Factors associated with quality of life among chronic kidney disease patients in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Endometriosis Symptom Diary (ESD) and Endometriosis Impact Scale (EIS) are patient-reported outcome measures developed to evaluate efficacy in clinical trials and clinical practice. The ESD is a daily electronic diary assessing symptom severity; the EIS is a weekly electronic diary assessing symptom impa...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Kitchen H,Seitz C,Trigg A,Aldhouse N,Willgoss T,Schmitz H,Gater A,Gerlinger C,Haberland C

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EQ-5D health-related quality of life instrument comprises a health state classification (health problems by severity in five domains), followed by an evaluation using a visual analogue scale (VAS). Despite the EQ-5D's use in health technology assessment and as a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM), t...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Whynes DK

更新日期：2013-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a rare, photosensitive disease characterized by skin fragility and blistering on sun-exposed areas. There is little previous research on how this condition affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to the best of our knowledge this is the largest sample of PCT patien...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Andersen J,Thomsen J,Enes ÅR,Sandberg S,Aarsand AK

更新日期：2020-03-30 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: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 aims of the present study are to investigate whether there are differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between girls and boys in two different age groups, to study how much of children's variance in HRQoL can be explained by common psychosomatic health symptoms, and to examine whether the s...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Svedberg P,Eriksson M,Boman E

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

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: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:Studies that compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and other patient-reported outcomes in different populations rest on the assumption that the measure has equivalent psychometric properties across groups. This study examined the measurement equivalence (ME) of the 36-item Medical Outcomes Study Sho...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Lix LM,Acan Osman B,Adachi JD,Towheed T,Hopman W,Davison KS,Leslie WD

更新日期：2012-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poststroke fatigue is a persistent and distressing symptom among stroke survivors. In this study, we investigated the reliability and validity of a vertical numerical rating scale supplemented with a faces rating scale (NRS-FRS) in measuring poststroke fatigue. METHODS:The fatigue intensity of 106 individua...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Chuang LL,Lin KC,Hsu AL,Wu CY,Chang KC,Li YC,Chen YL

更新日期：2015-06-30 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: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: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:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by muscle damage and progressive loss of muscle function in male children. DMD is one of the most devastating genetically linked neuromuscular diseases for which there is currently no cure. Most clinical studies for DMD utilize a standard protocol for measur...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Bendixen RM,Senesac C,Lott DJ,Vandenborne K

更新日期：2012-05-22 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:Amblyopia is a visual condition that occurs in childhood. Screening programmes exist within the United Kingdom (UK) to detect amblyopia, and once detected treatment is given.Existing patient reported outcome (PRO) measures for amblyopia do not meet current recommendations for the methods adopted during their...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Carlton J

更新日期：2013-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) who are receiving radiotherapy commonly face detrimental complications, including oral issues. However, oral symptoms are not well understood given the lack of available specific assessment instruments. The Vanderbilt Head and Neck Symptom Survey version (VHNSS) 2.0 i...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Jin M,Sun L,Meng R,Wang W,Sun R,Huang J,Qin Y,Wu B,Ding Q,Peng G,Zhang T,Yang K

更新日期：2021-01-21 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: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The modified polycystic ovary syndrome health-related quality-of-life questionnaire (MPCOSQ) is a 30-item instrument measuring quality-of-life in English-speaking patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We aimed to: 1) cross-culturally adapt the MPCOSQ into Chinese, and 2) assess the validity and rel...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Luo YY,Xu XL,Li XB

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Economic environmental factors represent important barriers to participation and have deleterious effects on quality of life (QOL) in persons with spinal diseases (SpD). While economic factors are anchored in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, their influence on QOL and p...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gecht J,Mainz V,Boecker M,Clusmann H,Geiger MF,Tingart M,Quack V,Gauggel S,Heinemann AW,Müller CA

更新日期：2017-10-10 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: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:Heart Failure (HF) results in an immense impact on the patients' Health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Heart failure patients HRQOL is dependent on the patients' level of engagement in self-care behaviors. Therefore this study aimed to determine HF patients' health-related quality of life and its relations...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Seid MA

更新日期：2020-02-14 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: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:Researchers have studied for decades workplace stress and burnout to identify their relationship to health and wellness. This research has focused on stress levels in people, as well as on environmental and personal factors that contribute to experiencing stress or burnout. In addition to the burnout measure...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gascón S,Masluk B,Montero-Marin J,Leiter MP,Herrera P,Albesa A

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not well clear how psychosocial factors like depressive symptoms, social support affect quality of life in rural elderly in China. This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of depressive symptoms in the association between social support and quality of life. METHODS:Cross-sectional data of 42...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Wang J,Xue J,Jiang Y,Zhu T,Chen S

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To pilot using a panel of members of the public to provide preference data via the Internet METHODS:A stratified random sample of members of the general public was recruited and familiarized with the standard gamble procedure using an Internet based tool. Health states were periodically presented in "sets" ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Stein K,Dyer M,Crabb T,Milne R,Round A,Ratcliffe J,Brazier J

更新日期：2006-11-27 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