... parts of daily life variable PANAL A Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in Social life ... Limited in others PANAL B Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in Social life Limited in ... limited in their daily life concerning work, social events and sports Due to this nature of the disease QoL is increasingly impaired over time Despite of the high immediate success rate of SVT...
... QoL, have been introduced in clinical trials on a large scale, in addition to measures of morbidity and mortality A simple search on qualityoflife on Medline at the beginning of 2009 gives ... , or participate in high-intensity strength-training programs [82] , report significantly better QoL These findings demonstrate the importance of integrating training programs into gynecological ... qualityoflife as main outcome (cont.) QoL results Ref Factors related to qualityoflifein long-term survivors of gynecological cancer Review clinically effective and feasible to deliver in...
... participating cities; and, a detailed assessment of the practicality of obtaining information to inform the 33 Terms of Reference ‘indicators’ As a result of this work, the following refinements ... The indicators were regrouped into 21 domains reflecting aspects of urban qualityoflife The grouping offered the practical advantage that because, by and large, the information required to inform ... AUDIT INDICATORS Qualityoflife domains Indicators IV ENVIRONMENT 14 Air Quality and Noise Winter Smog: Number of days SO2 exceeds 125µg/m3 (24 hour averaging time) Summer Smog: Number of days...
... snapshots of the effects of increasing privatisation of health and home care on the qualityoflifeof women in each section of Canada [75] It concluded that increasing privatisation of health ... the qualityoflifeof women in Canada and elsewhere A number of indicators from the HDR [26] map onto this qualityoflife theme The overall Human Development Index takes into account general life ... well in just about every indicator of general qualityoflife and women’s qualityoflife as compared to the UK and the US Canada does not perform well in relation to the values on a number of indicators...
... 2 Introduction This leaflet presents the result of the Urban Audit Perception Survey This survey was conducted in January 2004 to measure the local perceptions ofqualityoflifein 31 European ... 75% Unsurprisingly, there is a clear inverse relationship between availability of jobs and availability of housing Cities which find it easy to offer jobs experience higher housing prices The ... pollution, (7) integration of immigrants and (8) overall satisfaction with the qualityoflifeof their city The annex presents all the results in a table format for all 22 questions in the survey The...
... Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: A quality- of- life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology J National Cancer Institute, 85, 365-76 American Cancer ... MS, Phillips PH (1995) Clinical trials, Referral resource Clinical trials assessing qualityoflife Oncology, 95, 1171-8 Dow KH , Melancan CH (1997) Qualityoflifein women with ovarian cancer ... Measurement of the qualityoflifein cancer survivors Qual Life Res, 4, 523-31 Hoskins NS, Perez CA, Young RC (1997) Principles and practice of gynecologic oncology; second ed Lippincott- Raven...
... infraestimations of HRQL scores in the Spanish sample The use of both instruments in different populations, including clinical samples and from different geographical areas in Spain will allow for continuing ... 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 qualityoflifein chronically ... Descriptive results of the Spanish VSP-A and KINDL-R domains in a representative sample of non-institutionalized adolescents in Spain (n = 555) Domains (no of items) Mean (SD)* Median Missing values Effect...
... applicability of the 10-item short form of the Nepean Dyspepsia Index Dig Dis Sci 2004, 49(4):680-687 King CR: Qualityoflife and controversial issues InQualityofLife Edited by: King CR, Hinds PS ... backgrounds In- depth Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:45 cognitive interviews were conducted to determine appropriateness of the original English ... and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:45 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/45 eating/drinking 0.88, knowledge/control 0.86 and work/ study 0.95 In the Malay speaking group, ICC between baseline...
... and obese individuals These studies suggest that physical activity combined with diet can be effective in improving health related QOL in several domains, including social functioning, mood, ... characteristics of binge eating in obese individuals Each item presents three or four differently weighted statements, with a final score varying from 0–46 It is used to identify binge eaters, Page of (page ... 2: Descriptive scores of depression, anxiety, binge eating, body image dissatisfaction, and qualityoflifein obese adolescents submitted to a multidisciplinary long-term lifestyle therapy Variable...
... activity A recent review of exercise intervention studies in persons with MS, found Figure Qualityoflife scores in people with multiple sclerosis Qualityoflife scores in people with multiple ... perceived qualityoflife Exercisers represent individuals who reported participating in at least two, 30min exercise sessions·wk-1, or had a physical activity score in the leisure domain of the International ... perceived qualityoflife Exercisers represent individuals who reported participating in at least two, 30-min exercise sessions·wk-1, or had a physical activity score in the leisure domain of the International...
... activity and qualityoflifein older adults J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001, 56(Spec No 2):23-35 Carr A, Gibson B, Robinson P: Measuring qualityof life: Is qualityoflife determined by expectations ... 20 hours of training in assessments of physical functioning including balance, gait, and functional daily living skills and HRQOL Interviews were conducted in Spanish or English, depending on the ... certain subscales of the SF-36 in preliminary analyses In addition, body mass index was calculated by dividing individuals' weight in kilograms by height in meters squared Body mass index (BMI) categories...
