Fatigue in Egyptian patients with rheumatic diseases: a qualitative study.

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:The age limit for some adult asthma clinical trials has recently been lowered to 12 years. In this study we have made minor modifications to the standardised version of the adult Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ(S)) to make it valid for patients 12 years and older (AQLQ12+). METHODS:We have used t...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Juniper EF,Svensson K,Mörk AC,Ståhl E

更新日期：2005-09-16 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:A key goal for services treating older persons is improving Quality of Life (QoL). This study aimed to 1) determine the QoL and utility (i.e. satisfaction with own quality of life) for participants of a discharge program for older people following an extended hospital episode of care and 2) examine the impac...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Comans TA,Peel NM,Gray LC,Scuffham PA

更新日期：2013-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) was a widely used tool to assess disease impact on patients with obstructive airways disease. Although traditional methods have generally supported construct validity and internal consistency reliability of SGRQ, such methods cannot facilitate the evaluation ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Lo C,Liang WM,Hang LW,Wu TC,Chang YJ,Chang CH

更新日期：2015-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Residential youth care (RYC) institutions aim to provide care and stability for vulnerable adolescents with several previous and present challenges, such as disrupted attachments, wide-ranging adverse childhood experiences, mental health problems, and poor quality of life (QoL). To the best of our knowledge,...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Singstad MT,Wallander JL,Greger HK,Lydersen S,Kayed NS

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Nephrotic syndrome (NS) represents a common disease in pediatric nephrology typified by a relapsing and remitting course and characterized by the presence of edema that can significantly affect the health-related quality of life in children and adolescents. The PROMIS pediatric measures were c...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gipson DS,Selewski DT,Massengill SF,Wickman L,Messer KL,Herreshoff E,Bowers C,Ferris ME,Mahan JD,Greenbaum LA,MacHardy J,Kapur G,Chand DH,Goebel J,Barletta GM,Geary D,Kershaw DB,Pan CG,Gbadegesin R,Hidalgo G,Lane

更新日期：2013-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combining outcomes and the use of standardized effect measures such as effect size and standardized response mean across instruments allows more comprehensive meta-analyses and should avoid selection bias. However, such analysis ideally requires that the instruments correlate strongly and that the underlying...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Puhan MA,Soesilo I,Guyatt GH,Schünemann HJ

更新日期：2006-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) with a reliable and valid measure is a prerequisite to the enhancement of HRQOL. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (K-MOS-HIV). METHODS:The reliability and validit...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Shim EJ,Ha H,Lee SH,Kim NJ,Kim ES,Bang JH,Song KH,Sohn BK,Park HY,Son KL,Hwang H,Lee KM,Hahm BJ

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies examining the impact of injury on health-related quality of life (HRQL) over time are necessary to understand the short- and long-term consequences of injury for population health. The aim of this systematic review was to provide an evidence update on studies that have measured HRQL over time in gene...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Geraerds AJLM,Richardson A,Haagsma J,Derrett S,Polinder S

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychometric evidence is necessary to establish scientific integrity and clinical usefulness of translations and cultural adaptations of the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QoL) scale. However, the limited evidence on psychometrics of Yoruba version of SS-QoL 2.0 (SS-QoL(Y)) is a significant shortcoming....

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Odetunde MO,Akinpelu AO,Odole AC

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Short Form-8 (SF-8) is a widely used instrument for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version SF-8 using a large, representative sample of city residents in mainland China. METHODS:We surveyed res...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Lang L,Zhang L,Zhang P,Li Q,Bian J,Guo Y

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobile devices are increasingly being used for data collection in research. However, many researchers do not have experience in collecting data electronically. Hence, the purpose of this short report was to identify issues that emerged in a study that incorporated electronic capture of patient-reported outco...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Schick-Makaroff K,Molzahn A

更新日期：2015-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS-2.0) has been adapted and validated in several cultures, but data on performance in the African context are lacking. The aim of the study was to evaluate the validity and psychometric properties of the WHODAS-2.0 among people with severe me...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Habtamu K,Alem A,Medhin G,Fekadu A,Dewey M,Prince M,Hanlon C

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a life-threatening condition, despite modern therapies. We prospectively investigated the therapeutic health-related quality of life (HRQOL) effects of goal-oriented sequential combination therapy based on exercise capacity in patients newly diagnosed with PAH. ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Hirashiki A,Adachi S,Okumura N,Nakano Y,Shimokata S,Shimizu A,Arai H,Toba K,Murohara T,Kondo T

