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Comparing the content of participation instruments using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and HealthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Linking the meaningful concepts in the participation instruments to the ICF classification provided an objective and comprehensive method for analyzing the content. The content analysis revealed differences in how the concept of participation is operationalized and these differences should be considered when selecting an instrument. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - November 13, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Vanessa NoonanJacek KopecLuc NoreauJoel SingerAnna ChanLouise MasseMarcel Dvorak Source Type: journals

Urinary and sexual outcomes in long-term (5+ years) prostate cancer disease free survivors after radical prostatectomyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: After long term disease free follow up (FUp) patients reconsider quality of life (QOL) outcomes. Aim of this study is assess QoL in prostate cancer patients who are disease-free at least 5 years after radical prostatectomy (RP). Methods: 367 patients treated with RP for clinically localized pCa, without biochemical failure (PSA less than or equal to 0.2 ng/mL) at the follow up greater than or equal to 5 years were recruited.Urinary (UF) and Sexual Function (SF), Urinary (UB) and Sexual Bother (SB) were assessed by using UCLA-PCI questionnaire. UF, UB, SF and SB were analyzed according to: treatment timing (age ...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - November 13, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mauro GacciAlchiede SimonatoLorenzo MasieriJohn GoreMichele LanciottiAnnalisa MantellaMario RossettiSergio SerniVirginia VarcaAndrea RomagnoliCarlo AmbruosiFabio VenzanoMarco EspositoTomaso MontanaroGiorgio CarmignaniMarco Carini Source Type: journals

Fear of hypoglycaemia: defining a minimum clinically important difference in patients with type 2 diabetesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: We provide MID for HFS-II. Our findings indicate that the differences between having reported no hypoglycaemia, hypoglycaemia without need for assistance, and hypoglycaemia with need for assistance appear to be clinically important in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with oral anti-hyperglycaemic agents. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - October 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tom StargardtLinda Gonder-FrederickKarl KrobotCharles Alexander Source Type: journals

Impact of gastroesophageal reflux disease on work absenteeism, presenteeism and productivity in daily life: a European observational studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: GERD places a significant burden on primary care patients, in terms of work absenteeism and presenteeism and in daily life. The resulting costs to the local economy may be substantial. Improved management of GERD could be expected to lessen the impact of GERD on productivity and reduce costs. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - October 15, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Javier GisbertAlun CooperDimitrios KaragiannisJan HatlebakkLars AgreusHelmut JablonowskiJavier Nuevo Source Type: journals

Periodontal status, tooth loss and self-reported periodontal problems effects on oral impacts on daily performances, OIDP, in pregnant women in Uganda: a cross-sectional studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: A substantial proportion of pregnant women experienced oral impacts. The OIDP impacts were most and least substantial regarding functional- and social concerns, respectively. The OIDP varied systematically with tooth loss in the molar region, reported chewing-and periodontal problems. Pregnant women's oral health should be addressed through antenatal care programs in societies with limited access to regular dental care facilities. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - October 13, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Margaret WanderaIngunn EngebretsenCharles RwenyonyiJames TumwineAnne Astromthe PROMISE-EBF Study Group Source Type: journals

The AMC Linear Disability Score (ALDS): a cross-sectional study with a new generic instrument to measure disability applied to patients with peripheral arterial diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The ALDS is a promising clinimetric instrument to measure disability in patients with various stages of peripheral arterial disease. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - October 11, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rosemarie MetJim ReekersMark KoelemayDink LegemateRob de Haan Source Type: journals

Associations between general self-efficacy and health-related quality of life among 12-13-year-old school children: a cross-sectional surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The strong relationship between GSE and HRQOL indicates that GSE might be a resource for increasing the HRQOL for school children. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - September 22, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lisbeth KvarmeKristin HaraldstadSolvi HelsethRagnhild SorumGerd Natvig Source Type: journals

Understanding and assessing the impact of treatment in diabetes: the Treatment-Related Impact Measures for Diabetes and Devices (TRIM-Diabetes and TRIM-Diabetes Device)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Validation is an ongoing and iterative process. These findings are the first step in that process and have shown that both the TRIM-Diabetes and the TRIM-Diabetes Device have acceptable psychometric properties. Future research is needed to continue the validation process and examine responsiveness and the validity of the TRIM-Diabetes/Device in a clinical trial population. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - September 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Meryl BrodMette HammerTorsten ChristensenSuzanne LessardDonald Bushnell Source Type: journals

