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Health-related quality of life, adiposity, and sedentary behavior in patients with early schizophrenia: preliminary study [PDF]

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2012
Martin Strassnig,1 Jaspreet S Brar,2 Rohan Ganguli31Department of Psychiatry, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA; 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 3Department of Psychiatry, Centre for ...
Strassnig M, Brar JS, Ganguli R
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Interdisciplinary Pediatric Long-COVID Care: A Descriptive Study of Interventions and Health-Related Quality of Life. [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Miller DW, Rodgers-Melnick SN, Deraz NT, Dusek JA, Segall TL, Edwards AM.   +5 more
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Psychosocial functioning in individuals with advanced oesophago-gastric cancer: a mixed methods systematic review

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Oesophago-gastric cancer is an aggressive disease with a high rate of recurrence and mortality across the disease trajectory. Reduced psychosocial functioning has been evidenced amongst those with advanced disease, however little is known ...
Cara Ghiglieri, Martin Dempster, Sam Wright, Lisa Graham-Wisener   +3 more
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Psychometric validation of the death literacy index and benchmarking of death literacy level in a representative uk population sample

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Death literacy includes the knowledge and skills that people need to gain access to, understand, and make informed choices about end of life and death care options.
Lisa Graham-Wisener, Paul Toner, Rosemary Leonard, Jenny M. Groarke   +3 more
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Health-related Quality of Life Measurement [PDF]

Journal of Young Pharmacists, 2012
Measurements are very important in all activities so as to differentiate and rank among themselves. Health care services are generally administered by professionals but are received by patients and so they may have different perceptions. Doctors who are providers of health care are almost satisfied with the clinical outcomes.
Muragundi, PM, Tumkur, AM, Shetty, RK, Naik, AN   +3 more
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Physicians’ perceptions and preferences for implementing venous thromboembolism (VTE) clinical practice guidelines: a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF)

Archives of Public Health, 2022
Background Venous thromboembolism is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalised patients. Clinical practice guidelines were developed to prevent venous thromboembolism events.
Juliana Abboud, Abir Abdel Rahman, Niaz Shaikh, Martin Dempster, Pauline Adair   +4 more
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Evaluating emotional distress and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure and their family caregivers:Testing dyadic dynamics using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model [PDF]

, 2020
Purpose: 1) To compare levels of emotional symptoms and health-related quality of life between patients with heart failure and their family caregivers; and 2) to examine whether patients’ and caregivers’ emotional symptoms were associated with their own,
Andreis, Federico, Angus, Neil, Chung, Misook, Howie, Kate, Leslie, Stephen, Mohan, Andrea, Mondoa, Catherine, Thomson, Particia, Thomson, Robert   +8 more
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The role of companion animals in advanced cancer: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background There is evidence that a companion animal (CA) or ‘pet’ can be helpful during the management of chronic illness. However, the psychological effects of CAs and the mechanism by which they can be beneficial to individuals managing life-limiting ...
William R. G. McGhee, Martin Dempster, Lisa Graham-Wisener   +2 more
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Health-related quality of life in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis polyneuropathy: a prospective, observational study [PDF]

, 2020
Background Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis Polyneuropathy is a rare life-threatening neurologic disease that imposes considerable mortality and it is associated with progressive related disabilities.
Coelho, Teresa, Conceição, Isabel, Costa, João, de Carvalho, Mamede, Ferreira, Lara, Inês, Mónica   +5 more
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An explorative analysis of the differences in levels of happiness between cancer patients, informal caregivers and the general population

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background Although cancer patients experience distressing symptoms and health-related changes in their quality of life, they may report positive emotional states.
Mayara Goulart de Camargos, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro Paiva, Marco Antônio de Oliveira, Paula de Souza Ferreira, Vinicius Tolentino Nardoto de Almeida, Sandra de Andrade Cadamuro, Carla Simone Leite de Almeida, Carlos Eduardo Paiva   +7 more
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