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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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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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Sarcopenia and health‐related quality of life: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2023
The decrease of physical abilities and functional decline that can be caused by musculoskeletal conditions such as sarcopenia, can lead to higher levels of dependency and disability.
C. Beaudart, C. Demonceau, J. Reginster, M. Locquet, M. Cesari, A. C. Cruz Jentoft, O. Bruyère   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Impact of Covid-19 on health-related quality of life of patients: A structured review

PLoS ONE, 2021
Introduction Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has led to a global pandemic since its emergence in December 2019. The majority of research into Covid-19 has focused on transmission, and mortality and morbidity associated with the virus.
A.N. Poudel, Shihua Zhu, N. Cooper, P. Roderick, N. Alwan, C. Tarrant, N. Ziauddeen, G. Yao   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insomnia and health-related quality of life

Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2010
Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) has become an important construct in contemporary medicine and health care, permitting assessment of disorder burden and evaluation of interventions on various aspects of functioning, in a standardized manner. Here we review literature on the measurement of HRQoL in insomnia populations, and the extent to which ...
Kyle, Simon D., Morgan, Kevin, Espie, Colin A.   +2 more
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Health-related quality of life in morphoea [PDF]

British Journal of Dermatology, 2015
Little is known about the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with morphoea, and previous studies have yielded conflicting results.To determine the impact of morphoea on HRQoL, and clinical and demographic correlates of HRQoL in adults.This was a cross-sectional survey (n = 73) of the Morphea in Adults and Children cohort.Morphoea ...
Angela D. Shedd, N. K. Klimas, Heidi Jacobe, Ira H. Bernstein   +3 more
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