Health related quality of life and mental distress after PCI: restoring a state of equilibrium.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parents often experience stress-related complications when their child requires blood and marrow transplant (BMT). Previous studies have described the emotional toll BMT places on parents during the acute phase of care and within the context of clinical complications. In this paper we introduce the Parent Im...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Heinze KE,Rodday AM,Nolan MT,Bingen K,Kupst MJ,Patel SK,Syrjala K,Harris L,Recklitis C,Schwartz L,Davies S,Guinan EC,Noll R,Chang G,Parsons SK

更新日期：2015-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After long term disease free follow up (FUp) patients reconsider quality of life (QOL) outcomes. Aim of this study is assess QoL in prostate cancer patients who are disease-free at least 5 years after radical prostatectomy (RP). METHODS:367 patients treated with RP for clinically localized pCa, without bioc...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gacci M,Simonato A,Masieri L,Gore JL,Lanciotti M,Mantella A,Rossetti MA,Serni S,Varca V,Romagnoli A,Ambruosi C,Venzano F,Esposito M,Montanaro T,Carmignani G,Carini M

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A linguistic validation of the Self-Assessment Goal Achievement (SAGA) questionnaire was conducted for 12 European languages, documenting that each translation adequately captures the concepts of the original English-language version of the questionnaire and is readily understood by subjects in the target po...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Piault E,Doshi S,Brandt BA,Angün Ç,Evans CJ,Bergqvist A,Trocio J

更新日期：2012-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Eye Allergy Patient Impact Questionnaire (EAPIQ) was developed based on a pilot study conducted in the US and focus groups with eye allergy sufferers in Europe. The purpose of this study was to present the results of the psychometric validation of the EAPIQ. METHODS:One hundred forty six patients from t...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Alexander M,Berger W,Buchholz P,Walt J,Burk C,Lee J,Arbuckle R,Abetz L

更新日期：2005-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide, disaster exposure and consequences are rising. Disaster risk in New Zealand is amplified by island geography, isolation, and ubiquitous natural hazards. Wellington, the capital city, has vital needs for evacuation preparedness and resilience to the devastating impacts and increasing uncertainties ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gowan ME,Kirk RC,Sloan JA

更新日期：2014-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) to standardize descriptions of health and disability. Little is known about the reliability and clinical relevance of measurements using the ICF and its qualifiers. This study exa...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Okochi J,Utsunomiya S,Takahashi T

更新日期：2005-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stomach cancer survivors (SCS) often carry the dual burden of the cancer itself and other comorbidities; meanwhile, they are highly motivated to seek health advice about lifestyles to improve their health and quality of life (QOL). The associations of the comorbidity and the consumption of vegetable and frui...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Wang JW,Zhang CG,Deng QL,Chen WL,Wang X,Yu JM

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality of life (QoL) is influenced in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients by a set of factors related to diagnosis, treatment and tumor impacts. The aim of this study was to evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) changes in Head and Neck cancer (HNC) patients during treatment (radiotherapy and/or chemoradiother...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： do Nascimento Santos Lima E,Ferreira IB,Lajolo PP,Paiva CE,de Paiva Maia YC,das Graças Pena G

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined sex-specific differences in physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across subgroups of metabolic health and obesity. We specifically asked whether (1) obesity is related to lower HRQoL independent of metabolic health status and potential confounders, and (2) whether associations ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Truthmann J,Mensink GBM,Bosy-Westphal A,Hapke U,Scheidt-Nave C,Schienkiewitz A

更新日期：2017-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the positive psychology intervention 'Happiness Route' compared to an active control condition in a vulnerable population with an accumulation of health and psychosocial problems. METHODS:We conducted a randomized, single-blind, activ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Weiss LA,Oude Voshaar MAH,Bohlmeijer ET,Westerhof GJ

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) has received much attention in recent years. HRQOL indicators have been used to track population trends, identify health disparities, and monitor progress in achieving national health objectives for 2010. Prior studies have examined health risks and HRQOL at the nationa...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Jiang Y,Hesser JE

更新日期：2006-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes has a high burden of illness both in life years lost and in disability through related co-morbidities. Accurate assessment of the non-mortality burden requires appropriate health-related quality of life and summary utility measures of which there are several contenders. The study aimed to measure th...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Glasziou P,Alexander J,Beller E,Clarke P,ADVANCE Collaborative Group.

