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Health-Related Quality of Life

Laeknabladid, 2015
With increasing technology in medicine and possibilities to extend life, interest for studying health-related quality of life, i.e. the subjective well-being of patients against the background of their diseases, accidents or treatment, has increased. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a self administered test for health-related quality of life ...
T, Helgason, J K, Bjornsson, K, Tomasson, S, Ingimarsson   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Health-Related Quality of Life or Quality of Medical Service? Current challenges for family doctors

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2016
Maximizing Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is one of the most important goals in the work of the family doctor. Providing a high quality of medical services (QMS) should be among the most important challenges in primary health care organizations ...
Krzysztof Kanecki, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Piotr Zbigniew Tyszko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A falls prevention programme to improve quality of life, physical function and falls efficacy in older people receiving home help services: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Falls and fall-related injuries in older adults are associated with great burdens, both for the individuals, the health care system and the society. Previous research has shown evidence for the efficiency of exercise as falls prevention.
A Bandura, A Dadgari, A Saletti, A Vuillemin, AC Scheffer, AF Ambrose, AJ Campbell, AP Vivanti, Astrid Bergland, B Meinow, B Senn, B Vellas, C Luthy, C Meyer, C Sherrington, C-H Chou, CJ Jones, CMA Marques-Vieira, D Altman, Dawn A. Skelton, DM Landers, DM Peters, E McAuley, E McAuley, E McAuley, E McInnes, ER Vieira, ET Petridou, F El-Khoury, FB Gillison, G Salkeld, GA Kelley, HC Kraemer, I Vikman, JH Loge, K Christensen, K Delbaere, K Frändin, K Hawkins, K Haywood, KF Schulz, KF Schulz, KJ Preacher, KO Berg, L Yardley, LF Hektoen, LS Acree, LZ Rubenstein, M Bonnefoy, M Herdman, M Janssen, M Lawton, M Markle-Reid, M Ory, Maria Bjerk, MC Robertson, N Vries De, PC Fletcher, PC Fletcher, R Brooks, R Elkan, R Forkan, S Heydarnejad, S Hollis, S Michie, S Vaapio, SE Lamb, SE Lamb, SM White, SS Vaapio, T Brovold, The EuroQol Group, The WHOQOL Group, Therese Brovold, TN Tombaugh, Y Guigoz, Y Hellström, Y Netz   +77 more
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Sirolimus for Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: A Scoping Review of the Evidence in Syndromic and Non‐Syndromic Cases

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare, high‐flow, vascular anomalies that can occur either sporadically or as part of a genetic syndrome. AVMs can progress with serious morbidity and even mortality if left unchecked. Sirolimus is an mTOR inhibitor that is effective in low‐flow vascular malformations; however, its role in AVMs is unclear.
Will Swansson, Ingrid Winship, Gary Hammerschlag, Laura Scardamaglia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life of adolescents living with HIV treated at the HIV Clinic at the National Institute of Pediatrics at Mexico City

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction ATR for children has successfully increase survival to adolescence. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is relevant to evaluate the impact of the disease on well-being in adolescents living with HIV (ALH).
D.B. Montoya Moya, D. Molina, J. Ordoñez Ortega   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life in the WA HIV Cohort: 2008 [PDF]

, 2009
Quality of life (QOL) is an important outcome of HIV treatment and a priority in the management of HIV. A new Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) questionnaire to measure the QOL in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) from different cultures and language ...
Acquadro, C., Duracinsky, M., Herrmann, S., Lalanne, C., Mallal, S., Nolan, D.   +5 more
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Intravitreal GD2‐Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor T‐Cell Therapy for Refractory Retinoblastoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective treatments for advanced, treatment‐resistant retinoblastoma (RB) remain limited. GD2‐specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells show potent antitumor activity with minimal toxicity but have not previously been evaluated in RB.
Subongkoch Subhadhirasakul, Jatuporn Sujjitjoon, Pa‐thai Yenchitsomanus, Kridtin Jarutatsanangkoon, Ng Wei Loon, Kleebsabai Sanpakit, Jassada Buaboonnam, Chayamon Takpradit, Pornpimon Yuti, Nunghathai Sawasdee, Piriya Luangwattananun, Siripakorn Sangkitporn, Arnan Limmahachai, La‐ongsri Atchaneeyasakul   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A bi-directional relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life : evidence from the longitudinal AusDiab study

, 2012
Objective: To assess the prospective relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life, including a novel assessment of the impact of health-related quality of life on weight gain.Design and setting: Longitudinal, national, population-based
A Hodge, A J Cameron, A Peeters, A Renzaho, AJ Cameron, AJ Cameron, AJ Vickers, CM Alexander, D J Magliano, D W Dunstan, DB Allison, DJ Magliano, DL Zabelina, DW Dunstan, DW Dunstan, E Atlantis, EH Coakley, EL Barr, F Soltoft, FS Luppino, G Hawthorne, H Jia, J E Shaw, JE Ware, JT Fine, K De Vos, K Hesketh, L Barr, LL Yan, M Dalton, M Forhan, M Laaksonen, M Stafford, ME Lean, ML Daviglus, P Bjorntorp, P Bjorntorp, P Serrano-Aguilar, P Z Zimmet, PK Myint, RJ Tapp, RL Kolotkin, S Colagiuri, SL White, WJ Brown, WM Hopman, WS Yancy Jr   +46 more
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Making Rasch decisions: The use of Rasch analysis in the construction of preference based health related quality of life instruments [PDF]

, 2008
Objective: To set out the methodological process for using Rasch analysis alongside traditional psychometric methods in the development of a health state classification that is amenable to valuation.
Brazier, J., Coyne, K., Tsuchiya, A., Yang, Y., Young, T.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources