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Preferences for post‐traumatic osteoarthritis prevention strategies in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament injury

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent post‐traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury.
Kevin Kennedy, Lily Waddell, Adam Easterbrook, Jeffrey N. Katz, Cale Jacobs, Morgan Jones, Faith Selzer, Elena Losina, Liana Fraenkel, Nick Bansback   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention for GPs in the assessment and management of depression [PDF]

, 2004
Background. General practitioners (GPs) can be provided with effective training in the skills to manage depression. However, it remains uncertain whether such training achieves health gain for their patients. Method.
Dixon, C., Dowrick, C., Gask, L., Perry, R., Sutton, C., Torgerson, D., Usherwood, T.   +6 more
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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index (FI‐Lab) for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical frailty index (FI).
Grace Burns, Samuel D. Searle, Alexandra Legge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en Medellín y su área metropolitana, con aplicación del SF-36 / Health-related quality of life (QOL) in Medellín and its metropolitan area, with the implementation of the SF-36

Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, 2014
La calidad de vida (cv) relacionada con la salud es el componente de esta que se refiere a la percepción que tienen las personas sobre su capacidad para tener una vida útil y desarrollar sus potencialidades y en especial sobre su salud global y ...
Héctor I. García G, Claudia Y. Vera G, Luz H. Lugo A   +2 more
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Comparison of outcome measures for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in an outpatient setting [PDF]

, 1997
BACKGROUND: To assist clinicians and researchers in choosing outcome measures for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease attending routine outpatient clinics, a comparative assessment was undertaken of four questionnaires designed to reflect
Brazier, J.E., Harper, R., Howard, P., Jones, N.M.B., Walters, S.J., Waterhouse, J.C.   +5 more
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Is the standard SF-12 Health Survey valid and equivalent for a Chinese population? [PDF]

, 2005
Introduction: Chinese is the world's largest ethnic group but few health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures have been tested on them. The aim of this study was to determine if the standard SF-12 was valid and equivalent for a Chinese population ...
Gandek, B, Lam, CLK, Tse, EYY
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Integrating Patient‐Reported Quality Measures in SLE: Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To support high‐quality, patient‐centered care for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed evidence‐based measures incorporating clinical and patient‐reported outcomes measures (PROMs). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we conducted semi‐structured interviews ...
Catherine Nasrallah, Cherish Wilson, Christine Hariz, Christie M Bartels, Shanthini Kasturi, Wambui Machua, Amy Bennett, Kate Chiseri, Allison Plitman, Starla Hairston Blanks, April Jorge, Patti Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Shivani Garg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The development of a new measure of quality of life in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: the Reflux Questionnaire. [PDF]

, 2007
INTRODUCTION This paper reports on the development of a new measure of health-related quality of life for use among patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), funded as part of the REFLUX trial.
C Jenkinson, DA Revicki, DI Watson, E Eypasch, Garry Barton, Gr Locke, GR Locke, H Mönnikes, Ian Russell, IK Wiklund, J Isolauri, J Svedlund, JC Nunnally, JNR Bashford, KD Bardhan, L Kay, R Brooks, S Ross, Samantha Wileman, SJ Roberts, Susan Macran, TR DeMeester, V Stanghellini   +22 more
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Building a Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in the Rheumatology Context: Content and Approaches

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
wiley   +1 more source

WHO long form scoring, reliability, validity and norms for New Zealand : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Public Health at Massey University, Wellington Campus, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2006
Background Self-reported health measures provide information about a wider range of health outcomes than objective measures of health status, such as mortality and hospitalisation rates. National health surveys play a role in monitoring population health.
Blakey, Karen Sarah
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