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little robust evidence relating to changes in health related quality of life (HRQL) in morbidly obese patients following a multidisciplinary non-surgical weight loss program or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB). The aim of the present study was to describe and compare changes in five dime...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Karlsen TI,Lund RS,Røislien J,Tonstad S,Natvig GK,Sandbu R,Hjelmesæth J

更新日期：2013-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality of life (QoL) may often be reduced in survivors of a natural disaster. This paper investigated how posttraumatic growth (PTG), depression and posttraumatic stress interact and independently predict QoL in a longitudinal study of disaster survivors. METHODS:A total of 58 Norwegian adults who were pre...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Siqveland J,Nygaard E,Hussain A,Tedeschi RG,Heir T

更新日期：2015-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evolution of technology in healthcare has increased the health care's costs and, the universal healthcare systems, in developed countries, need to ensure proper allocation of resources. Thus, the major issue is assessing the effectiveness of new medical technologies. The evaluation of quality of life in ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Ragusa R,Bertino G,Bruno A,Frazzetto E,Cicciu F,Giorgianni G,Lupo L

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of abdominal obesity and its association with the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a randomly selected Chinese sample. METHODS:A population-based sample of 3,600 residents aged 18-80 years was selected randomly from 5 Chinese cities. Demographic inform...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Wu S,Wang R,Jiang A,Ding Y,Wu M,Ma X,Zhao Y,He J

更新日期：2014-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment objectives for dyspepsia include improvements in both symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). There is a lack of disease-specific instruments measuring HRQoL in South East Asian dyspeptics. OBJECTIVES:To validate English and locally translated version of the Short-Form Nepean Dyspepsi...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Mahadeva S,Wee HL,Goh KL,Thumboo J

更新日期：2009-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The concept of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was brought up decades ago and has been well utilized in many different areas. Regarding immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) management, much work has been done to emphasize the necessity of taking HRQoL into consideration. However, data on HRQoL of children wi...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Zhang H,Wang L,Quan M,Huang J,Wu P,Lu Q,Fang Y

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rural-to-urban female migrant workers have a lower quality of life compared to the general population. Improving these conditions remains highly challenging. This paper reports the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the female migrant workers in an educational project. METHODS:In this before-and-afte...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Zhu C,Geng Q,Yang H,Chen L,Fu X,Jiang W

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several instruments are available to assess children's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) based on self reports as well as proxy reports from parents. Previous studies have found only low-to-moderate agreement between self and proxy reports, but few studies have explicitly compared the psychometric quali...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Erhart M,Ellert U,Kurth BM,Ravens-Sieberer U

更新日期：2009-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compliance, palatability, gastrointestinal (GI) symptom, and treatment satisfaction patient- and observer-reported outcome (PRO, ObsRO) measures were developed/modified for patients with transfusion-dependent anemias or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) requiring iron chelation therapy (ICT). METHODS:This qual...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Horodniceanu EG,Bal V,Dhatt H,Carter JA,Huang V,Lasch K

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited data examining the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and health related quality of life (HRQOL) in healthy young adults. We examined the association between CRF and the HRQOL Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores in apparently healthy ma...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Sloan RA,Sawada SS,Martin CK,Church T,Blair SN

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 is a core questionnaire designed to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of cancer patients participating in international clinical trials. It is available in several languages including Danish. The EORTC QLQ-TC26 is a ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Bager L,Elsbernd A,Nissen A,Daugaard G,Pappot H

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of JOACMEQ for CSM patients in mainland China. METHODS:A retrospective review was performed on 91 patients with CSM in our hospital from March 2015 to June 2015. Patients completed the JOACMEQ, the mJOA and the SF-36 quest...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Zhou F,Li S,Zhang Y,Zhao Y,Ju KL,Zhang F,Pan S,Sun Y

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the effect of a structured education intervention, Patient Empowerment Programme (PEP) patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients, and if positive effect is confirmed, to further explore any association between frequency of sessions attendance a...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Wong CK,Wong WC,Wan EY,Wong WH,Chan FW,Lam CL

更新日期：2015-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary aim of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment is to induce remission, the absence of disease activity. The objective of this study was to explore the association between clinical endpoints used to gauge RA treatment efficacy and patient-reported outcomes of health-related quality of life, fatigue, a...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Strand V,Kosinski M,Gnanasakthy A,Mallya U,Mpofu S

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have demonstrated that health related quality of life (HRQoL) improves, on average, after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS). However, this average improvement may not be realized for all patients, and it is possible that there are two or more distinctive groups with different, possibl...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Le Grande MR,Elliott PC,Murphy BM,Worcester MU,Higgins RO,Ernest CS,Goble AJ

更新日期：2006-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to validate the Chinese version of the Reynolds' Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) in a Chinese society and explore a convenient short version. METHODS:A sample of 711 cases was derived from two territory-wide surveys of Hong Kong adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years old. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Zhang Y,Yip PS,Fu KW

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important outcome indicator for chronic disease, and particularly in the absence of biological markers for illness, such as with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The aims of this study were to develop and evaluate a new IBS-specific HRQOL instrument (IBS-HR-QOL). ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Lee EH,Kwon O,Hahm KB,Kim W,Kim JI,Cheung DY,Kim YJ,Kim JH,Park JJ,Joo MK

更新日期：2016-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies report that being parents of a child with cancer is a stressful experience, but these have tended to focus on mothers and few have included both parents. Moreover, studies have focussed on families in Western countries and none have been published examining the psychological outcomes for parents...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Masa'Deh R,Collier J,Hall C

更新日期：2012-07-28 00:00:00