An in-depth psychometric analysis of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: calibration with Rasch-Andrich model.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty remains an elusive concept despite many efforts to define and measure it. The difficulty in translating the clinical profile of frail elderly people into a quantifiable assessment tool is due to the complex and heterogeneous nature of their health problems. Viewing frailty as a 'latent vulnerability'...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Kamaruzzaman S,Ploubidis GB,Fletcher A,Ebrahim S

更新日期：2010-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QOL Core Questionnaire 30 (EORTC QLQ-30) and the Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) are the two most widely used measures of cancer-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study aims to assess whether the two instruments ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Iravani K,Jafari P,Akhlaghi A,Khademi B

更新日期：2018-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) score was developed to assess disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after traumatic brain injury (TBI). So far, validation studies on the QOLIBRI were only conducted in cohorts with traumatic brain injury. This study investigated the longer-t...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Born K,Amsler F,Gross T

更新日期：2018-07-09 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:Modeling latent variables such as physical disability is challenging since its measurement is performed through proxies. This poses significant methodological challenges. The objective of this article is to present three different methods to predict latent variables based on classical summed scores, individu...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Pietrobon R,Taylor M,Guller U,Higgins LD,Jacobs DO,Carey T

更新日期：2004-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients prescribed supplemental oxygen (O2) therapy face challenges as they adjust to being constantly "tethered" to an oxygen delivery device. Informal caregivers (ICs) of patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) face their own, often overlooked hardships when O2 is brought into their home and added to their ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Graney BA,Wamboldt FS,Baird S,Churney T,Fier K,Korn M,McCormick M,Vierzba T,Swigris JJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：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:Very little is known about the quality of life of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infected patients. In this study in Ethiopia, we compared the quality of life HIV positive patients with and without TB. METHODS:A cross sectional study was conducted from February to April, 2009 in selected hospitals in Oromiya ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Deribew A,Tesfaye M,Hailmichael Y,Negussu N,Daba S,Wogi A,Belachew T,Apers L,Colebunders R

更新日期：2009-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is available in over 30 languages and a commonly used Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) for assessment of treatment effects following knee surgery. The aim of the study was to report the linguistic translational process and evaluate the psychometric properties...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Paradowski PT,Witoński D,Kęska R,Roos EM

更新日期：2013-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The resilience to face disease is a process of positive adaptation despite the loss of health. It involves developing vitality and skills to overcome the negative effects of adversity, risks, and vulnerability caused by disease. In Mexico, the Mexican Resilience Measurement Scale (RESI-M) has been validated ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Toledano-Toledano F,Moral de la Rubia J,McCubbin LD,Liebenberg L,Vera Jiménez JA,Rivera-Rivera L,Hart A,Barajas Nava LA,Salazar García M,Martínez Valverde S,Rivera Aragón S,Sánchez Gómez C,Villavicencio Guzmán L,Granados García

更新日期：2017-12-13 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：BACKGROUND:Past research has shown that Filipino cancer patients report lower levels of quality of life (QoL) than other ethnic groups. One possible explanation for this is that Filipinos do not define QoL in the same manner as others, resulting in bias in their assessments. Hence, Filipinos would not necessarily have ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Pagano IS,Gotay CC

更新日期：2005-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of a rapid response system (RRS) is to improve the timely recognition and treatment of ward patients with deteriorating vital signs The system is based on a set of clinical criteria that are used to assess patient's vital signs on a general ward. Once a patient is evaluated as critical, a medical eme...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Simmes F,Schoonhoven L,Mintjes J,Fikkers BG,van der Hoeven JG

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We compare the reliability and validity of the Short Form 36 (version 1, SF-36) and the Short Form 12 (version 1, SF-12) in adolescence, the period of life when a child develops into an adult, i.e., the period from puberty to maturity terminating legally at the age of majority (10-19 years), thus supplying ev...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Lin Y,Yu Y,Zeng J,Zhao X,Wan C

