The effectiveness of integrated care interventions in improving patient quality of life (QoL) for patients with chronic conditions. An overview of the systematic review evidence.

abstract：:This article deals with the problem of interpreting health-related quality of life (HRQL) outcomes in clinical trials. First, we will briefly describe how dichotomization and item response theory can facilitate interpretation. Based on examples from the medical literature for the interpretation of HRQL scores we will ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Schünemann HJ,Akl EA,Guyatt GH

更新日期：2006-09-14 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：OBJECTIVE:Seasonal changes in mood and behavior are common in a general population, being of relevance to public health. We wanted to analyze whether the HRQoL is associated with the seasonal changes in mood and behavior. Because the shortage of exposure to daylight or artificial bright light has been linked to the occ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Grimaldi S,Partonen T,Saarni SI,Aromaa A,Lönnqvist J

更新日期：2008-08-01 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:The National Research Council (CNR) prostate cancer monitoring project in Italy (Pros-IT CNR) is an observational, prospective, ongoing, multicentre study aiming to monitor a sample of Italian males diagnosed as new cases of prostate cancer. The present study aims to present data on the quality of life at ti...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Porreca A,Noale M,Artibani W,Bassi PF,Bertoni F,Bracarda S,Conti GN,Corvò R,Gacci M,Graziotti P,Magrini SM,Mirone V,Montironi R,Muto G,Pecoraro S,Ricardi U,Russi E,Tubaro A,Zagonel V,Crepaldi G,Maggi S,Pros-IT C

更新日期：2018-06-13 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: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 EQ-5D was used to compare burden experienced by respondents with diabetes and those at risk for diabetes. METHODS:A survey including the EQ-5D was mailed to individuals with self-reported diabetes, as well as those without diabetes but with the following risk factors (RFs): (1) abdominal obesity, (2) bo...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Grandy S,Fox KM

更新日期：2008-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous work using Mokken scaling analysis with the SF-36 has found subscales appearing to show excellent Mokken scaling properties. However, the values of scalability of the subscales are very large, raising the possibility that these are artificially high and this may result from violations of local stoch...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Watson R,Wang W,Thompson DR

更新日期：2014-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-reported limitations in physical function often have only weak associations with measured performance on physical tests, suggesting that factors other than performance commonly influence self-reports. We tested if personal or health characteristics influenced self-reported limitations in three tasks, co...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Louie GH,Ward MM

更新日期：2010-08-13 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:The Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) has been developed to measure musculoskeletal health status across musculoskeletal conditions and settings. However, the MSK-HQ needs to be further evaluated across settings and different languages. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to evaluate and co...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Christiansen DH,McCray G,Winding TN,Andersen JH,Nielsen KJ,Karstens S,Hill JC

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:End-stage renal disease (ESRD) leads to renal replacement therapy and certainly has an impact on patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to review and compare the HRQoL between peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients using the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Chuasuwan A,Pooripussarakul S,Thakkinstian A,Ingsathit A,Pattanaprateep O

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fatigue is frequent in rheumatic diseases. Fatigue expression and consequences may be modified by cultural differences. Our objective was to increase the understanding of the fatigue experience and characteristics among Egyptian, Muslim patients with rheumatic diseases. METHODS:Prospective monocentric quali...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Mortada M,Abdul-Sattar A,Gossec L

更新日期：2015-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper describes the cross-cultural adaptation of the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire (PIDAQ) into Malay version (Malay PIDAQ), an oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) instrument specific for orthodontics for Malaysian adolescents between 12 and 17 years old. METHODS:The P...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Wan Hassan WN,Yusof ZY,Shahidan SS,Mohd Ali SF,Makhbul MZ

更新日期：2017-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study aimed to determine the effect of demographic characteristics, occupation, anthropometric indices, and leisure-time physical activity levels on coronary risk and health-related quality of life among military police officers from the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. METHODS:The sample included ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： da Silva FC,Hernandez SS,Arancibia BA,Castro TL,Filho PJ,da Silva R

更新日期：2014-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perceived dental health has shown to have a significant predictive effect on overall health perception and life satisfaction. Thus, it seems plausible that Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) measures are associated with Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQOL) dimensions in Nepalese context as well. ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Sagtani RA,Thapa S,Sagtani A

更新日期：2020-07-31 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:Dental caries, traumatic dental injury (TDI) and malocclusion are common oral health conditions among preschool children and can have both physical and psychosocial consequences. Thus, it is important to measure the impact these on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children. The aim of the ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gomes MC,Pinto-Sarmento TC,Costa EM,Martins CC,Granville-Garcia AF,Paiva SM

更新日期：2014-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoperative anxiety is a frequent and challenging problem with deleterious effects on the development of surgical procedures and postoperative outcomes. To prevent and treat preoperative anxiety effectively, the level of anxiety of patients needs to be assessed through valid and reliable measuring instrumen...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Vergara-Romero M,Morales-Asencio JM,Morales-Fernández A,Canca-Sanchez JC,Rivas-Ruiz F,Reinaldo-Lapuerta JA

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incorporating family-centered care principles into childhood obesity interventions is integral for improved clinical decision making, better follow-through, and more effective communication that leads to better outcomes and greater satisfaction with services. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the psyc...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Simione M,Sharifi M,Gerber MW,Marshall R,Avalon E,Fiechtner L,Horan C,Orav EJ,Skelton J,Taveras EM

更新日期：2020-06-11 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：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:Spanish is one of the five most spoken languages in the world. There is currently no published Spanish version of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire (OMPQ). The aim of the present study is to describe the process of translating the OMPQ into Spanish and to perform an analysis of reliability, inter...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Cuesta-Vargas AI,González-Sánchez M

更新日期：2014-10-29 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:Breast cancer is one of the oncological diseases in which health-related quality of life (HRQL) has been most studied. This is mainly due to its high incidence and survival. This paper seeks to: review published research into HRQL among women with breast cancer in Spain; analyse the characteristics of these ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Delgado-Sanz MC,García-Mendizábal MJ,Pollán M,Forjaz MJ,López-Abente G,Aragonés N,Pérez-Gómez B

更新日期：2011-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information on health related quality of life (HR-QOL) can be integrated with other classical health status indicators and be used to assist policy makers in resource allocation decisions. For this reason instruments such as the SF-12 and EQ-5D have been widely proposed as assessment tools to monitor changes...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Savoia E,Fantini MP,Pandolfi PP,Dallolio L,Collina N

更新日期：2006-08-10 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：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) leads to decreased quality of life (QOL) by increasing the risk of death during the progression of its pathogenesis. However, many factors can be improved to support QOL. This study aimed to assess QOL among CKD patients in Nepal and to determine the factors associated with their...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Mahato SKS,Apidechkul T,Sriwongpan P,Hada R,Sharma GN,Nayak SK,Mahato RK

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic conditions could negatively affect the quality of life of older adults. This may be partially due to a relative lack of physical activity. We examined whether physical activity mediates the relationship between different chronic conditions and several health outcomes that are important to the quality...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Sawatzky R,Liu-Ambrose T,Miller WC,Marra CA

更新日期：2007-12-19 00:00:00