... Measuring health -related qualityoflife in Greek children: psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory(TM) 4.0 Generic Core Scales Qual Life Res 2008, ... treatment Abbreviations ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia; HRQOL: healthrelated qualityof life; PedsQL™: the Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory™ Competing interests The authors declare that they ... Grootenhuis MA, Last BF: Qualityoflife in young adult survivors of childhood cancer Support Care Cancer 2002, 10:579-600 Yeh CH, Chang CW, Chang PC: Evaluating qualityoflife in children with...
... Measuring health -related qualityoflife in Greek children: psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory(TM) 4.0 Generic Core Scales Qual Life Res 2008, ... treatment Abbreviations ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia; HRQOL: healthrelated qualityof life; PedsQL™: the Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory™ Competing interests The authors declare that they ... Grootenhuis MA, Last BF: Qualityoflife in young adult survivors of childhood cancer Support Care Cancer 2002, 10:579-600 Yeh CH, Chang CW, Chang PC: Evaluating qualityoflife in children with...
... Gardner AW: Physical activity is related to qualityoflife in older adults Health Qual Life Outcomes 2006, 4:37-42 Sullivan MBE, Sullivan LGM, Kral JG: Qualityoflifeassessment in obesity: physical, ... values of the odds ratio of the qualityoflife scores in relation to nourishment status in men Physical functioning was considerably lower in overweight men (p < 0.001), whilst other qualityoflife ... an SF-36 questionnaire and a specific Impact of Weight on QualityofLife scale Our aim would be to determine the differences in the qualityoflifeof the overweight and obese, with and without...
... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:110 http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/110 Table 1: Characteristics of and health -related qualityoflife ... health -related qualityof life; * Adjusted for age, sex and race Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:110 ment in fitness by mL/kg·min of VO2peak ... J, Chobanian L: Qualityoflife and associated characteristics in a large national sample of adults with diabetes Diabetes Care 1997, 20(4):562-7 Wandell PE: Qualityoflifeof patients with...
... Steiner JF: Sujective assessments of comorbidity correlate with qualityoflife health outcomes: Initial validation of a comorbidity assessment instrument Health and Qualityoflife Outcomes 2005, ... asociated with health relatedqualityoflife (HRQoL) irrespective of age Qual Life Res 2000, 9:1093-1104 Cuijpers P, van Lammeren P, Duzijn B: Relation between qualityoflife and chronic illnesses ... sum of these scales To compute the Physical Component Summary scale, high positive weights are given to the scales of the physical aspects ofqualityoflife and low negative weights to those of...
... al Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2011, 9:110 http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/110 assessmentof health -related qualityoflife (HRQOL) in type diabetes An increasing number of type diabetes ... al.: Health -related qualityoflife and selfrelated health in patients with type diabetes: Effects of group-based rehabilitation versus individual counselling Health and QualityofLife Outcomes ... evaluating diabetes interventions: focus on qualityoflife and disparities Diabetes Educ 2008, 34:242-65 Cochran J, Conn VS: Meta-analysis ofqualityoflife outcomes following diabetes self-management...
... Gardner AW: Physical activity is related to qualityoflife in older adults Health Qual Life Outcomes 2006, 4:37-42 Sullivan MBE, Sullivan LGM, Kral JG: Qualityoflifeassessment in obesity: physical, ... values of the odds ratio of the qualityoflife scores in relation to nourishment status in men Physical functioning was considerably lower in overweight men (p < 0.001), whilst other qualityoflife ... an SF-36 questionnaire and a specific Impact of Weight on QualityofLife scale Our aim would be to determine the differences in the qualityoflifeof the overweight and obese, with and without...
... health -related qualityoflife and their self-rated health Most often, evaluation of diabetes interventions assess effects on glycemic control with little consideration ofqualityoflife The aim of ... health -related qualityoflife and their self-rated health People with diabetes experience a decreased qualityoflife compared with people with no chronic illness but a better qualityoflife ... The presence of two or more diabetes -related complications is associated with worsened qualityoflife [2] and lower scores ofqualityoflife is associated with greater severity of complications...
... 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 ... health -related qualityoflife (HRQL) at home, at school, or with peers The behavior rating scales commonly used to assess efficacy are not specifically designed to evaluate the effect of treatment ... study medication to assess any new or ongoing AEs Health -related qualityoflife and medication satisfaction measures As secondary objectives of this study, caregiver-reported HRQL and medication...
... Overview of the SF-36 Health Survey and International QualityofLifeAssessment (IQOLA) project J Clin Epidemiol 1998; 51:903-12 10 Tsay SY, Chi LY, Lee CH, Chou P Health -related qualityoflife ... 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 ... 2003; 19:793-8 Bowling A, Brazier J Qualityoflife in social science and medicine Soc Sci Med 1995; 41:1337-8 The World Health Organization QualityofLifeassessment (WHOQOL): position paper...
... 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...
