... develop irreversible debilitating side effects, may benefit from prevention of loss of health status and qualityoflife Conclusion The qualityoflifeof patients with sickle cell anemia is ... domains oflife [2-4], addressing the patients' perceptions of their situations [2-4] Increasing self-reported satisfaction in the domains oflife is associated with higher levels ofqualityoflife ... impact of hydroxyurea therapy on the patients' perception of pain, stamina and the day-to-day activities of living We report on the effectof treatment of SS anemia on QOL This is a secondary...
... possible effects of corticosteroids is therefore essential to help them improve qualityoflife The reduction of adverse effectof maintenance chemotherapy on QoL in childhood ALL in general, and of ... additional intensification treatment blocks after induction Maintenance treatment consisted of five weeks of mercaptopurine and methotrexate alternated with two weeks of mg/m2/day of dexamethasone ... periods on dexamethasone as compared to periods off dexamethasone This also applied to most of the PedsQL subscales (see Table 2) The effect size of the difference in score between periods on and off...
... reported on the effects of community-based interventions on QoL There is also limited data on the effectof health promotion programs and QoL Comparison of outcomes is difficult because of differences ... article as: Verkleij et al.: Five-year effectof community-based intervention Hartslag Limburg onqualityof life: A longitudinal cohort study Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2011 9:11 Submit your ... intervention and reference group (p < 0.05) (bolded) a SES, socio-economic status; QoL, qualityof life; I, Intervention region; R, Reference region; PF, physical functioning; SF, social functioning;...
... possible effects of corticosteroids is therefore essential to help them improve qualityoflife The reduction of adverse effectof maintenance chemotherapy on QoL in childhood ALL in general, and of ... additional intensification treatment blocks after induction Maintenance treatment consisted of five weeks of mercaptopurine and methotrexate alternated with two weeks of mg/m2/day of dexamethasone ... periods on dexamethasone as compared to periods off dexamethasone This also applied to most of the PedsQL subscales (see Table 2) The effect size of the difference in score between periods on and off...
... B, Ware Jr JE, Aaronson NK, Mosconi P et al Health-related qualityoflife associated with chronic conditions in eight countries: Results from the International QualityofLife Assessment (IQOLA) ... interventions that consider the impact of disease on the different dimensions of health-related qualityof life, with special attention to elderly people with comorbidities The impact of disease on ... Lima et al • Chronic diseases and qualityoflife among elderly in Brazil Noncommunicable chronic diseases are conditions that tend to stay with individuals for a long period of time These diseases...
... number of residents per household, and the level of education of the population being surveyed Therefore, we can affirm that the impact of oral condition on the qualityoflifeof the population, ... Impact of oral health onqualityoflife among the elderly population of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Braz Oral Res 2004;18(1):85-91 tion, we found that 8% of the surveyed population lived alone; ... study indicated that: the impact of oral health on the qualityoflifeof the participants tended to be greater for people with better socio-economic conditions; most of the participants reported...
... Functioning of senses Content Impact of loss of functioning of senses onqualityoflife Independence; capability of being free to live with Autonomy autonomy and make one’s own decisions Past, ... Organization Qualityof Life- Old (WHOQOL-Old) project specifically to measure qualityoflife in the elderly population The aim of this project was to draft and test a generic qualityoflife measure ... participation can have a positive effectonqualityoflife among elderly individuals, for it provides a social support system that contributes toward minimizing feelings of loneliness and abandonment...
... significance of changes in health-related quality- of- life scores J Clin Oncol 1998, 16(1):139-44 King MT: The interpretation of scores from the EORTC qualityoflife questionnaire QLQ-C30 Qual Life Res ... study ofqualityoflife in adults http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/87 22 23 with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas: comparison of patient and caregiver ratings ofqualityoflife Am J Clin Oncol ... perception ofqualityoflife in patients with advanced cancer: how they compare? Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2006, 15(2):125-32 Wilson KA, Dowling AJ, Abdolell M, Tannock IF: Perception ofqualityof life...
... http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/105 Table 5: Comparison ofQualityoflifeof HIV infected patients with and without TB in hospitals of the Oromiya region, Ethiopia Qualityoflife Domain HIV TB co-infection (n ... M, Wang J: Validation of the World Health Organization qualityoflife instrument in patients with HIV infection QualityofLife Research 2002, 11:753-762 Saharnaz Nedjat S, Montazeri A, Holakouie ... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:105 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/105 Table 3: Internal consistency of the Amharic version of the...
... onqualityoflife Secondly, the duration of these adverse events is also important The impact of relapse onqualityoflife is substantial but relapse is a relatively transitory condition Conversely, ... health economic evaluations: the Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) which takes into account both the qualityoflife effects and the duration of that effect There are two main implications that ... smaller impact onqualityoflife than relapse, but are more sustained The overall net effectof these qualityoflife differences could be determined through the use of the commonly employed...