Valuation of transfusion-free living in MDS: results of health utility interviews with patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study measured how myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patients value transfusion independence (TI), reduced transfusions (RT) and transfusion-dependence (TD) using health utility assessment methodology. Methods: 47 MDS patients were interviewed, US (n=8), France (n=9), Germany (n=9) and the UK (n=21), to elicit the utility value of TI, RT and TD. Health states were developed based on literature; patient forum discussions; and were validated by a hematologist. Face-to-face interviews used the feeling thermometer Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the Time Trade-Off (TTO) method to value the health states on a 0 (dead) to 1 (p...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - September 7, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Agota SzendeCaroline SchaeferThomas GossKathy HeptinstallRobert KnightMichael LubbertBarbara DeschlerPierre FenauxGhulam MuftiSally KillickAlan List Source Type: journals

Serbian KINDL questionnaire for quality of life assessments in healthy children and adolescents: reproducibility and construct validityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Majority of the subscales and total KINDL possess appropriate reproducibility for group comparisons. However, a CFA failed to confirm the structure of the original measurement model, indicating that the Serbian version should be revised before wider use for QOL assessments in healthy children and adolescent. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - August 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Dejan Stevanovic Source Type: journals

Validation of a short form Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey(WURSS-21)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The WURSS-44 and WURSS-21 perform well as illness-specific quality-of-life evaluative outcome instruments. Construct validity is supported by the data presented here. While the WURSS-44 covers more symptoms, the WURSS-21 exhibits similar performance in terms of reliability, responsiveness, importance-to-patients, and convergence with other measures. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - August 11, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bruce BarrettRoger BrownMarlon MundtGay ThomasShari BarlowAlex HighstromMozhdeh Bahrainian Source Type: journals

Utility of the WHOQOL-BREF in measuring quality of life in Sickle Cell DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study has shown good psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-Bref instrument in determining QOL of those with sickle cell disease. Its utility in this regard is comparable to that of the SF-36 and QOLS. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - August 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Monika AsnaniGarth LippsMarvin Reid Source Type: journals

Testing a model of association between patient identified problems and responses to global measures of health in low back pain patients: a prospective studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Self-rated health status has been shown to be related to physical function. Therefore, changes in functional ability should be associated with changes in general health. However, functional needs may vary greatly between individuals. The purpose of this study was to propose and test a model of association between patient identified functional problems and responses to global measures of health in low back pain patients. Methods: Participants in a low back pain clinical trial were followed up for 12 months. A series of analyses were undertaken using the Jonckheere-Terpstra test and chi-square for trends to deter...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - August 4, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ricky MullisMartyn LewisElaine Hay Source Type: journals

Dental pain, oral impacts and perceived need for dental treatment in Tanzanian school students: a cross-sectional studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Dental caries, dental pain and reported oral problems influence people's oral quality of life and thus their perceived need for dental care. So far there is scant information as to the psychosocial impacts of dental diseases and the perceived treatment need in child populations of sub-Saharan Africa. Objectives: Focusing on primary school students in Kilwa, Tanzania, a district deprived of dental services and with low fluoride concentration in drinking water, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of dental pain and oral impacts on daily performances (OIDP), and to describe the distribution of OIDP by socio-...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 29, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kijakazi MashotoAnne AstromJamil DavidJoyce Masalu Source Type: journals

Frailty and health related quality of life in older Mexican AmericansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Previous research on frailty in older adults has focused on morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to elicit the relationship between being non-frail, pre-frail, or frail and health related quality of life in a representative sample of older Mexican Americans surveyed in 2005-2006.MethodData were from a representative subsample of the Hispanic Established Populations Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) and included 1008 older adults living in the community (mean (sd) age=82.3(4.3)). Multiple regression analyses examined the relationship between frailty status and the eight SF-36 health ...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 22, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Meredith MaselJames GrahamTimothy ReistetterKyriakos MarkidesKenneth Ottenbacher Source Type: journals

Effect of Exacerbations on Health Status in Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Although pulmonary function did not significantly decline during the 6-month period, acute exacerbations were responsible for a decline in health status. To minimize deteriorations in health status, one must prevent recurrent acute exacerbations and reduce exacerbation frequencies in COPD subjects. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Koichi NishimuraSusumu SatoMitsuhiro TsukinoTakashi HajiroAkihiko IkedaHiroshi KoyamaToru Oga Source Type: journals

Use of medications among people with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy persons: a population-based study of fatiguing illness in GeorgiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Researchers and medical care providers of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome should be aware of polypharmacy as a problem in such patients, and the related potential iatrogenic effects and drug interactions. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 19, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Roumiana BonevaJin-Mann LinElizabeth MaloneyJames JonesWilliam Reeves Source Type: journals

The impact of regular physical activity on fatigue, depression and quality of life in persons with multiple sclerosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The participation in regular physical activity may positively influence fatigue, depression and quality of life scores in persons with MS. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 19, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Nicole StroudClare Minahan Source Type: journals

Psychological wellbeing, physical impairments and rural aging in a developing country settingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: There has been very little research on wellbeing, physical impairments and disability in older people in developing countries.MethodA community survey of 1147 older parents, one per household, aged sixty and over in rural Thailand. We used the Burvill scale of physical impairment, the Thai Psychological Wellbeing Scale and the brief WHO Disability Assessment Schedule. We rated received and perceived social support separately from children and from others and rated support to children. We used weighted analyses to take account of the sampling design. Results: Impairments due to arthritis, pain, paralysis, vision...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 15, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Melanie AbasSureeporn PunpuingTawanchai JirapramupitakKanchana TangchonlatipMorven Leese Source Type: journals

Validity and reliability of a new, short symptom rating scale in patients with persistent atrial fibrillationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions The psychometric characteristics of the new short symptoms scale were found to have satisfactory reliability and validity. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 14, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Marie HardenBritta NystromKaroly KulichJonas CarlssonAnn BengtsonNils Edvardsson Source Type: journals

Measuring patient's expectation and the perception of quality in LASIK servicesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The results of this research appear to show that the SERVQUAL instrument is a useful measurement tool in assessing and monitoring service quality in LASIK service, and enabling staff to identify where improvements are needed, from the patients' perspective. There were service quality gaps in the reliability, assurance, and empathy. This study suggested that physicians should increase their discussions with patients; which has, of course, already been proven to be an effective way to increase patient's satisfaction with medical care, regardless of the procedure received. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Deng-Juin LinIng-Cheau SheuJar-Yuan PaiAlex BairChe-Yu HungYuan-Hung YehMing-Jen Chou Source Type: journals

Evaluation of the impact of fibromyalgia on patients' sleep and the content validity of two sleep scalesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates the significant impact that FM has on patients' lives, particularly sleep. While patients with FM were not part of the development of the generic sleep assessments that were evaluated, this study provides evidence of their content validity, supporting their use in FM studies. Modifications to the MOS-Sleep may improve the psychometric properties and relevance to patients with FM. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Susan MartinArthi ChandranLaurie ZografosGergana Zlateva Source Type: journals

The impact of itch symptoms in psoriasis: results from physician interviews and patient focus groupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These analyses suggest that itch is one of the most important symptoms of psoriasis, contributing to diminished health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with both mild and severe disease. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 5, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Denise GlobeMartha BaylissDavid Harrison Source Type: journals

Quality of life in Brazilian obese adolescents: effects of a long-term multidisciplinary lifestyle therapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Obesity has adverse physical, social, and economic consequences that can negatively affect quality of life (QOL). Thus the aim of this study was to verify the effects of a long-term multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention on QOL, body image, anxiety, depression and binge eating in obese adolescents. Methods: Sixty-six obese adolescents (41 girls and 25 boys; BMI: 35.62+/-4.18kg/m2) were recruited from the Multidisciplinary Obesity Intervention Program outpatient clinic, and were submitted to a multidisciplinary lifestyle therapy (short-term = 12 weeks and long-term = 24 weeks), composed of medical, dietary, ex...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 2, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mara Cristina Lofrano-PradoHanna Karen Moreira AntunesWagner Luiz do PradoAline de PianoDanielle Arisa CarantiLian TockJune CarnierSergio TufikMarco Tulio de MelloAna Damaso Source Type: journals

