QUALITY OF LIFE IN DEMENTIA GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND TRANSCULTURAL ISSUES

Don't worry if you have to make up what you are going to say. You’re not been tested on thefactual content of what you say, but more on how you say it in English. Keep to the point, andmake what you say relevant. Being relevant is just as important as being fluent. In fact, you[r]

Other studies mention the effect of pregnancy on qualityof life in certain circumstances. Coffey et al [14] examinedthe impact of pregnancy (as well as of dietary restrictionsand preoperative diagnosis [ulcerative colitis vs. familialadenomatous polyposis]) on 64 p[r]

son perceives that the event is contingent upon his/herown behavior or his/her own relatively permanent charac-teristics. An external locus of control is present when aperson explains events by referring to causes in the situa-tion or environment. Events and circumstances are ty[r]

Oesophagectomy for cancer could be safe and worthwhile in selected older patients, but less is known about the effect of oesophagectomy on perceived quality of life of such delicate class of cancer patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of oesophagectomy for cancer in elderly pat[r]

In the available literature, the governance of oncoferti- lity is clearly identified in the public health policies of 4 countries: USA, Canada, Brazil and Australia-New Zealand. Table 3 presents networks and strategies of coverage worldwide. The Frenc[r]

and conflicts are taking place in several regions, killing thousands of peopleand causing suffering for millions of human beings. Furthermore, more andmore modern weapons with massive destruction capacity are being produced,threatening the whole mankind in every mi[r]

The AcroQoL was originally developed and validated forSpanish-speaking population. The Spanish original ques-tionnaire was first translated into English following rec-ommended standard methodology [15]. The Spanishquestionnaire was translated by two professional, bilin-gual translators with a[r]

FrancisAso T, Yanaihara T 2000, 141-144.6. Carey MS, Bacon M, Tu D, Butler L, Bezjak A, Stuart GC: The prognosticeffects of performance status and quality of life scores on progression-free survival and overall survival in advanced ovarian cancer. Gyn[r]

Hindawi Publishing CorporationEURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and NetworkingVolume 2010, Article ID 721312, 11 pagesdoi:10.1155/2010/721312Research ArticleQuality-Assured and Sociality-Enr ichedMultimedia Mobile MashupHongguang Zhang, Zhenzhen Zhao, Shanmugalingam Sivasothy,[r]

Objectives and method: A generic (Short Form-12; SF-12) and a disease-specific questionnaire(Seattle Angina Questionnaire; SAQ) were tested for their potential to predict health needs inpatients with acute coronary disease. A wide range of healthcare needs were determined using[r]

education) and health practices of the elderly persons in Osun State, Nigeria. The study was conducted in 10 purposively selected traditional core health districts in Ife/Ijesa zone of Osun State, Nigeria. Three hundred elderly 60 years and above were[r]

27. Zatzick DF, Marmar CR, Weiss DS, Browner WS, Metzler TJ, Golding JM,Stewart A, Schlenger WE, Wells KB: Posttraumatic stress disorder andfunctioning and quality of life outcomes in a nationally representativesample of male Vietnam veterans. Am J Psychiatr[r]

fied resource issues, missing data, communication skillsand site of questionnaire completion as main problemsof collecting quality of life data in EORTC clinical trials[10]. Oncologists appeared to be willing to use qualityof life measures but express[r]

1. Torres HG, Ferreira MP, Dinni NP: Social indicators: why build new ones asthe IPRS. São Paulo perspective 2003, 17:80-90.2. Frey JL, Jahnke HK, Bulfinch EW: Differences in Stroke Between White,Hispanic, and Native American Patients The Barrow NeurologicalInstitute Stroke Data[r]

Quality of life has an important place in the future of patients with breast cancer. The objective of this study is to assess the evolution of the patient’s quality of life with breast cancer in Morocco after a year of follow-up.

Statistical analyses were done using Jonckheere-Terpstra trend test.A higher MAI score equals worse medication quality.A higher EQ-5D index represents better quality of life (range 0 - 1, though negative values are possible and represents status “worse than death”)[r]

In addition to standard operative risk for colectomy, patients should be counseled that abdominal pain and bloating may persist postoperatively even after normalization of bowel fre-quency. This is significant as a recent report showed that persist-ent abdominal pain had the str[r]

they generated words and phrases that were very similar tothose used by the general population that Flanagan hadstudied. The importance of material comforts and secu-rity, health, relationships with both family and friends,understanding of themselves, as well as th[r]

thoracoscopic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: Analysis of 131patients. Surg Endosc 2008, 22:2470-2477.33. Bachmann K, Burkhardt D, Schreiter I, Kaifi J, Schurr P, Busch C, Thayssen G,Izbicki JR, Strate T: Thymectomy is more effective than conservativetreatment for myasthenia gravis regardin[r]

lower socioeconomic status.Conclusion: Results suggest that the Argentinean Spanish PedsQL™ 4.0 is suitable for researchpurposes in the public health setting for children over 8 years old and parents of children over 5years old. People with low income and low literacy nee[r]