RMD Open, 2023 Objective The objective of this study is to build a structural model visualising and quantifying the interrelationships of different disease outcomes with the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society Health Index (ASAS HI) in patients with ...
Sofia Ramiro +7 more
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Health index for power transformer condition assessment based on operation history and test data
Energy Reports, 2022 Transformers are key equipment in a power grid. The stability of the power system is depending more and more on the safety and reliability of transformers.
Hong Guo, Lei Guo
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Health investments and well-being of middle-aged and elderly populations: a panel data analysis based on China [PDF]
Population Health MetricsBackground As the global population ages and life expectancies rise, improving the health and equity of middle-aged and older individuals has become a universal goal, especially with the economic benefits of the demographic dividend decreasing.
Di Wang +4 more
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Correlation study of indices on health status and social progress among Indian states [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareIntroduction: The health status of a population is determined by biological, behavioural, environmental, immunological, nutritional, genetic and social factors. Two prominent measures of health status are the Burden of Disease (BoD) and Health Index (HI).
Mosoniro Kriina, Ponnaiah Manickam
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RMD OpenObjectives To compare the spondyloarthritis (SpA) specific universal health utility estimation from the ASAS health index (U-ASAS-HI) with the generic EuroQol-5D-3L (EQ-5D-3L) utility among SpA subtypes and to understand the contribution of health ...
Maxime Dougados +8 more
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PFAS in Peri-Urban Agricultural Water: Assessing the Hazard Index in an Organic Farming Environment in Maryland, USA [PDF]
ToxicsGlobal efforts to quantify per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in irrigation water sources have substantially advanced understanding of their potential impacts on human health.
Candice M. Duncan +4 more
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Disease burden in Serbian patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundThis study aimed to adapt the Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy - Health Index (FSHD-HI) for Serbian patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in order to measure their disease burden.Patients and methodForty-one patients
Branislav Ralic +11 more
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DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE CROHN'S DISEASE-HEALTH INDEX (CD-HI), A CLINICALLY-RELEVANT, DISEASE-SPECIFIC PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE [PDF]
Gastroenterology, 2022 Abstract STUDY AIM The goal of this research is to develop and validate a novel, disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for use in clinical monitoring and therapeutic trials of Crohn’s Disease (CD).
Jamison Seabury +13 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 ObjectiveData from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were used to assess the association between the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and hearing impairment (HI).MethodsWe used eight survey cycles from NHANES 2001–2012 and ...
Long Liu +3 more
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The assessment of water quality and human health risk from pollution of chosen heavy metals in the Upstream Citarum River, Indonesia [PDF]
Journal of Water and Land Development, 2023 This study explains water quality in terms of seven heavy metals in the Upstream Citarum River and analyses human health risk (non-carcinogenic risk) for adults and children.
Nurul Fahimah +6 more
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