Impact of gastroesophageal reflux disease on patients' daily lives: a European observational study in the primary care settingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: In this large European observational study, GERD was associated with a substantial impact on the daily lives of affected individuals managed in the primary care setting. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - July 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Javier GisbertAlun CooperDimitrios KaragiannisJan HatlebakkLars AgreusHelmut JablonowskiJavier Zapardiel Source Type: journals

Reliability and validity of a new scale on internal coherence (ICS) of cancer patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Current inventories on quality of life used in oncology mainly focus on functional aspects of patients in the context of disease adaption and treatments (side) effects (EORTC QLQ C30) or generically the status of common functions (Medical Outcome Study SF 36). Beyond circumscribed dimensions of quality of life (i.e., physical, emotional, social, cognitive etc.), there is a lack of inventories which also address other relevant dimensions such as the `sense of coherence' (SOC) in cancer patients. SOC is important because of its potential prognostic relevance in cancer patients, but the current SOC scale has mainl...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 23, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Matthias KrozArndt BussingHans Broder von LaueMarcus ReifGene FederFriedemann SchadMatthias GirkeHarald Matthes Source Type: journals

Investigating the missing data mechanism in quality of life outcomes: a comparison of approachesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The four methods were consistent in determining the missingness mechanism. One hypothesis test was preferred as it is applicable with intermittent missingness. Some inconsistencies between the two data scenarios were found. Ignoring the reminder data could potentially give a distorted view of the missingness mechanism. Utilising reminder data allowed the possibility of MNAR to be considered. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Shona FieldingPeter FayersCraig Ramsay Source Type: journals

Rasch analysis of the Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In this first study to use Rasch analysis to fully assess the psychometric properties of the MSIS-29 support was found for the two subscales but not for the use of the total scale. Further use of Rasch analysis on the MSIS-29 in larger and broader samples is recommended to confirm these findings. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Melina RampFary KhanRoseAnne MisajonJulie Pallant Source Type: journals

Development and preliminary evaluation of a quality of life measure targeted at dementia caregiversEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Providing care for individuals with a progressive, debilitating condition such as dementia can adversely impact the quality of life (QOL) of informal caregivers. To date, there is no existing caregiver quality of life measure for dementia caregivers with breadth of coverage or that is applicable to caregivers of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a caregiver-targeted quality-of-life measure (CGQOL) for informal caregivers of persons with dementia that can be used with caregivers from a variety of ethnicities. Methods: 91 items were field tested by telephone intervi...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 20, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Barbara VickreyRon HaysMichele MainesStefanie VassarJaime FittenTony Strickland Source Type: journals

The psychometric validation of a US English satisfaction measure for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and lower urinary tract symptomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Results support the use of the PPSM as a measure of satisfaction in BPH patient groups. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 18, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Libby BlackAlyson GroveBetsy Morrill Source Type: journals

Psychometric properties of a single-item scale to assess sleep quality among individuals with fibromyalgiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study reports psychometric properties of a single-item scale to assess sleep quality among individuals with FM. Methods: Analyses were based on data from two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of pregabalin (studies 1056 and 1077). In a daily diary, patients reported the quality of their sleep on a numeric rating scale ranging from 0 ("best possible sleep") to 10 ("worst possible sleep"). Test re-test reliability of the Sleep Quality Scale was evaluated by computing intraclass correlation coefficients. Pearson correlation coefficients were computed between baseline Sleep Quality scores and baseline pa...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 16, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Joseph CappelleriAndrew BushmakinAnne McDermottAlesia SadoskyCharles PetrieSusan Martin Source Type: journals

One-year health-related quality of life outcomes in weight loss trial participants: comparison of three measuresEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study found differences between weight-related and generic measures of health-related quality of life in a one-year weight loss trial, reflecting the potential value of using more than one measure in a trial. Although weight loss was generally associated with improved IWQOL-Lite, physical SF-36 subscale and EQ-5D scores, a small amount of weight gain was associated with a slight improvement on weight-specific HRQOL and almost no change on the EQ-5D, suggesting the need for further research to more fully study these relationships. We believe our findings have relevance for weight loss patients and obesity ...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ronette KolotkinJosephine NorquistRoss CrosbyShailaja SuryawanshiPedro TeixeiraSteven HeymsfieldNgozi EronduAllison Nguyen Source Type: journals