... Cross-cultural qualityoflifeassessment at the end oflife Gerontologist 42, 81–85 26 Schwarz S, Volzke H, Alte D, Schwahn C, Grabe HJ, Hoffmann W et al (2007) Menopause and determinates ofqualityoflife ... (2008) Determinants of health -related qualityoflife in elderly in Tehran, Iran BMC Public Health 8, 323 30 Tsai SY, Chi LY, Lee LS and Chou P (2004) Healthrelated qualityoflife among urban, ... Billington R and Orley J (2001) The WHO Qualityoflifeassessment instrument (WHOQOL-BREF): The importance of its items for cross-cultural research QualityofLife Res 10, 711– 721 25 Saxena S, O’Connell...
... Validation of a French health -related qualityoflife instrument for adolescents: the VSP-A Qual Life Res 2000, 9:393-403 Ravens-Sieberer U, Bullinger M: Assessing health -related qualityoflife in ... and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:35 Background Measurement of health relatedqualityoflife (HRQL) started in the 70's as a complement to traditional clinical outcomes As a consequence of ... l'Adolescent;KINDL: Questionnaire for measuring health -related qualityoflife in children and adolescents; HRQL: Health -Related Qualityof Life; CBCL: Child Behaviour Checklist; SDQ: Strength...
... JNC guidelines [9] Assessment and definition of health -related qualityoflife HRQOL is defined as the perception of overall satisfaction with life and involves the measurement of functional status ... Correlates of health -related qualityoflife in overweight and obese adults with type diabetes Obesity 2006, 14:870-83 Bize R, Johnson JA, Plotnikoff RC: Physical activity level and health -related quality ... Institutes of Health References 10 11 12 13 14 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Health -Related QualityofLife [http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/...
... changes in health -related qualityoflife Med Care 1999, 37:469-478 Poon RT, Fan ST, Yu WC, Lam BK, Chan FY, Wong J: A prospective longitudinal study ofqualityoflife after resection of hepatocellular ... Younossi ZM: Health -related qualityoflife in patients with chronic hepatitis B Liver Int 2007, 27:1119-1125 Ong SC, Mak B, Aung MO, Li SC, Lim SG: Health -related qualityoflife in chronic hepatitis ... Apolone G, Niero M, Abbiati R, Italian Study Group for QualityofLife in Cirrhosis: Factors associated with poor healthrelated qualityoflifeof patients with cirrhosis Gastroenterology 2001, 120:170-178...
... HRQOL and various levels of weight loss or gain Abbreviations HRQOL: Health -related qualityof life; PRO: Patient reported outcomes; IWQOL-Lite: Impact of Weight on Qualityof Life- Lite questionnaire; ... instruments as described below Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:53 Measures Impact of Weight on Qualityof Life- Lite (IWQOL-Lite) The IWQOL-Lite ... Williams GR: Development of a brief measure to assess qualityoflife in obesity Obes Res 2001, 9:102-111 Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD: Manual for the Impact of Weight on QualityofLife Measure (IWQOL...
... strongly associated with diminished health relatedqualityoflife in a large sample of Mexican American older adults Future research on health relatedqualityoflife in this population should consider ... Robinson P: Measuring qualityof life: Is qualityoflife determined by expectations or experience? Br Med J 2001, 322:1240-1243 Markle-Reid M, Browne G: Conceptualizations of frailty in relation ... index of frailty and qualityoflife indicators in a sample of older Mexican Americans We found that being pre-frail or frail was significantly associated with lower scores on perceptions of general...
... improvements in HRQoL may be of great significance for individuals nearing the end oflife List of abbreviations HRQoL: Health relatedQualityof Life; AQoL: AssessmentofQualityof Lifel; CI: Confidence ... Hawthorne G, Richardson J, Osborne R: The AssessmentofQualityofLife (AQoL) instrument: a psychometric measure of health -related qualityoflifeQualityofLife Research 1999, 8:209-24 Hawthorne ... disutility to the overall AQoL score Figure Distribution ofAssessmentofQualityofLife scores Distribution ofAssessmentofQualityofLife scores A sensitivity analysis with death-equivalent...
... Health RelatedQualityofLife (HRQoL) We also hypothesized Figure Conceptual model of demographic, disease related and social factors influencing HRQOL Conceptual model of demographic, disease related ... file Predictive model of Health -related Qualityoflife in parents of chronically ill children: standardized Regression Coefficients and Percentage of Explained Variance of the Modified Model ... the Predictive model of Health -related Qualityoflife in parents of chronically ill children: standardized Regression Coefficients and Percentage of explained variance of the modified model...
... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:85 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/85 Table 2: Subscale and total scale of Health -Related QualityofLife ... coping style in qualityoflifeof patients with asthma or COPD Qual Life Res 2004, 13:509-518 Joekes K, Van ET, Schreurs K: Self-efficacy and overprotection are related to qualityof life, psychological ... Boersma SN, Koopman HM: Predictors ofqualityof life: a quantitative investigation of the stress-coping model in children with asthma Health & QualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:24 Ravens-Sieberer...