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Quality of Life in Adults With Lower Limb Burn Injury
Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2020 Abstract Burn injury is an unpredictable incident that may result in long-term disability. Complications after burn injury are most common, for example, contracture, hypertrophic scar, or infection. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at a burn unit in Pakistan, and data were collected by “World Health Organization ...
Hafiz Muddassir Riaz +1 more
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Review: Quality of life in lower limb peripheral vascular surgery [PDF]
Vascular, 2015 Purpose Vascular intervention studies generally consider patency and limb salvage as primary outcomes. However, quality of life is increasingly considered an important patient-oriented outcome measurement of vascular interventions.
Donker, J +6 more
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Quality of life in persons with lower limb amputations
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2023 Background: Large number of individuals live with various disabilities in India. Amputation is a major disability which causes irreversible changes and drastically alters everyday functioning. Quality of Life (QOL) in persons with lower limb amputations has been found to be affected.
Twinkle K. Modi +2 more
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Current Medical Therapy and Future Trends in the Management of Glaucoma Treatment
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons. Lowering of intraocular pressure (IOP) is currently the only proven treatment strategy for glaucoma.
Barbara Cvenkel, Miriam Kolko
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Quality of Life of Nigerians with Unilateral Lower Limb Amputation
Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, 2013 Purpose: The aims of this study were to determine the QoL of Nigerians with lower limb amputation and to investigate the influence of some clinical and socio-demographic variables on it. Method: Forty-seven individuals with lower limb amputation participated in this study.
Christopher Olusanjo Akosile +3 more
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Behavioral Sciences, 2023 The purpose of this study was to determine the role of the quality of sleep and meaning in life in the process by which Hwabyung symptoms affect suicidal ideation in middle-aged Korean women.
Goo-Churl Jeong +2 more
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The Relationship between Diabetes Mellitus and Health-Related Quality of Life in Korean Adults: The Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2009) [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2011 BackgroundDiabetes is a major health problem in Korea. However, interest in the quality of life in patients with diabetes is low. We examined the effects of diabetes on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and compared it with HRQoL in the general ...
Yong Jun Choi +8 more
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Review of Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Women from Reproductive to Postmenopausal Years
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women, cardiovascular risk factors remain underrecognized and undertreated. Hyperlipidemia is one of the leading modifiable risk factors for CVD.
Celeste Witting +2 more
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Soft Tissue Sarcoma of Lower Extremity: Functional Outcome and Quality of Life [PDF]
Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2021 AbstractBackgroundFew studies have focused on patient-related factors in analyzing long-term functional outcome and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with postoperative lower extremity soft tissue sarcoma (STS).ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with postoperative functional outcome and HRQoL in ...
Gilber Kask +4 more
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Effects of Pilates on health and well-being of women: a systematic review
Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy, 2023 Background Pilates (Contrology) is a mind–body exercise that emphasises strength, core stability, flexibility, muscle control, posture, and breathing. Pilates can be practised in a variety of methods, including using various equipment and one’s own body ...
Afsha Parveen +2 more
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