Health-related Quality of Life of Southern Chinese with Chronic Hepatitis B infectionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: CHB infection had a negative impact on HRQOL. There was a progressive decrease in health preference values with CHB disease progression. The results can be used for the estimation of quality adjusted life years (QALYs) for CHB patients in cost effectiveness or cost utility studies.Trial Registration: www.hkclinicaltrials.com; HKCTR-151. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 5, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Elegance TP LamCindy LK LamCl LaiMf YuenDaniel YT FongThomas MK So Source Type: journals

Quality of life of Australian chronically-ill adults: patient and practice characteristics matterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The strong association between patient characteristics such as socio-economic status, age, and ethnicity and SF-12 physical and mental component summary scores underlines the importance of considering these factors in the management of chronically-ill patients in general practice. The SF-12 appears to be a valid measure for assessing HRQOL of Australian chronically-ill patients. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 3, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Upali JayasingheJudith ProudfootChristopher BartonCheryl AmorosoChris HoltonGawaine Powell DaviesJustin BeilbyMark Harris Source Type: journals

Feasibility and acceptance of electronic quality of life assessment in general practice: an implementation studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This pilot study indicates that electronic HRQoL assessment is technically feasible in general practices. It can provide clinically significant information, which can either be used in the consultation for routine care, or for research purposes. While GPs, practice assistants and patients were generally positive about the electronic procedure, several barriers (e.g. practices' lack of time and routine in HRQoL assessment) need to be overcome to enable broader application of electronic questionnaires in every day medical practice. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 3, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Anja RogauschJorg SigleAnna SeibertSabine ThuringMichael KochenWolfgang Himmel Source Type: journals

Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Telephone administration of the FAI and EQ-5D instruments provides comparable results to face-to-face administration amongst older adults deemed to have cognitive functioning intact at a basic level, indicating that this is a suitable alternate approach for collection of this information. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 29, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Steven McPhailPaul LaneTrevor RussellSandra BrauerSteven UrryJan JasiewiczPeter CondieTerry Haines Source Type: journals

Prospective evaluation of chronic pain associated with posterior autologous iliac crest bone graft harvest and its effect on postoperative outcomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Chronic ICBG harvest site pain and discomfort is reported by a significant percentage of patients undergoing this procedure more than three years following surgery, and these complications are associated with worse patient-reported disability. Future studies should consider employing a control group that does not include autologous bone graft harvest, e.g., a group utilizing rhBMP, to determine whether eliminating harvest-site morbidity does indeed lead to observable improvement in clinical outcome sufficient to justify the increased cost of bone graft substitutes. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 29, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Carolyn SchwartzJulia MarthaPaulette KowalskiDavid WangRita BodeLing LiDavid Kim Source Type: journals

Associations between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Health-Related Quality of LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Among males in the United States Navy relative higher levels of CRF are associated with higher levels of HRQOL. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 28, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Robert SloanSusumu SawadaCorby MartinTimothy ChurchSteven Blair Source Type: journals

Primary Sjogren's Syndrome: health experiences and predictors of health quality among patients in the United StatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Diminished health quality and excess health costs are prevalent among PSS patients. Health experiences and functional impact of PSS is similar among US and European patients. Delayed diagnosis, sicca related morbidity, fatigue, pain and depression are substantial suggesting unmet health needs and the importance of earlier recognition of PSS. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Barbara SegalSimon BowmanPhilip FoxFrederick VivinoNandita MurukutlaJeff BrodschollSarika OgaleLachy McLean Source Type: journals

The Locomotor Capabilities Index; validity and reliability of the Swedish version in patients with lower limb amputationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: The Locomotor Capabilities Index (LCI) is a validated measure of lower-limb amputees' ability to perform activities with prosthesis. We have developed the LCI Swedish version and evaluated its validity and reliability. Methods: Cross-cultural adaptation to Swedish included forward/backward translations and field testing. The Swedish LCI was then administered to 144 amputees (55 women), mean age 74 (40-93) years, attending post-rehabilitation prosthetic training. Construct validity was assessed by examining the relationship between the LCI and Timed "Up-and-Go" (TUG) test and between the LCI and EQ-5D health uti...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 23, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Brita LarssonAnton JohannessonIngemar AnderssonIsam Atroshi Source Type: journals

