... article as: Arafa and Rabah: Study ofqualityoflifeand its determinants in patients after urinary stone fragmentation Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2010 8:119 Page of Submit your next ... urinary symptoms andqualityof life? A prospective randomized study Eur Urol 2005, 48(4):673-678 Kristina lP, Stephen YK: Health related qualityoflife differs between male and female stone ... Arafa and Rabah Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2010, 8:119 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/119 Page of Table Comparison of SF-36 subscales between the patients who had undergone one of the...
... Health-related qualityoflifeand selfrelated health in patients with type diabetes: Effects of group-based rehabilitation versus individual counselling Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2011 ... leads to lower qualityoflife or lower qualityoflife leads to impaired glycaemic control Group-based educational settings often encourage interaction and interpersonal dynamics and invite to ... et al Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2011, 9:110 http://www.hqlo.com/content/9/1/110 assessment of health-related qualityoflife (HRQOL) in type diabetes An increasing number of type diabetes...
... Sprangers MA, Blazeby JM: Assessing qualityoflife in patients with colorectal cancer: An update of the EORTC qualityoflife questionnaire European Journal of Cancer 2007, 43:1564 Fayers PM, ... metastasis and a T3N2 patient presented with bone metastasis Grade and skin toxicity, according to the RTOG scale, was reported in 81% and 2% of patients respectively Ninety percent of women and 76% of ... Role of mitomycin in combination with fluorouracil and radiotherapy, andof salvage chemoradiation in the definitive nonsurgical treatment of epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal: Results of...
... Jannert M, Westin T, Kaasa S: Qualityoflife in head and neck cancer patients: validation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QualityofLife Questionnaire-H&N35 J ... Long-term qualityoflifeof patients with head and neck cancer Laryngoscope 2000, 110:98-106 Hammerlid E, Silander E, Hornestam L, Sullivan M: Health-related qualityoflife three years after diagnosis ... gland; LPG = left parotid gland; RSG = right submandibular gland; LSG = left submandibular gland months, and years The percentage of patients with a complication declined from 46% at weeks after...
... Disability andqualityoflife in pure and comorbid social phobia Findings from a controlled study European Psychiatry 2000, 15(1):46-58 Stein MB, Kean YM: Disability andqualityoflife in social ... Fayyad R, Endicott J: Quality- of- life impairment in depressive and anxiety disorders The American Journal of Psychiatry 2005, 162(6):1171-1178 11 Barrera TL, Norton PJ: Qualityoflife impairment in ... findings The American Journal of Psychiatry 2000, 157(10):1606-1613 Dimenas ES, Dahlof CG, Jern SC, Wiklund IK: Defining qualityoflife in medicine Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Supplement...
... health-related qualityoflifeand their self-rated health Most often, evaluation of diabetes interventions assess effects on glycemic control with little consideration ofqualityoflife The aim of the ... with worsened qualityoflife [2] and lower scores ofqualityoflife is associated with greater severity of complications for patients with type diabetes [3] Most often, evaluation of diabetes ... little consideration ofqualityoflife [4] However, there is a growing interest in the assessment of health-related qualityoflife (HRQOL) in type diabetes An increasing number of type diabetes...
... 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 ... stress the importance of caregivers as change agents of the child, in turn, children are reciprocally change agents of the caregiver andof family life in general Caregivers of children in the Ritalin ... disorder Qual Life Res 2005, 14:719-734 Landgraf JM, Rich M, Rappaport L: Measuring qualityoflife in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their families: Development and evaluation...
... QualityofLifeand Technology Assessment http://www.nap.edu/catalog/1424.html CONTENTS ix Contents Conceptual Background and Issues in QualityofLife Kathleen N Lohr The Use of Quality- of- Life ... McClellan, and Frederick Mosteller Twelve Applications of Quality- of- Life Measures to Technology Assessment, 14 Quality- of- Life Measures in Liver Transplantation Mark S Roberts 45 Quality- of- Life Measures ... Assessing Qualityof Life: Measures and Utility J Ivan Williams and Sharon Wood-Dauphinee Three Sources of Descriptive Information for Quality- of- Life Measures, Ten Review Forms for Quality- of- Life...
... associate As part of the larger ongoing study, the nature of the study and the QualityofLifeand Breast Cancer 511 process of randomization were explained to the participants and informed consent ... results of our preliminary analyses Qualityoflife was correlated with psychosocial variables Greater qualityoflife was significantly correlated with sense of coherence, marital quality, vigor, and ... determine from our data if perceptions of control increase qualityof life, or if perceptions of control stem from current qualityoflifeand adjustment And yet, it is indisputable that a relationship...
... feeling of worth, sense of reliability and guidance which has contributed to qualityoflifeof the elderly in the sub region Also of concern is the increasing record from the central, south and ... (Fajemilehin, 2001) Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the qualityoflife against the back ground of the health behaviours and traditional life style practices of the elderly persons in Osun ... utilization of health facilities, using their drugs as prescribed, eating and drinking on time in clean and wholesome environment promote qualityoflife in old age Of importance was consumption of only...
