Effects of oral contraceptives on the quality of life of women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a crossover randomized controlled trial.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) assesses what change on a measurement tool can be considered minimal clinically relevant. Although the recall period can influence questionnaire scores, it is unclear if it influences the MCID. This study is the first to examine longitudinally the impact of ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Alma HJ,de Jong C,Jelusic D,Wittmann M,Schuler M,Kollen BJ,Sanderman R,Schultz K,Kocks JWH,Van der Molen T

更新日期：2018-06-26 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：: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:Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) commonly present with more than one comorbid condition, contributing to poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of our study was to identify the associations between HRQoL and patient characteristics, vascular comorbidities and anxiety/depression diso...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Tušek-Bunc K,Petek D

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compliance, palatability, gastrointestinal (GI) symptom, and treatment satisfaction patient- and observer-reported outcome (PRO, ObsRO) measures were developed/modified for patients with transfusion-dependent anemias or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) requiring iron chelation therapy (ICT). METHODS:This qual...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Horodniceanu EG,Bal V,Dhatt H,Carter JA,Huang V,Lasch K

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary Angioedema (HAE), a rare genetic disease, manifests as intermittent, painful attacks of angioedema. Attacks vary in frequency and severity and include skin, abdominal and life-threatening laryngeal swellings. This study aimed to develop a patient reported outcome (PRO) tool for the assessment of H...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Bonner N,Abetz-Webb L,Renault L,Caballero T,Longhurst H,Maurer M,Christiansen S,Zuraw B,Icatibant Outcome Survey (IOS) International Executive Committee and the Hereditary Angioedema Association (HAEA) Medical Advisory Board.

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With data from a diverse sample of patients either in treatment for cancer or post-treatment for cancer, we examine inter-domain and cross-domain correlations among the core domains of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Sexual Function and Satisfaction measures (PROMIS® SexFS) and t...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Flynn KE,Reeve BB,Lin L,Cyranowski JM,Bruner DW,Weinfurt KP

更新日期：2013-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many previous studies have reported factors that contribute to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for a single skin disease. However, little is known about generalized factors associated with HRQoL across skin diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate overall HRQoL, and to identify factors...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： He Z,Marrone G,Ou A,Liu H,Ma L,Huang Y,Li Y,Sun L,Bai Y,Liu W,Zha X,Lu C

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the absence of a French health-related quality of life (QOL) instrument for renal transplant recipients (RTR), we developed a self-administered questionnaire: the ReTransQol (RTQ). METHODS:This questionnaire was developed using classical methodology in the following three phases over a two-year period: I...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gentile S,Jouve E,Dussol B,Moal V,Berland Y,Sambuc R

更新日期：2008-10-13 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:This study aims to identify factors associated with health related quality of life (HRQOL) through a comprehensive analysis of sociodemographic and clinical variables among a representative sample size of renal transplant recipients (RTR) in France. METHODS:A cross-sectional multicenter study was carried ou...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gentile S,Beauger D,Speyer E,Jouve E,Dussol B,Jacquelinet C,Briançon S

更新日期：2013-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mass screening could identify those with unrecognized celiac disease (CD), but the experience of being detected through screening and living with screening-detected CD should be explored before considering this as acceptable intervention. For this study we invited screening-detected adolescents to describe t...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Nordyke K,Rosén A,Emmelin M,Ivarsson A

更新日期：2014-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dental disease and treatment experience can negatively affect the oral health related quality of life (OHRQL) of preschool aged children and their caregivers. Currently no valid and reliable instrument is available to measure these negative influences in very young children. The objective of this research wa...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Pahel BT,Rozier RG,Slade GD

更新日期：2007-01-30 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: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:Assessing Health-related Quality of life (HRQoL) is necessary to evaluate care and treatments provided to patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), in addition to the traditional assessment of clinical outcomes. However, HRQoL remains under-utilized to assess the effectiveness of repetitive transcranial...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Dumas R,Richieri R,Guedj E,Auquier P,Lancon C,Boyer L

更新日期：2012-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People suffering different types of stroke have differing demographic characteristics and survival. However, current estimates of disease burden are based on the same underlying assumptions irrespective of stroke type. We hypothesized that average Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) lost from stroke would be...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Cadilhac DA,Dewey HM,Vos T,Carter R,Thrift AG

更新日期：2010-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parents often experience stress-related complications when their child requires blood and marrow transplant (BMT). Previous studies have described the emotional toll BMT places on parents during the acute phase of care and within the context of clinical complications. In this paper we introduce the Parent Im...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Heinze KE,Rodday AM,Nolan MT,Bingen K,Kupst MJ,Patel SK,Syrjala K,Harris L,Recklitis C,Schwartz L,Davies S,Guinan EC,Noll R,Chang G,Parsons SK

更新日期：2015-04-09 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:The Eye Allergy Patient Impact Questionnaire (EAPIQ) was developed based on a pilot study conducted in the US and focus groups with eye allergy sufferers in Europe. The purpose of this study was to present the results of the psychometric validation of the EAPIQ. METHODS:One hundred forty six patients from t...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Alexander M,Berger W,Buchholz P,Walt J,Burk C,Lee J,Arbuckle R,Abetz L

更新日期：2005-10-31 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: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：BACKGROUND:The evolution of technology in healthcare has increased the health care's costs and, the universal healthcare systems, in developed countries, need to ensure proper allocation of resources. Thus, the major issue is assessing the effectiveness of new medical technologies. The evaluation of quality of life in ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Ragusa R,Bertino G,Bruno A,Frazzetto E,Cicciu F,Giorgianni G,Lupo L

更新日期：2018-01-17 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:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a chronic disorder with substantial impact on quality of life similar to that seen in diabetes mellitus or osteoarthritis. Little is known about the psychological characteristics of RLS patients although psychological factors may contribute to unfavourable treatment outcome. ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Scholz H,Benes H,Happe S,Bengel J,Kohnen R,Hornyak M

更新日期：2011-09-20 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:To examine demographic and behavioral associations with self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among persons with HIV infection or AIDS. METHODS:Analysis of interviews with persons > or = 18 years of age reported through routine disease surveillance with HIV infection or AIDS to nine state and...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Campsmith ML,Nakashima AK,Davidson AJ

更新日期：2003-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The proportion of people living to a very old age is continuously increasing. One of the possibilities explored in policies and services to meet this health and societal challenge is to encourage the very old to continue living at home. This initiative is in line with the wishes of most elderly people. Howev...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Jalenques I,Rondepierre F,Rachez C,Lauron S,Guiguet-Auclair C

更新日期：2020-05-07 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: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