Using the Fatigue Severity Scale to inform healthcare decision-making in multiple sclerosis: mapping to three quality-adjusted life-year measures (EQ-5D-3L, SF-6D, MSIS-8D).

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EQ-5D-5 L and the SF-12 are the most commonly used generic measures of health-related quality of life among people with arthritis. However, there is little evidence on the extent to which the individual dimensions and domains of these instruments perform among this population. The objective was to examin...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Tawiah AK,Al Sayah F,Ohinmaa A,Johnson JA

更新日期：2019-04-17 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: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:HIV-related stigma, or the degree to which people living with HIV endorse negative stereotypes associated with HIV, is associated with poor continuum of care outcomes. We translated the 12-item Short HIV Stigma scale and evaluated its psychometric properties in a Brazilian context with regard to construct va...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Luz PM,Torres TS,Almeida-Brasil CC,Marins LMS,Bezerra DRB,Veloso VG,Grinsztejn B,Harel D,Thombs BD

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This Study Examined The Measurement Properties Of The Japanese Version Of The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Hepatocellular Carcinoma-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-HCC18). METHODS:EORTC quality of life (QOL) translation guidelines were followed to create a J...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Mikoshiba N,Tateishi R,Tanaka M,Sakai T,Blazeby JM,Kokudo N,Koike K,Kazuma K

更新日期：2012-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to estimate utilities for cancer studies where the EQ-5D was not used, the EORTC QLQ-C30 can be used to estimate EQ-5D using existing mapping algorithms. Several mapping algorithms exist for this transformation, however, algorithms tend to lose accuracy in patients in poor health states. The aim of ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Arnold DT,Rowen D,Versteegh MM,Morley A,Hooper CE,Maskell NA

更新日期：2015-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dizziness or vertigo is associated with both vestibular-balance and psychological factors. A common assessment tool is the Vertigo Symptom Scale (VSS) -short form, which has two subscales: vestibular-balance and autonomic-anxiety. Despite frequent use, the factor structure of the VSS-short form has yet to be...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Kondo M,Kiyomizu K,Goto F,Kitahara T,Imai T,Hashimoto M,Shimogori H,Ikezono T,Nakayama M,Watanabe N,Akechi T

更新日期：2015-01-22 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:Little is known about the association between diabetes and health related quality of life (HRQL) in lower-middle income countries. This study aimed to investigate HRQL among individuals with and without diabetes in Bangladesh. METHODS:The analysis is based on data of a case-control study, including 591 pati...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Safita N,Islam SM,Chow CK,Niessen L,Lechner A,Holle R,Laxy M

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Job satisfaction describes an employee's motivation and/or feeling of satisfaction towards his/her work. Globally, healthcare professionals' turnover and retention play a critical role in the delivery of essential health services. In Ghana, however, little has been done to ascertain job satisfaction levels a...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Akuffo KO,Agyei-Manu E,Kumah DB,Danso-Appiah A,Mohammed AS,Asare AK,Addo EK

更新日期：2021-01-07 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: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: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:To establish the validity and reliability of the Short Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS) in service users with schizophrenia, depression and anxiety spectrum disorders in Singapore and estimate SWEMWBS scores across socio-demographic and the three psychiatric diagnostic groups in the sample...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Vaingankar JA,Abdin E,Chong SA,Sambasivam R,Seow E,Jeyagurunathan A,Picco L,Stewart-Brown S,Subramaniam M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Along with rapid economic development, the aging process in China is gradually accelerating. The living conditions of empty-nest rural elderly are worrisome. As a more vulnerable group, empty-nest elderly are facing more urgent health problems. This study explores the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) o...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Liang Y,Wu W

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a group of genetic disorders of collagen biosynthesis, characterized by low bone density leading to fractures. Most patients exhibit functional impairment and require the aid of a caregiver. The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life (QoL) of caregivers of patients...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Vanz AP,Félix TM,da Rocha NS,Schwartz IV

更新日期：2015-04-01 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:The long-term fate of severely injured patients in terms of their quality of life is not well known. Our aim was to assess the quality of life of patients who have suffered moderate to severe trauma and to identify primary factors of long-term quality of life impairment. METHODS:A prospective monocentric st...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Vardon-Bounes F,Gracia R,Abaziou T,Crognier L,Seguin T,Labaste F,Geeraerts T,Georges B,Conil JM,Minville V