... promotion of healthier lifestyles and improved access and affordability of health care Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:49 and medications ... Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:49 Background Two overarching US Healthy People 2010 objectives are "to increase qualityand years of healthy life, " and "to eliminate health ... conditions andqualityoflife Furthermore, it calls particular attention to the critical importance of having adequate mental health services if qualityoflife is to improve for Rhode Island's population...
... healthrelated qualityoflifeof stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence BJU Int 2003, 92(7):731-735 Abrams P, Kelleher C, Lerr L, Rogers R: Overactive bladder significantly affects qualityoflife ... Health-related qualityoflifeof patients receiving extended-release tolterodine for overactive bladder Am J Manag Care 2002, 8(19 Suppl):S608-S615 Homma Y, Kawabe K: Health-related qualityoflifeof Japanese ... However, a large proportion of Authors' contributions PvK, CK, KC, ZK, MB, and JTW participated in the concept and design, interpretation of data, and the drafting and revising of the manuscript PvK...
... self-assessed health-related qualityoflife was comparable to qualityoflifeof controls [22] In the present study QoL was measured with the Profile ofQualityofLife in the Chronically Ill ... completed and returned the standardized selfassessed questionnaire (response rate 64%) Time of questionnaire dispatch was July 2003 Qualityoflife was enquired with the Profile ofQualityofLife ... important aspects of interest for the outcome of PKU patients are qualityoflifeand social outcome Qualityoflife (QoL) is a multidimensional concept reflecting the impact of disease and treatment...
... gains of our cohort on total and various VHI domains before andafter TE speech Descriptive gains of our cohort on total and various VHI domains before andafter TE speech rated their qualityoflife ... between the ratings ofqualityoflifeand ratings of the degree of voice handicap also was of interest The null hypothesis regarding this relationship was that changes in the voice handicap would ... correlation between scores on qualityoflife instruments and the period of time since laryngectomy Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2008, 6:26...
... years of HAART [9-11], although one study showed an increase in mental qualityoflife only [12], and two showed a decrease in physical qualityoflife [13,14] Table 1: Demographic, baseline and ... Impacts of HIV infection and HAART use on qualityoflife Qual Life Res 2006, 15:941-949 Van Leth F, Conway B, Laplume H, Martin D, Fisher M, Jelaska A, Wit F, Lange JMA: Qualityoflife in patients ... Health-related qualityoflifeand virologic outcomes in an HIV clinic Qual Life Res 2001, 9:977-985 Bastardo YM, Kimberlin CL: Relationship between qualityof life, social support and disease-related...
... Cegnar I and Pongratz E: Prospective assessment ofqualityoflifeof female cancer patients Gynecol Oncol 2002, 85:140-147 Miller BE, Pittman B, Case D and McQuellon RP: Qualityoflifeafter treatment ... time andqualityoflife References Pignata S, Ballatori E, Favalli G and Scambia G: Qualityof life: gynaecological cancers Ann Oncol 2001, 12(Suppl 3):S37-42 Andersen BL: Predicting sexual and ... longitudinal study on qualityoflifeafter gynecologic cancer treatment Gynecol Oncol 2001, 83:10-19 Lutgendorf SK, Anderson B, Rothrock N, Buller RE, Sood AK and Sorosky JI: Qualityoflifeand mood in...
... concerning the qualityoflifeof AGA subjects are somewhat difficult to compare with our results because of methodological and other differences, such as age, limited criteria ofqualityoflifeand the ... measures of HRQOL, which are recom- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2005, 3:49 http://www.hqlo.com/content/3/1/49 Table 3: Means/medians and standard ... logistic regression analyses for impaired qualityoflife Odds ratios for risk of belonging to the lowest quintiles in the dimensions ofqualityoflife Variable BDI1) IGR2) QUICKI3) AGA4) Marital...
... AH: Worsening trends in adult health-related qualityoflifeand self-rated Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2005, 3:64 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ... Population Assessment of Health Related QualityofLife Atlanta, GA; CDC; 2000 Gill GM, Feinstein AR: A critical appraisal of the qualityof quality- of- life measurements JAMA 1994, 272:619-626 ... Abstracts Issue 1999, 8:617 Nanda U, Andresen EM: Performance measures of healthrelated qualityoflifeand function among disabled adults [abstract] Qual Life Res 1998, 7:644 Andersen EM, Catlin TK,...
... pain and depression are both associated with insomnia and altered sleep quality, and impaired qualityoflife [12] The aims of the current study were: 1) to establish the prevalence of pain and ... DS, Taplin S: Qualityoflifeof 5–10 year breast cancer survivors diagnosed between age 40 and 49 Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004, 2:25 Wang SJ, Fuh JL, Lu SR, Juang KD: Qualityoflife differs ... as indicated by HAMD and HAMA scores; however, they had a long standing history of depression of approximately cumulative years and an average of four episodes of depression Of the 69 patients...
... capacity of the MRS scale to measure treatment effects on qualityoflife across the full range of severity of complaints before treatment The difference of the relative improvement after therapy ... for Sensitivity and Specificity of predicting physicians assessment of "successful therapy" Sensitivity and specificity is listed for a series of cut-off points (given in percent of baseline total ... sensitivity (correct prediction of a positive assessment by the physician) 70.8% and spe- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife Outcomes 2006, 4:32 http://www.hqlo.com/content/4/1/32...