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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.
Ranjan Shetty, Anantha Nagappa Naik, Anil Tumkur, Pradeep M Muragundi   +3 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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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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Understanding public attitudes to death talk and advance care planning in Northern Ireland using health behaviour change theory: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Objectives Advance care planning is a key preparatory step in ensuring high-quality palliative and end of life care, and should be considered as a process, beginning with community-level conversations among lay persons. There is, however, indication that
L. Graham-Wisener, A. Nelson, A. Byrne, I. Islam, C. Harrison, J. Geddis, E. Berry   +6 more
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Association of smoking with poor health-related quality of life among health-profession students in China: A 31-university multilevel, multivariable analysis

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2022
Introduction While many studies have confirmed that smoking is causally associated with various diseases, some have found an association between smoking and human functional impairment. Relationships between smoking and poor healthrelated quality of life
Tingzhong Yang, Sihui Peng, Dan Wu, Ian R. H. Rockett   +3 more
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Post‐acute COVID‐19 syndrome (PCS) and health‐related quality of life (HRQoL)—A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Journal of Medical Virology, 2021
There is an established literature on the symptoms and complications of COVID‐19 but the after‐effects of COVID‐19 are not well understood with few studies reporting persistent symptoms and quality of life.
P. Malik, Karan Patel, Candida Pinto, R. Jaiswal, R. Tirupathi, Shreejith Pillai, U. Patel   +6 more
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Prevention of health care associated venous thromboembolism through implementing VTE prevention clinical practice guidelines in hospitalized medical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Implementation Science, 2020
Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Numerous VTE prevention clinical practice guidelines are available but not consistently implemented.
Juliana Abboud, Abir Abdel Rahman, Lara Kahale, Martin Dempster, Pauline Adair   +4 more
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“It’s a feeling of complete disconnection”: experiences of existential loneliness from youth to older adulthood

BMC Psychology, 2023
Background Existential loneliness is a feeling which stems from a sense of fundamental separation from others and the world. Although commonly mentioned in the loneliness literature, there is relatively little empirical work on this construct, and ...
Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley, Rhiannon N. Turner, Keming Yang, Jenny M. Groarke   +3 more
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Moderate-vigorous physical activity and health-related quality of life among Hispanic/Latino adults in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundPhysical activity is a modifiable healthy behavior that has been shown to positively influence health-related quality of life. However, research examining the link between physical activity and health-related quality of life among Hispanic ...
Argos, Maria, Cai, Jianwen, Castañeda, Sheila F, Daviglus, Martha L, Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A, Gellman, Marc, González, Hector M, Lamar, Melissa, Marquez, David X, Mossavar-Rahmani, Yasmin, Murillo, Rosenda, Odoms-Young, Angela, Perreira, Krista M, Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela, Tarraf, Wassim, Vidot, Denise, Vásquez, Priscilla M, Wu, Donghong   +17 more
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