... Intermediate health outcomes Use of public health service (unconditional) Use of public health service (conditional on illness) Fraction of women receiving any prenatal care Fraction of births attended by ... characteristics Number of beds Fraction of clinics with electricity Fraction of clinics with sanitation facilities Fraction of clinics with water Number of patient rooms Index of availability of medical ... treatment group minus intertemporal change in the comparison group) Before matching differences Indicator Treatment Comparison Treatment Comparison groupgroup p-value groupgroup p-value Health...
... Methods Proceedings of the 18th Plenary Meeting of the EuroQol Group Roos P 2002, 257-292 Nord E: EuroQol®: health- related quality of life measurement Valuations ofhealth states by the general public ... applications Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, 1:54 14 Brazier J, Roberts J, Deverill M: The estimation of a preference-based measure ofhealth from the SF-36 Journal ofHealth Economics 2002, ... complications In a 2009 review of quality of life measurement in adults with diabetes [19] the authors claim that the EQ5D measures quality ofhealth and not quality of life and that the EQ-5D lacks...
... Island adults are in the "healthy" class, while about one-fourth is in the "unhealthy" classes The classes of "physically unhealthy" (9%), and "mentally unhealthy" (11%), together com- prise 20% of ... those of the authors and not necessarily represent the views of the Rhode Island Department ofHealth 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 References U.S Department ofHealth and Human Services: Healthy ... Heller DA: Health- related quality of life among older adults with arthritis Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004, 2(1):5 Page 10 of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life...
... including a sample of 508 young adults from the general Dutch population [12] This control group consisted of otherwise healthy patients randomly chosen by 96 general practitioners Young adults younger ... significant level of 0.05 was used Effect sizes (d) were calculated by dividing the difference in mean score between groups concerned by the standard deviation ofscores in the group allocated ... young adults with continuing symptoms of childhood constipation, those free of symptoms of constipation, and healthy peers Secondly, we aimed to gain more insight in the specific consequences of...
... Obesity and health- related quality of life: A cross-sectional analysis of the US population Int J Obes 2003, 27:1227-1232 Fontaine KR, Barofsky I: Obesity and health- related quality of life Obes ... than 10% of their initial body weight The current study used a cutoff of 5% weight loss or greater (30% of participants) and found no main or interaction effects The lack of significance of the ... Institutes of Health: Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: the evidence report Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; 1998...
... University of Queensland, School ofHealth and Rehabilitation Sciences, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia 3Queensland University of Technology, School of Public Health and Institute ofHealth and ... conservative between-groups difference in VAS of points assuming a standard deviation of 17.5 using total sample size of 150 and a two tailed alpha of 0.05 Because of the correlation of responses within ... cancer-specific quality of life instruments Health and quality of life outcomes 2005, 3:37 38 Childs AL: Effect of order of administration of health- related quality of life interview instruments on responses...
... Prognostic value of quality of life scores for time to progression (TTP) and overall survival time (OS) in advanced breast cancer Eur J Cancer 2003, 39:1370-1376 Braun et al Health and Quality of Life ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/62 Page of 13 Djarv T, Metcalfe C, Avery KN, Lagergren P, Blazeby JM: Prognostic value of changes in health- related quality of life scores during curative treatment for ... measure of survival beyond a number of previously known biomedical parameters [28] This finding was further validated in an independent sample of metastatic CRC patients by the same research group...
... perception of oral health and its impact on the health- related quality of life J Oral Rehabil 2007, 34:79-87 Allen PF: Assessment of oral health related quality of life Health Qual Life Outcomes 2003, ... Public Health Service, Department ofHealth and Human Services: The invisible barrier: literacy and its relationship with oral health A report of a workgroup sponsored by the National Institute of ... Dimensional structure of the oral health- related quality of life in healthy Spanish workers Health Qual Life Outcomes 2010, 8:24 John MT: Exploring dimensions of oral health- related quality of life using...
... aim of the present study was to identify the physical fitness (PF) tests of a multicomponent battery more related to the perception of problems in each dimension of the health- related quality of ... needs of PF components based on self-perception of problems in HRQoL dimensions, as an alternative to traditional percentiles scores relating to age One of the major targets of public health ... Public Health) of the Regional Government of Extremadura and Foundation of Young & Sport through the Exercise Looks After You program MAHM is supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science...
... functioning-emotional (RE) and mental health (MH), and comparable estimates of summary scores for the physical and mental components ofhealth (PCS, MCS) Each item of the SF-8 is assessed by a 5- or 6-point Likert ... mental health; PCS: physical components ofhealth http://www.hqlo.com/content/5/1/64 14 15 MCS: mental components of health; ANOVA: analysis of variance; MANCOVAs: Multivariate analyses of covariance; ... Prevalence of physical activity level by gender Prevalence of physical activity level by gender Table 1: Respondent characteristics among three physical activity groups stratified by gender Male...
