Quality of life (QoL) after menopause could be influenced by a host of personal and social factors. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with quality of life among postmenopausal women. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 405 postmenopausal women selected using a[r]
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Conclusions The most striking aspect of reviewing the available litera- ture is the lack of tools designed specifically for use in the general maternity care setting. Indeed, the absence of any such tool was one of the drivers f[r]
Quality of Life ScaleQOLSchronic illness outcomesquality of life evaluation Abstract The Quality of Life Scale (QOLS), created originally by American psychologist John Flanagan in the 1970's, has been adapted for use in chroni[r]
It has been suggested that multiple approaches at the level of healthy city to solve such health and social problems of the elderly, and the preventive social investment for the active ageing is also necessary. So the healthy city of Seongbuk d[r]
To evaluate the prognostic significance of pretreatment quality of life for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
Despite smoking cessation can largely improve cancer prognosis and quality of life, many patients continued smoking after the diagnosis of cancer. This study aims to test the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention using risk communication approach to help cancer patients quit smoking, and[r]
53_ Effects of the seeding method and rate on the yields, grain quality and economic profitability of the glutinous rice at Thu Thua, Long An TRANG 6 _Tạp chí Khoa học Trường Đại học Cần[r]
Clinical interpretation of health related quality of life (HRQOL) scores is challenging. The purpose of this analysis was to interpret score changes and identify minimal clinically important differences (MCID) on the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Question[r]
A comparative study was performed to compare quality of life after laparoscopic and open appendectomy in children and adolescents in a German General Hospital. The same study population was re-evaluated regarding their quality of life several years after operation.
Therefore, the current study has identified a community with a predominance of elderly people who were happy with their current lives. Satisfied subjects had different reason to justify this condition, however dissatisfied subjects cited lacking of good health as the main[r]
In a 16-week, Phase III, randomized, double-blind, pla- cebo-controlled trial, adalimumab improved HRQOL out- comes in patients with psoriasis, as measured with both the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and the Mental and Physical Component Summary scores of <[r]
Methods We used data collected on the diagnoses of chronic dis- eases in a group of 238 adult primary care patients (age 18 or older) who participated in a study on HRQOL [8]. Patients were recruited from the clientele of 21 family physicians in the Saguen[r]
This paper aims to look for the role information systems quality may play in work-life balance among Malaysian ICT employees. The results of this study will be useful in the development of new tools and technologies that are focused on ISQ dimensions primarily information system quality which can be[r]
Psoriasis Life Stress Inventory (PLSI) The PLSI is a 15-item questionnaire that provides a meas- ure of the daily hassles of psychosocial stress associated with having to cope with everyday events in living with psoriasis. Scores on this scale range from 0 to 45.[r]
Regarding test/retest reliability, the findings supported the ability of the WHOQOL-100 to provide similar responses when readministered within a 3 to 4-week period to a healthy group of individuals who had not undergone any clinical intervention, or were not expec[r]
Abbreviations CVZ, Dutch Health Care Insurance Board; EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC core quality of life questionnaire; EORTC QLQ-H&N35, EORTC head & neck cancer specific quality of life question[r]
Strengths and Limitations Our study provides innovative data regarding the use of a HRQOL instrument in the Argentinean public health set- ting. Our very high enrollment rate (> 90%) seems to indi- cate that the sample would be representative of the study base[r]
We examined the efcacy of olanzapine/fuoxetine combination (OFC) in improving health-related quality of life (QoL) in the treatment of bipolar depression in children and adolescents.