Results Sample Characteristics ... HRQOL in overweight and obese pediatric clinical samples The pattern of impairment in HRQOL was very similar in boys and girls as well as in children and adolescents Regardless of gender and age, ... Bullinger M: Qualityoflife after inpatient rehabilitation in children with obesity Int J Obes 2001, 25(Suppl 1) :S6 3 -S6 5 Ravens-Sieberer U, Bullinger M: Assessing health- related qualityof life...
... algorithms exist for the empiric treatment of acute cystitis [2,3] In most cases, these guidelines suggest treatment based upon symptoms of disease in otherwise healthy adult womenand recommend against ... nervous system effects such as dizziness (5%) were the next most common side effects The remaining 12% of adverse events were a variety of miscellaneous complaints Patients experiencing an adverse ... qualityoflife scales, such as the SF-36 Health Survey, are better suited to assess chronic illnesses [4] Higher scores on the Qualityof Well-Being reflect higher QOL The questionnaire was modified...
... Children s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston successfully demonstrates the use of ECLS as an adjunctive strategy for managing SSA The work there is both important and relevant, because it illustrates ... cannulation for SSA reported in the ELSO registry is noted and reasonable, because this mode allows for preservation of arterial vascular integrity and provides sufficient pulmonary support during the ... consistent, positive outcomes over time with use of this therapy SSA is a self-limited, reversible disease process, which - if treated aggressively at the onset - does not have to be fatal It is...
... items) and pain (2 items), and single items assessing financial impact and various physical symptoms such as dyspnea, insomnia, appetite loss, constipation and diarrhea All of the scales and single-item ... performed with SPSS, version 11.5 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) To determine the qualityoflife levels descriptive statistics were used (means, standard deviations and frequencies) QoL scores were compared ... emotional, and social), a global health status/ QoL scale and symptom scales which include a number of single items assessing additional symptoms commonly reported by cancer patients This questionnaire...
... curves in adolescents' scores in Friends, Parents supGlobal score for by Spanish Social Support scale) ROC(measured the the OsloKINDL-R versus poor socialand ROC curves for adolescents' scores in ... status or use in clinical practice and public healthfor the assessment ofhealth interventions Conclusion The results of this study will be of use for future users of the Spanish VSP-A and KINDL-R ... provide a sense of security to the adolescent in terms of instrumental and emotional support These versions were answered by parents in the case of the SDQ and by adolescents in the case of socio-demographical...
... by studying the percentage of refusals, missing items, and complete questionnaires Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was performed with the Windows 13.0 version of SPSS software (SPSS Inc., ... chose and used the ECOS-16 questionnaire because it is self-administered, short, simple and easy to score Our study showed that cross-cultural adaptation of this questionnaire maintains the psychometric ... International Osteoporosis Foundation: Postal administration compared with nursesupported administration of the QUALEFFO-41 in a population sample: comparisonof results and assessment of psychometric...
... was 0.77 Anxiety and depression were assessed by self-report using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), which consists of seven items for anxiety (HADS-A) and seven for depression ... of emotion, such as distress [18] Certain kind of escapist coping strategies are consistently associated with poor mental health outcomes, while other kind of coping, such as seeking social support ... while SPSS version 15 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) was used for descriptive analyses A p-value of < 0.05 was classified as statistically significant Clinical relevance and regression relationships...
... variety of costs such as welfare losses during the waiting period [18] Still, evidence of the effect of waiting on patients' health status is mixed The purpose of this study is to assess HRQoL in ... generic and standardised HRQoL instrument consisting of 15 dimensions: moving, seeing, hearing, breathing, sleeping, eating, speech, elimination, usual activities, mental function, discomfort and symptoms, ... scale 0–1) in the sense that people can feel the difference inhealth status [26] Statistical analysis Data were analysed using SPSS for Windows, version 12.0.1 Descriptive statistics were used...
... guidance for estimates to be used in cost-effectiveness analyses as well as guidance for designing larger Barrett 's esophagus qualityoflife assessment studies Our findings may also provide some ... 49(2):170-176 Stein HJ: Esophageal cancer: screening and surveillance Results of a consensus conference held at the VIth World Congress of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus Dis Esophagus ... estimates of utilities for Barrett 's esophagus as well as various health states associated with Barrett 's HGD management and therapy using the Paper Standard Gamble instrument Although other studies...
... depressive symptomatology using the Center for 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 ... obtained from blood samples to assess for clinical disease progression Psychiatric diagnosis All participants were evaluated for current and lifetime psychiatric disorders using the MINI- International ... physical, and sexual abuse, and emotional and physical neglect These five subscales each consist of items with scores ranging from to 25 A summary score assesses overall trauma with scores Troeman...
... disease-specific instrument For the analyses, the total score was used instead to assess the SGRQ 's properties Statistical analysis Differences between baseline characteristics were tested using t-tests for ... admissions of some patients The ability of an instrument to discriminate between disease stages was analyzed using linear mixed regression models, adjusting for age, sex, smoking status and time of assessment ... results Difference between disease stages The results of the mixed linear regression models are shown in Table Values are adjusted for sex, age, smoking status and time of assessment (admission...
... qualityoflifein PD using a health utilities index” approach, and to assess the relationship between health utility scores and PD severity as measured using standard disease-specific tools ... comparisonof healthrelated qualityoflife across different disease states While questionnaires for evaluation of HRQoL in PD (such as the PD-39 and Parkinson s Disease QualityofLife instruments [13] ... dosages, presence of motor fluctuations and dyskinesia, surgical intervention (STN-DBS), and non-motor symptoms including depression, dementia, psychosis, drooling, urinary dysfunction and constipation...
... (CGI-I) In this study, the CGI -S evaluated was assessed by the psychiatrist during the visit/interview The CGI -S consists of only one item that assesses severity using a Likert scale of eight values, ... was assessed with the 36-item short form structured qualityoflife questionnaire (SF-36) [38] All of the scales were used in their validated Spanish versions The classification of intensity of ... (SF-36) and disability (SDS), and also on the CGI Scores on the CGI and SDS scales were evaluated as absolute values observed, while scores on the SF-36, by each of its domains and summary subscales,...
... pressure) was measured using a Maxi-Stabil (Welch Allyn, Jungingen, Germany) Patients were sitting and had rested for at least minutes Risk factors were classified as follows: hypertension, diastolic ... mental health aspects ofhealth related qualityoflife [21] SF-36 consists of eight sub scores and can also be divided into a physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS) reflect ... as mean and standard deviation (SD), unless otherwise noted SPSS statistical package, version 18.0 (SPSS Inc.), was applied to analyse results The study was approved by the regional committees...
... as means of summed scores A rating of points indicates the highest degree of social support Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Statistical analysis We used SPSS Software (SPSS ... F-Sozu and post-traumatic stress disorder stress (PTSD) score is shown Severity of PTSD was verified with the Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome 10-Questions Inventory (PTSS-10) score Diagnosis of ... exception of one subdimension of HRQoL: physical role function Discussion The aims of this study were to investigate long-term HRQoL in survivors of ARDS, to assess the influence of persistent PTSD symptoms...
... perceived stress and social support) Multiple regression analysis was used to assess predictors of HRQOL change All analyses were performed with SAS software (version 9.1; SAS Institute, Cary, NC) Results ... Outcome Study Social Support Survey) were assessed at baseline and 12 months The 12-month changes in HRQOL and psychosocial factors were compared using analysis of covariance, adjusting for baseline ... Perceived Stress Scale [28]; scores ranged from to with larger scores indicating greater perceived stress Overall social support was assessed by the short version of the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Social...