... 34:7987 Allen PF: Assessment of oral health related quality of life Health Qual Life Outcomes 2003, 1:40 Gift HC, Atchison KA: Oral health, health, and health- related quality of life Med Care 1995, ... Public Health Service, Department ofHealth and Human Services: The invisible barrier: literacy and its relationship with oral health A report of a workgroup sponsored by the National Institute of ... Mapping oral health related quality of life to generic health state values BMC Health Serv Res 2006, 6:96 Department ofHealth and Human Services Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon...
... global burden of oral diseases and risks to oral health Bull World Health Organ 2005, 83:661-669 Allen PF: Assessment of oral health related quality of life Health Qual Life Outcomes 2003, 1:40 ... poor quality of life Yiengprugsawan et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011, 9:42 http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/42 Page of Table Oral Health- Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) by cohort attributes ... is a significant component of overall health among the whole population The goal of oral health goes beyond the prevention of oral diseases Oral health- related quality of life converges well with...
... know of no study that has yet examined the influence of the number of sitting hours on HRQoL in older adults Accordingly, we conducted a longitudinal study of the association of LTPA and number of ... association of physical activity and sedentary behavior during leisure time with health- related quality of life in community-dwelling older adultsHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:47 Page 10 of ... as the sum of all MET-hr/week for all activities We determined whether individuals met the recommendations of physical activity for older adults elaborated by the American College of Sports Medicine...
... the majority of patients (81%) entered the study within three days of onset of flare Furthermore, the proportion of patients entering the study within four or five days of onset of flare was ... (mean number of flares in each treatment group, 3.9 to 6.8) There was a baseline imbalance in pain intensity between groups, with mean scores being lowest in the canakinumab 150 mg group; the imbalance ... canakinumab 150 mg group In this group, mean (± SD) PCS increased by 12.0 ± 10.0 points from baseline to 48.3 ± 8.6 at seven days post-dose and exceeded that of the US general population by eight weeks...
... group- level growth curves of quality of life and functional status scores over the course of one year and to determine the extent to which these trajectories were modified by patient characteristics ... ADL, activity of daily living; DRG, diagnosis related group; IADL, instrumental activity of daily living; SF-36, Short Form 36-item questionnaire Comparison of our findings with work by others is ... to scores on the SF-36 physical function and physical role scores as well as for limitations in both instrumental (IADLs) and basic (ADLs) activities of daily living Because of the overlap of...
... the reference group The two final categories of covariates were the use ofhealth services, and the supply of chiropractors in the community There were two measures of self-reported health services ... regular component ofhealth care, and if so, for what subset of older adults Fourth, our approach also failed to consider the potential for selection bias by focusing on the subset of AHEAD subjects ... functional health status, prior health services use, and the supply of providers in the county All of these data were obtained from the baseline interviews, except for the supply of chiropractors...
... 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 ... optimized dose of MTS after weeks of treatment Subjects and Methods Subjects Children aged 6-12 years, with a confirmed diagnosed of ADHD (any subtype) by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ... HRQL scores from baseline to end of study (14.4) was more than double that demonstrated by subjects aged 10-12 years (6.1), reflective of a 23.5% improvement in family HRQL after weeks of MTS...
... deprive us of the possibility of seeing each other anywhere else, and that neither my brothers nor my father are likely to approve of our engagement VISC Yes; but why not profit better by the opportunity ... inherent to it a certain touch of absurdity which is catching, and we should be warned by the example of some of our friends JU Nonsense, Cléante; I see that, in spite of all you say, you are longing ... that Hotel of Lyons, that Hotel of Holland, what charming places to live in![Footnote: Instead of naming the hotels (= mansions) of the great noblemen, Julia names the hotels (= inns) of the time...
... TRANSLATION OFHEALTH INSURANCE TERMS OF EQUIVALENCE GROUP 14 II.1 An overview of equivalence relationships in the translation ofhealth insurance terms 14 II.2 Classification ofhealth insurance ... deletion ofOF 26 II.4 Concluding remark 26 CHAPTER III: THE TRANSLATION OFHEALTH INSURANCE TERMS OF NON-EQUIVALENCE GROUP 28 III.1 The source of non-equivalence problem in the translation ofhealth ... deletion ofOFGroup 3: Terms consisting of Thing + Qualifier (noun + of +noun/noun phrase) 32 Within this study, we have collected 13 nominal groups in the form of ‘Thing + Qualifier (of phrase)’...
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