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although acute cystitis is a common infection in women, the impact of this infection and its treatment on women's quality of life (QOL) has not been previously described. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate QOL in women treated for acute cystitis, and describe the relationship between QOL, clinical outcome and adverse e...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Ernst EJ,Ernst ME,Hoehns JD,Bergus GR

更新日期：2005-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The McMaster framework introduced by Kirshner & Guyatt is the dominant paradigm for the development of measures of health status and health-related quality of life (HRQL). The framework defines the functions of such instruments as evaluative, predictive or discriminative. Evaluative instruments are required to be sens...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Hankins M

更新日期：2008-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Well-being Questionnaire (W-BQ) was designed to measure psychological well-being in people with diabetes. This study aimed to develop a Japanese version and a short form of the W-BQ. METHODS:A linguistic validation process produced a preliminary Japanese version of the 22-item W-BQ, which was distribute...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Riazi A,Bradley C,Barendse S,Ishii H

更新日期：2006-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous quality of life (QoL) literature in bladder cancer (BC) patients has focused on finding the preferred urinary diversion while little is known about the QoL of patients in medical oncological treatment (MOT). We performed a systematic review to assess the existing literature on QoL in patients with m...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Taarnhøj GA,Johansen C,Pappot H

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:China is a country facing the "double burden" of both obesity and underweight. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adults from Shaanxi Province. METHODS:The data were derived from the fifth Health Service S...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Xu Y,Zhou Z,Li Y,Yang J,Guo X,Gao J,Yan J,Chen G

更新日期：2015-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The primary objective of this sub analysis of the CONOCES study was to analyse outcomes in terms of mortality rates, quality of life and degree of autonomy over the first year in patients admitted to stroke units in Spain. The secondary objective was to identify the factors determining good prognosis. MET...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Mar J,Masjuan J,Oliva-Moreno J,Gonzalez-Rojas N,Becerra V,Casado MÁ,Torres C,Yebenes M,Quintana M,Alvarez-Sabín J,CONOCES Investigators Group.

更新日期：2015-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aging of population and the burden of disease among the aged have become one of the hot topics in the international health, and also brought tremendous pressure in the development of health service. METHODS:A total of 1,377,681 patients aged 65 years and over were collected with multistage stratified cl...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Duan W,Zheng A,Mu X,Li M,Liu C,Huang W,Wang X

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment is important for patients with functional dyspepsia. However, no studies have assessed factors associated with HRQoL reduction in such patients in an Asian population. This study aimed to determine the contribution of clinical, psychosocial, and demographic f...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Hantoro IF,Syam AF,Mudjaddid E,Setiati S,Abdullah M

更新日期：2018-05-02 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:Symptoms of heartburn has an impact on health-related quality of life (HRQL). When a questionnaire is translated into a new language, a linguistic validation is necessary but not sufficient unless the psychometric characteristics have been verified. The aim is to document the psychometric characteristics of ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Kulich KR,Malfertheiner P,Madisch A,Labenz J,Bayerdörffer E,Miehlke S,Carlsson J,Wiklund IK

更新日期：2003-10-28 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:Global research shows a clear transition in health outcomes over the past two decades where improved survival was accompanied by lower health related quality of life (HRQoL) as measured by morbidity and disability. These trends suggest the need to better understand changes in population HRQoL. This paper com...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Banham D,Hawthorne G,Goldney R,Ratcliffe J

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have reported that socioeconomically disadvantaged Australians have poorer self-rated dental health (SRDH), are less likely to be insured for dental services and are less likely to have regular dental visits than their more advantaged counterparts. However, less is known about the associatio...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Teusner DN,Anikeeva O,Brennan DS

更新日期：2014-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was found to improve in participants of weight management interventions. However, information on moderately overweight youth as well as on maintaining HRQoL improvements following treatment is sparse. We studied the HRQoL of 74 overweight, but not obese participants (32...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Finne E,Reinehr T,Schaefer A,Winkel K,Kolip P

更新日期：2013-01-02 00:00:00