Quality of life in South East Asian patients who consult for dyspepsia: Validation of the short form Nepean Dyspepsia IndexEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that both English and Malay versions of the SF-NDI are reliable and probably valid instruments for measuring HRQoL in Malaysian patients with dyspepsia (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 23, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sanjiv MahadevaHwee-Lin WeeKhean-Lee GohJulian Thumboo Source Type: journals

Factor structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Japanese psychiatric outpatient and student populationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The Japanese version of HADS indicated good factorial validity in our samples. However, ambiguous wording of item 7 should be clarified in future revisions. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 17, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tomomi Matsudaira, Hiromi Igarashi, Hiroyoshi Kikuchi, Rikihachiro Kano, Hiroshi Mitoma, Kiyoshi Ohuchi and Toshinori Kitamura Source Type: journals

Psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ11-14 ) - short formsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The Brazilian versions of CPQ11-14 ISF:8 and ISF:16 have satisfactory psychometric properties, similar to those of the original instrument. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 17, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cintia S Torres, Saul M Paiva, Miriam P Vale, Isabela A Pordeus, Maria L Ramos-Jorge, Ana C Oliveira and Paul J Allison Source Type: journals

Assessing the empirical validity of alternative multi-attribute utility measures in the maternity contextEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to compare the empirical validity of two multi-attribute utility measures (EQ-5D and SF-6D) based on hypothetical preferences in a large maternity population in England. Methods: Women who participated in a randomised controlled trial of additional postnatal support provided by trained community support workers represented the study population for this investigation. The women were asked to complete the EQ-5D descriptive system (which defines health-related quality of life in terms of five dimensions: mobility, self care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression) and the SF-...
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 6, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Stavros Petrou, Jane Morrell and Helen Spiby Source Type: journals

Reduction in patient burdens with graphical computerized adaptive testing on the ADL scale: tool development and simulationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study found that mobile nursing services, placed at the bedsides of patients could, through the programmed VBA-Excel CAT module, reduce the burden to patients and save time, more so than the traditional NAT paper-and-pencil testing appraisals. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 5, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tsair-Wei Chien, Hing-Man Wu, Weng-Chung Wang, Roberto Vasquez Castillo and Willy Chou Source Type: journals

Understanding Ferguson's delta: time to say good-bye?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A critique of Hankins, M: 'How discriminating are discriminative instruments?' Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:36. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - April 30, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Berend Terluin, Dirk L Knol, Caroline B Terwee and Henrica CW de Vet Source Type: journals

Validation of an abbreviated Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM-9) among patients on antihypertensive medicationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The IVRS-administered TSQM-9 was found to be a reliable and valid measure to assess treatment satisfaction in naturalistic study designs, in which there is potential that the administration of the side effects domain of the TSQM would interfere with routine clinical care. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - April 27, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Murtuza Bharmal, Krista Payne, Mark J Atkinson, Marie-Pierre Desrosiers, Donald E Morisky and Eric Gemmen Source Type: journals

Population norms and cut-off-points for suboptimal health related quality of life in two generic measures for adolescents: the Spanish VSP-A and KINDL-REmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The results of this study will be of help to interpret the VSP-A AND KINDL-R questionnaires by comparing with the general population and also provide cut-off points to define adolescents with health problems. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - April 21, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Vicky Serra-Sutton, Montse Ferrer, Luis Rajmil, Cristian Tebe, Marie-Claude Simeoni and Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer Source Type: journals

Occurrence of post traumatic stress symptoms and their relationship to professional quality of life (ProQoL) in nursing staff at a forensic psychiatric security unit: a cross-sectional studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Although high violence frequency, low rate of post traumatic stress symptoms and low compassion satisfaction scores was found. High staff/patient ratio and emotional distance between staff and patients are discussed as protective factors. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - April 16, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Christian Lauvrud, Kare Nonstad and Tom Palmstierna Source Type: journals

A psychometric evaluation of the PedsQL Family Impact Module in parents of children with sickle cell diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The PedsQL Family Impact module was reliable, however it displayed large ceiling effects and did not discriminate well between parents of children with and without sickle cell disease. Future research to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Family Impact Module for parents of healthy children may be helpful. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - April 16, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Julie A Panepinto, Raymond G Hoffmann and Nicholas M Pajewski Source Type: journals