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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY PEOPLE: A CROSS SECTION STUDY

Sanamed, 2017
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activitylevel and health related quality of life in elderly people. Design: Between January and April 2017, a cross-sectional study of 114 elderly people (73 males and 41 ...
Walid Kamal M. Abdelbasset, Gopal Nambi S   +1 more
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Maternal tobacco exposure and health-related quality of life during pregnancy: a national-based study of pregnant women in China

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
Background With the increase of the number of smokers, tobacco exposure among pregnant women is becoming more and more common. Pregnant women exposed to first-hand smoke and second-hand smoke are susceptible to physiological and psychological health ...
Weiwei Sun, Xinyu Huang, Huailiang Wu, Casper J. P. Zhang, Zongzhi Yin, Qianqian Fan, Huiyun Wang, Pallavi Jayavanth, Babatunde Akinwunmi, Yanxin Wu, Zilian Wang, Wai-kit Ming   +11 more
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The EuroQol-5D questionnaires: a brief outline

Occupational Medicine
The EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) is among the most widely used self-report instruments for assessing health-related quality of life in clinical and population studies. This brief review outlines the development, structure, and psychometric properties of the EQ-5D, with particular attention to its relevance for occupational health research and practice.
Matteo Carpi, Flora Gatti, Ciro De Vincenzo   +2 more
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EuroQoL in assessment of the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation COPD patients [PDF]

Respiratory Medicine, 2008
The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on EuroQol in COPD patients has not been investigated previously.Two hundred and twenty nine consecutive COPD patients who had completed a 7-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme were assessed with EuroQol five-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D), endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT), and the St George's Respiratory ...
Ringbaek, Thomas, Brøndum, Eva, Martinez, Gerd, Lange, Peter   +3 more
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Mapping clinical outcomes to generic preference-based outcome measures: development and comparison of methods

Health Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: Cost-effectiveness analysis using quality-adjusted life-years as the measure of health benefit is commonly used to aid decision-makers. Clinical studies often do not include preference-based measures that allow the calculation of quality ...
Mónica Hernández Alava, Allan Wailoo, Stephen Pudney, Laura Gray, Andrea Manca   +4 more
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Content validity of the EQ-HWB and EQ-HWB-S in a sample of Italian patients, informal caregivers and members of the general public

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Background The EuroQol Group recently developed two new instruments, the EQ Health and Wellbeing (EQ-HWB) and the EQ Health and Wellbeing short version (EQ-HWB-S).
Sara Masutti, Camilla Falivena, Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Claudio Jommi, Clara Mukuria, Aureliano Paolo Finch   +5 more
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Short-term results of open inguinal hernia repair with self-gripping Parietex ProGrip mesh in China: A retrospective study of 90 cases

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2016
Objectives: This study investigated short-term outcomes of Lichtenstein hernia repair using self-gripping Parietex ProGrip mesh in Chinese patients with inguinal hernias.
Yinlong Wang, Xin Zhang
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La Calidad de Vida, su importancia y cómo medirla

Salud Uninorte, 2005
Este artículo revisa algunos aspectos relacionados con los instrumentos actualmente utilizados en diversos países de Europa, Asia y América para medir calidad de vida relacionada con la salud –CVRS–.
Rafael Tuesca Molina
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The impact of obesity on health-related quality of life in Spain

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2017
Background It is well documented that obesity is strongly associated with mortality and morbidity, but less is known about its impact on functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL).
Rafael Busutil, Olga Espallardo, Antonio Torres, Lucía Martínez-Galdeano, Néboa Zozaya, Álvaro Hidalgo-Vega   +5 more
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A study of the reliability of health state valuations in the Japanese EuroQol instrument [PDF]

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2001
Although the Japanese EuroQol instrument was developed in 1998 by a Japanese translation team, the reliability of health state valuations of the fuller questionnaire has not yet been investigated in Japan. We carried out a pilot study to investigate the reliability of health state valuations of the Japanese EuroQol instrument.The survey was conducted ...
HAMASHIMA, Chisato, YOSHIDA, Katsumi
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