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iraq used chemical weapons extensively against the Iranians during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). The aim of this study was to assess the health related quality of life (HRQOL) in people who had ophthalmologic complications due to the sulfur mustard gas exposure during the war. METHODS:The Veterans and Mart...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Mousavi B,Soroush MR,Montazeri A

更新日期：2009-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) indicated by baseline health status in elementary school children. METHODS:Data were obtained via parents whose children enrolled in an elementary school, kindergarten to fourth grade, in southern Missi...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Zhang L,Fos PJ,Johnson WD,Kamali V,Cox RG,Zuniga MA,Kittle T

更新日期：2008-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EORTC-QLQ-C30 is a widely used health related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire in lung cancer patients. Small HRQoL treatment effects are often reported as mean differences (MDs) between treatments, which are rarely justified or understood by patients and clinicians. An alternative approach using od...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Khan I,Bashir Z,Forster M

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with cancer experience depression and anxiety, and an associated decrease in quality of life (QOL) during radiation therapy (RT). The main objective of the study was to determine the benefits of psychosocial interventions for cancer patients who received RT. METHODS:Patients with cancer (n = 1...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Guo Z,Tang HY,Li H,Tan SK,Feng KH,Huang YC,Bu Q,Jiang W

更新日期：2013-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) is one of the most commonly used self-report instruments for evaluation of health-related quality of life in oncology patients. However, cultural considerations necessitate testing of the subscales in different populations. We sought to qualitatively and qua...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Ding Y,Hu Y,Hallberg IR

更新日期：2012-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Asthma Symptom Utility Index (ASUI) is a preference-based outcome measure used in US clinical trials and cost-effectiveness studies for asthma. This study evaluated ASUI preference weights in Europe to determine whether the multi-attribute utility function, based on preferences from a US population, is g...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Flood EM,De Cock E,Mörk AC,Revicki DA

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the study was to evaluate and compare the HRQOL of paediatric cancer in comparison to the healthy children across age groups, using PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the PedsQL™ Cancer Module. METHOD:The PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales and PedsQL Cancer Module 3.0 were administered on 56 ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Chaudhry Z,Siddiqui S

更新日期：2012-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interpretation of scores from oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) instruments, such as the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) is challenging. It was the aim of this study to determine how many oral impacts correspond to one point of the 49-item OHIP using a new approach which translates numeric probl...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Reissmann DR,Sierwald I,Heydecke G,John MT

更新日期：2013-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Narcolepsy is a lifelong sleep disorder with a prevalence of between 0.03% and 0.06% and onset at around puberty. It is associated with psychiatric comorbidities and cognitive difficulties. No valid and reliable condition-specific health-related quality-of-life (HrQoL) instrument has been developed for this ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Chaplin JE,Szakács A,Hallböök T,Darin N

更新日期：2017-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few epidemiologic studies have assessed health-related quality of life (HRQL) of asthma patients from a general population and it is unclear which instrument is best suitable for this purpose. We investigated the validity of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) and the SF-36 completed by individua...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Puhan MA,Gaspoz JM,Bridevaux PO,Schindler C,Ackermann-Liebrich U,Rochat T,Gerbase MW

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Participating in regular physical activity contributes to significant improvements of quality of life (QOL) in adults. Understanding psychosocial factors that influence physical activity and QOL in working adults may have important implications for future interventions aimed at improving their health. The ma...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Xiao Y,Wang H,Zhang T,Ren X

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Systemic family interventions have shown to be effective in adolescents with substance use disorder and delinquent behavior. The interventions target interactions between the adolescent and involved systems (i.e. youth, family, peers, neighbors, school, work, and society). Next to effectiveness considerations, ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Schawo S,Bouwmans C,van der Schee E,Hendriks V,Brouwer W,Hakkaart L

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In eating disorders (EDs) treatment, outcome measurement has traditionally focused on symptom reduction rather than functioning or quality of life (QoL). Generic QoL measures lack sensitivity for some diagnoses and many not be responsive in eating disorder patients. This article describes the development and...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Adair CE,Marcoux GC,Cram BS,Ewashen CJ,Chafe J,Cassin SE,Pinzon J,Gusella JL,Geller J,Scattolon Y,Fergusson P,Styles L,Brown KE

更新日期：2007-04-30 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:Given the postulated advantages of mother generated index (MGI) in incorporating the patients' viewpoint and in the absence of a validated India specific postpartum quality of life assessment tool we proposed to evaluate the utility of an adapted Mother-Generated-Index in assessing postpartum quality of life...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Nagpal J,Dhar RS,Sinha S,Bhargava V,Sachdeva A,Bhartia A

更新日期：2008-12-02 00:00:00