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While there are many published studies on HIV and functional limitations, there are few in the context of early abuse and its impact on functionality and Quality of Life (QoL) in HIV. METHODS:The present study focused on HIV in the context of childhood trauma and its impact on functionality and Quality of L...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Troeman ZC,Spies G,Cherner M,Archibald SL,Fennema-Notestine C,Theilmann RJ,Spottiswoode B,Stein DJ,Seedat S

更新日期：2011-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Japanese Osteoporosis Quality of Life (JOQOL) questionnaire measures quality of life in Japanese patients with osteoporosis. However, several important aspects of the psychometric properties of individual domains, including responsiveness, have not been addressed to enable valid clinical application. Thi...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Urushihara H,Yoh K,Hamaya E,Taketsuna M,Tanaka K

更新日期：2014-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to investigate HRQoL and psychosocial function among patients with carcinoid tumours, longitudinally and prospectively, and to compare HRQoL among patients with carcinoid tumours to that of the Swedish general population. The aim was also to investigate the prevalence of distress during the first...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Fröjd C,Larsson G,Lampic C,von Essen L

更新日期：2007-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensive care patients have, both before and after the ICU stay, a health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that differs from that of the normal population. Studies have described changes in HRQOL in the period from before the ICU stay and up to 12 months after. The aim of this study was to investigate possib...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Kvale R,Flaatten H

更新日期：2003-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A sizable body of research has now examined the complex relationship between quality of life (QoL) and depressive disorder. Uptake of QoL research in relation to bipolar disorder (BD) has been comparatively slow, although increasing numbers of QoL studies are now being conducted in bipolar populations. We aimed to per...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Michalak EE,Yatham LN,Lam RW

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To analyze the interplay between diet, physical activity and health-related quality of life in a Spanish randomly selected sample of individuals attended in general practitioners offices with intermediate cardiovascular risk. METHODS:This study analyzed 314 subjects, aged 35-74 years (50.6% women), from the...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Sanchez-Aguadero N,Alonso-Dominguez R,Garcia-Ortiz L,Agudo-Conde C,Rodriguez-Martin C,de Cabo-Laso A,Sanchez-Salgado B,Ramos R,Maderuelo-Fernandez JA,Gomez-Marcos MA,Recio-Rodriguez JI,MARK Group.

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies in quality of life (QOL) in individuals with disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) have been restricted to subpopulations of the condition. We describe QOL in adult persons with DSD compared to country specific references and assess the impact of diagnosis. METHODS:The multicentre ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Rapp M,Mueller-Godeffroy E,Lee P,Roehle R,Kreukels BPC,Köhler B,Nordenström A,Bouvattier C,Thyen U,dsd-LIFE group.

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current evidence supports the use of pedometers as effective motivational tools to promote physical activity and improve health-related quality of life in the general population. The aims of this study are to examine whether a pedometer-driven walking programme can improve health-related quality of life, and...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Mansi S,Milosavljevic S,Tumilty S,Hendrick P,Baxter GD

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several studies indicate the effects of diabetes type 2 on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in female subjects, the related impact of the disease on HRQoL in their family members has rarely been the focus of the empirical research. In this study we aim to investigate associations between diabe...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Moeineslam M,Amiri P,Karimi M,Jalali-Farahani S,Shiva N,Azizi F

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) induces frailty and worsens quality of life (QOL), even in the early stages of the disease and in young patients. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the relationship between frailty and QOL in CKD patients. Thus, we investigated this relationship in a sample of CKD patients...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Mansur HN,Colugnati FA,Grincenkov FR,Bastos MG

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Premature ejaculation (PE) is a common sexual dysfunction among men which affects men and their partners. Little qualitative data are available to characterize the impact of PE on men and their partners about ejaculatory control, sexual satisfaction, emotional distress and relationships. The objective of thi...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Revicki D,Howard K,Hanlon J,Mannix S,Greene A,Rothman M

更新日期：2008-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often has a profound negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In the absence of any qualitative studies in sub-Saharan Africa, we undertook a study to explore living experiences, perceptions and unmet needs of South African patients with SLE. METHODS:Twen...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Phuti A,Schneider M,Makan K,Tikly M,Hodkinson B

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00