... Discussion The main purpose of this paper was to assess the utility of this instrument in patients with SCD living in Jamaica In all of its performance measures, the WHOQOL-Bref has Page of (page number ... scores reflect better qualityoflife on each domain of all measures Table 3: Scale and domain scores for categories of painful crises 0–3 painful crises/year (N = 412) >3 painful crises/year (N ... cell disease: Pain, coping and qualityoflifein a study of adults in the UK Br J Health Psychol 2002, 7(Part 3):331-344 Anie KA, Steptoe A: Pain, mood and opioid medication use in sickle cell...
... condition [7-9] In 1993, The WHOQOL (The World Health Organization Qualityof Life) Group [10] defined QOL as individuals' perceptions of their position inlifein the context of the culture and ... of their role, lack of social and working support, course of the disease, and disruptions in family life All these factors were associated with a considerable damage of QOL The feeling of being ... were: MEDLINE via Pubmed (73), Web of Science (93) and PsycINFO (49) In accordance with the inclusion criteria, titles and abstracts of citations obtained from the search were examined independently...
... review of source and final translated version, 4) pretesting for equivalence in source and final documents in the format of cognitive debriefing, and 5) an international consensus meeting This ... Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:92 http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/92 Table 1: A comparison of cross-cultural adaptations ofqualityoflife measures (Continued) Total number of formal ... Assessment J Clin Epidemiol 1998, 51(11):913-923 von Mackensen S, Bullinger M: Development and testing of an instrument to assess the QualityofLifeof Children with Haemophilia in Europe (Haemo-QoL)...
... The findings of the current study underline the importance of combining self- and proxy rating, not only in Germany Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and QualityofLife ... record all impacts of a disease on daily life, they allow investigations in large populations Considering the advances in CF therapy and with regard to the recent increase in interest in PROs, the ... perception of the child The use of all CFQ-R versions also makes it possible to compare HRQoL at the different stages oflife and in this way to explore the impact of CF in the course of a lifetime In...
... effects of pain on physical QoL The indirect effect of depression on the pain-QoL link pathway was 0.08, indicating that about 75% of the effect of pain on QoL impacted through the mediator of depression, ... Treatment of Cancer Core QualityofLife Questionnaire Journal of psychosomatic research 2000, 49(1):27-34 Wong WS, Fielding R: Eating ability predicts subsequent qualityoflifein Chinese patients ... chronic pain and depression when there is no organic lesion Pain 1987, 31:1-21 Anie KA, Steptoe A, Bevan DH: Sickle cell disease: Pain, coping and qualityoflifein a study of adults in the UK...
... Evaluation of posttreatment health-related qualitylife (HRQoL) among tuberculosis patients Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007, 11:887-892 Dhingra VK, Rajpal S: Health related qualityoflife (HRQL) scoring in ... C: Measuring health-related qualityoflifein tuberculosis: a systemic review Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2009, 7:14, doi:10.1186/1477-7525-7-14 Pasipanodya JG, Miller TL, Vecino M, et ... this article as: Weis and Pasipanodya: Measuring health-related qualityoflifein tuberculosis: a systemic review - Response Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2010 8:7 Submit your next manuscript...
... should be kept in mind that the point of focus of this study is the identification of predictors modifying the worsening (aggravation) of HRQoL at any time point before or after VABB In an attempt ... short-term pain Commenting on late effects, a striking finding is that long-term pain (EQ-5D pain/discomfort and SF-36 Bodily Pain dimensions) seemed rather idiosyncratic, since none of the predictors ... be of interest so as to gain more detailed insight into the phenomenon of long-term pain Further commenting on late effects, once again mastalgia emerged as an unfavorable risk factor, being...
... psychosocial qualityoflife irrespective of the severity of heart disease [23] This recent result affirms previous findings of studies focusing on various dimensions ofqualityoflife [21,24-27] ... requirement in accordance with the WHO definition of health and well-being [3] Pediatric qualityoflife studies that investigate the individuals’ perceptions of their well-being in a multidimensional ... health-related qualityoflifein children with ESRD: performance of the generic and ESRD-specific instrument of the Pediatric QualityofLife Inventory (PedsQL) American Journal of Kidney Diseases...
... 40-60-year-old Finnish men Häkkinen et al Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2010, 8:15 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/15 Page of Table Health related qualityoflife (RAND-36) in 727 Finnish young ... reduction in the qualityof life, but it may shift the emphasis of it as shown with the present data Although 32% of the participants had self-reported Häkkinen et al Health and QualityofLife Outcomes ... health-related qualityoflifein Finnish young men Health and QualityofLife Outcomes 2010 8:15 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission...