abstract：BACKGROUND:Few epidemiologic studies have assessed health-related quality of life (HRQL) of asthma patients from a general population and it is unclear which instrument is best suitable for this purpose. We investigated the validity of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) and the SF-36 completed by individua...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Puhan MA,Gaspoz JM,Bridevaux PO,Schindler C,Ackermann-Liebrich U,Rochat T,Gerbase MW

更新日期：2008-02-15 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing international interest in the concept of mental well-being and its contribution to all aspects of human life. Demand for instruments to monitor mental well-being at a population level and evaluate mental health promotion initiatives is growing. This article describes the development and v...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Tennant R,Hiller L,Fishwick R,Platt S,Joseph S,Weich S,Parkinson J,Secker J,Stewart-Brown S

更新日期：2007-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although elderly Iranian immigrants in Sweden are the largest elderly group born outside Europe, little is known about their health-related quality of life (HRQL). The aim of this study was to examine the association between migration status and HRQL in a comparison of elderly Iranians in Iran, elderly Irani...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Koochek A,Montazeri A,Johansson SE,Sundquist J

更新日期：2007-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of multiple chronic conditions is associated with lower health related quality of life (HRQOL). Disease severity also influences HRQOL. To analyse the effects of all possible combinations of single diseases along with their severity on HRQOL seems cumbersome. Grouping diseases and their severity...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Fortin M,Dubois MF,Hudon C,Soubhi H,Almirall J

更新日期：2007-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A systematic review was conducted to analyse journal articles that describe or measure the impact of leg ulceration on patients' quality of life (QoL) in order to improve the content of an educational programme that aims to enhance self-care agency in leg ulcer patients. METHOD:Original articles published i...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Herber OR,Schnepp W,Rieger MA

更新日期：2007-07-25 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: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：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: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:The last decade has evidenced a dramatic increase in the development and utilization of pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures in an effort to improve pediatric patient health and well-being and determine the value of healthcare services. The emerging paradigm shift toward patient-reported...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Varni JW,Limbers CA,Burwinkle TM

更新日期：2007-01-03 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：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:Patient-reported measures can be used to examine whether drug differences other than clinical efficacy have an impact on outcomes that may be important to patients. Although exenatide and insulin glargine appear to have similar efficacy for treatment of type 2 diabetes, there are several differences between ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Secnik Boye K,Matza LS,Oglesby A,Malley K,Kim S,Hayes RP,Brodows R

更新日期：2006-10-11 00:00:00

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:The Asthma Symptom Utility Index (ASUI) is a preference-based outcome measure used in US clinical trials and cost-effectiveness studies for asthma. This study evaluated ASUI preference weights in Europe to determine whether the multi-attribute utility function, based on preferences from a US population, is g...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Flood EM,De Cock E,Mörk AC,Revicki DA

更新日期：2006-08-15 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: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 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:To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Child-OIDP for use among children in the UK and report on the prevalence of oral impacts in a sample of schoolchildren in Westminster. METHODS:Children aged 10-11 years in the final year of primary school (year 6) were selected from seven schools where annual s...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Yusuf H,Gherunpong S,Sheiham A,Tsakos G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The SF-6D was derived from the SF-36. A single summary score is obtained allegedly preserving the descriptive richness and sensitivity to change of the SF-36 into utility measurement. We compared the SF-6D and EQ-5D on domain content, scoring distribution, pre-treatment and change scores. METHODS:The SF-6D ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： van Stel HF,Buskens E

更新日期：2006-03-25 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：: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: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:The importance of evaluating the outcomes of health care from the standpoint of the patient is now widely recognized. The purpose of this study is to develop and test a Japanese version of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25). METHODS:A Japanese version was developed with a ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Suzukamo Y,Oshika T,Yuzawa M,Tokuda Y,Tomidokoro A,Oki K,Mangione CM,Green J,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2005-10-26 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 age limit for some adult asthma clinical trials has recently been lowered to 12 years. In this study we have made minor modifications to the standardised version of the adult Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ(S)) to make it valid for patients 12 years and older (AQLQ12+). METHODS:We have used t...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Juniper EF,Svensson K,Mörk AC,Ståhl E

更新日期：2005-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) to standardize descriptions of health and disability. Little is known about the reliability and clinical relevance of measurements using the ICF and its qualifiers. This study exa...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Okochi J,Utsunomiya S,Takahashi T

更新日期：2005-07-29 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：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:The PedsQL Measurement Model was designed to measure health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents. The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales were developed to be integrated with the PedsQL Disease-Specific Modules. The newly developed PedsQL Family Impact Module was designed to measure the imp...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Varni JW,Sherman SA,Burwinkle TM,Dickinson PE,Dixon P

更新日期：2004-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary care physicians are caring for increasing numbers of persons with comorbid chronic illness. Longitudinal information on health outcomes associated with specific chronic conditions may be particularly relevant in caring for these populations. Our objective was to assess the effect of certain comorbid ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Bayliss EA,Bayliss MS,Ware JE Jr,Steiner JF

更新日期：2004-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few questionnaires on outpatients' satisfaction with hospital exist. All have been constructed without giving enough room for the patient's point of view in the validation procedure. The main objective was to develop, according to psychometric standards, a self-administered generic outpatient questionnaire e...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Gasquet I,Villeminot S,Estaquio C,Durieux P,Ravaud P,Falissard B

更新日期：2004-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing evidence for response shift phenomena in quality of life (QOL) assessment points to the necessity to reconsider both the measurement model and the application of psychometric analyses. The proposed psychometric model posits that the QOL true score is always contingent upon parameters of the appraisal pr...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Schwartz CE,Rapkin BD

更新日期：2004-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different generic quality of life instruments such as the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) have revealed conflicting results in patients with chronic lower limb ischaemia in psychometric attributes in short-term evaluations. The aim of this study was to compare the ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Wann-Hansson C,Hallberg IR,Risberg B,Klevsgård R

更新日期：2004-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a key outcome in arthritis, but few population-based studies have examined the relationship of specific arthritic conditions, such as osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with HRQOL. METHODS:Older adults in Pennsylvania completed a mail version of the C...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Dominick KL,Ahern FM,Gold CH,Heller DA

更新日期：2004-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although considerable progress has been made in the treatment of chronic kidney disease, compromised quality of life continues to be a significant problem for patients receiving hemodialysis (HD). However, in spite of the high prevalence of sleep complaints and disorders in this population, the relationship ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Parker KP,Kutner NG,Bliwise DL,Bailey JL,Rye DB

更新日期：2003-11-21 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: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:Although multiple language versions of health-related quality of life instruments are often used interchangeably in clinical research, the measurement equivalence of these versions (especially using alphabet vs pictogram-based languages) has rarely been assessed. We therefore investigated the measurement equ...

journal_title：Health and quality of life outcomes

authors： Luo N,Chew LH,Fong KY,Koh DR,Ng SC,Yoon KH,Vasoo S,Li SC,Thumboo J

更新日期：2003-04-17 00:00:00