... number of comorbid conditions The most common comorbid conditions reported were hypertension and osteoarthritis with osteoarthritis having remarkable more impact onqualityoflife than hypertension ... describing similar qualityoflife scales of patients with hypertension and those without any chronic condition [28,29] One reason for this finding may be that hypertension is often asymptomatic ... condition has a stronger impact on QoL than hypertension Individualized care of patients with chronic conditions should consider both improving QoL and controlling risk for severe complications...
... having at least one chronic condition [1] Chronic conditions contribute to disability via physical impairments and functional limitations and consequently diminish qualityoflife in older adults ... at least one of the chronic conditions that were considered in our study, 8% had a chronic condition other than the ones that were considered in our study, and 13% had no chronic condition (Figure ... condition (n =5,038) no chronic condition (n = 5,038) 1.6 1.6 One or more chronic conditions versus nditions no chronic condition (n(n = 19,953) versus no chronic condition = 19,953) 1.0 1.5 1.5...
... healthy emotional state [3] The treatment of TDI can improve the qualityoflifeof affected children Untreated dental injuries are more likely to have an impact on the qualityoflifeof children ... thereby demonstrating satisfactory to excellent agreement on all clinical conditions The testing of the methods, dental examination, administration of the questionnaires and preparation of the examiners ... dislocation (lateral luxation, intrusion and extrusion), avulsion, tooth discoloration and restoration of fractured tooth Malocclusion and/or untreated tooth decay were identified as possible confounding...
... in an upper socioeconomic group [45,46] Therefore, Page of future studies on the impact of TDI on the qualityoflife should consider the socioeconomic conditions as well Considering that we ... responses The Brazilian version of ECOHIS evaluates the perception of parents on OHRQoL of their 2- to 5-year-old children It contains 13 questions corresponding to six domains, where four are on ... health related qualityoflife It Aldrigui et al Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2011, 9:78 http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/78 considers the childs entire lifetimes experience of dental disease...
... also significant effects of low income and poor community integration on perceived overall QualityofLife (WHOQOL) of the participants Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate how the ... attention has been paid to QualityofLife (QoL) of TSCs with validated scales up-to-date The World Health Organization (WHO) defines QoL as an individual’s perception of their position in life ... years of age, giving written consent, living in the UK at least for one year TSCs are heavily concentrated in the London boroughs of Haringey, Enfield, Edmonton, Waltham Forest, Islington and...
... state of the art in qualityoflife measurement In Qualityoflife Edited by: Carr AJ, Higginson IJ and Robinson P London, BMJ Books; 2003 Clarke S, Eiser C: The measurement of health-related quality ... focused on the impact of thalassemia, SCD or MDS on patient QoL rather than the impact of ICT on patient QoL However, mention of the impact on QoL of infusion ICT appears in a number of instances ... provides an overview of the hypotheses for the impact of infusion ICT on the QoL of patients with iron overload In thalassemia, the impact of infusion ICT on QoL is most profound, since patients...
... validation of a brain cancer quality- oflife questionnaire for use in combination with general cancer-specific questionnaires Qual Life Res 1996, 5(1):139-50 Taphoorn MJ, Claassens L, Aaronson NK, ... study on quality- of- life Radiation Oncology 2011 6:79 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints ... Single items Bladder control Abbreviations: QoL: Qualityof life; SD, standard deviation Weber et al Radiation Oncology 2011, 6:79 http://www.ro-journal.com/content/6/1/79 Of note, several issues,...
... Figure Frequency distribution physical component summary scores Frequency distribution ofof physical component summary scores Frequency distribution of baseline physical component summary scores (PCS) ... population Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/9/5/R103 Figure that compared the qualityoflifeof patients with RA to that of patients with PsA [4], the mean number of active ... START as long as they did not have conditions or concomitant medications that were prohibited by the product labeling Data from the Ankylosing Spondylitis Study for the Evaluation of Recombinant...
... I: Qualityoflife in patients with vertebral fractures: validation of the QualityofLife Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO) Working Party for QualityofLife ... (OQLQ): Osteoporosis QualityofLife Questionnaire; (OPTQoL): OsteoporosisTargeted QualityofLife Questionnaire; (PCS): Physical component summary scale; (QUALIOST): QualityofLife in Osteoporosis; ... other chronic diseases onqualityof life: a populationbased study Osteoporos Int 2005, 16(7):749-56 Marquis P, Cialdella P, De la Loge C: Development and validation of a specific qualityof life...
... individual and combined effects of diet and/or exercise interventions on health-related qualityoflife (HRQOL) In addition, the mechanisms of how these lifestyle interventions affect HRQOL are ... Randomized trial of exercise in sedentary middle aged women: effects onqualityoflife Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2006, 3:34 Fontaine KR, Barofsky I: Obesity and health-related qualityoflife Obes ... aerobic fitness had independent effects beyond BMI change only in 19 physical functioning scale among subscales of SF-36 in a 6-month lifestyle intervention among obese women [17] An analysis...