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Rui Wang Cheng Wu Yanfang Zhao Xiaoyan Yan Xiuqiang Ma Meijing Wu Wenbin Liu Zheng Gu June Zhao Jia He 《BMC public health》2008,8(1):292
Background
Health related quality of life (HRQL) is a research topic that has attracted increasing interests around the world over the past two decades. The 36-item Short Form (SF-36) is a commonly used instrument for measuring HRQL. However, the information on Chinese adults' quality of life is limited. This paper reports on the feasibility of using the Mandarin version of SF-36 to evaluate HRQL in the population of Shanghai, China. 相似文献2.
Jacek A Kopec Eric C Sayre Aileen M Davis Elizabeth M Badley Michal Abrahamowicz Lesley Sherlock J Ivan Williams Aslam H Anis John M Esdaile 《Health and quality of life outcomes》2006,4(1):1-17
Background
Modern psychometric methods based on item response theory (IRT) can be used to develop adaptive measures of health-related quality of life (HRQL). Adaptive assessment requires an item bank for each domain of HRQL. The purpose of this study was to develop item banks for five domains of HRQL relevant to arthritis.Methods
About 1,400 items were drawn from published questionnaires or developed from focus groups and individual interviews and classified into 19 domains of HRQL. We selected the following 5 domains relevant to arthritis and related conditions: Daily Activities, Walking, Handling Objects, Pain or Discomfort, and Feelings. Based on conceptual criteria and pilot testing, 219 items were selected for further testing. A questionnaire was mailed to patients from two hospital-based clinics and a stratified random community sample. Dimensionality of the domains was assessed through factor analysis. Items were analyzed with the Generalized Partial Credit Model as implemented in Parscale. We used graphical methods and a chi-square test to assess item fit. Differential item functioning was investigated using logistic regression.Results
Data were obtained from 888 individuals with arthritis. The five domains were sufficiently unidimensional for an IRT-based analysis. Thirty-one items were deleted due to lack of fit or differential item functioning. Daily Activities had the narrowest range for the item location parameter (-2.24 to 0.55) and Handling Objects had the widest range (-1.70 to 2.27). The mean (median) slope parameter for the items ranged from 1.15 (1.07) in Feelings to 1.73 (1.75) in Walking. The final item banks are comprised of 31–45 items each.Conclusion
We have developed IRT-based item banks to measure HRQL in 5 domains relevant to arthritis. The items in the final item banks provide adequate psychometric information for a wide range of functional levels in each domain. 相似文献3.
Milo A Puhan Jean-Michel Gaspoz Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux Christian Schindler Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich Thierry Rochat Margaret W Gerbase 《Health and quality of life outcomes》2008,6(1):15
Background
Few epidemiologic studies have assessed health-related quality of life (HRQL) of asthma patients from a general population and it is unclear which instrument is best suitable for this purpose. We investigated the validity of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) and the SF-36 completed by individuals with asthma from the population-based SAPALDIA (Swiss study on air pollution and lung diseases in adults) cohort. 相似文献4.
Lise Poissant Nancy E Mayo Sharon Wood-Dauphinee Ann E Clarke 《Health and quality of life outcomes》2003,1(1):43
Background
Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a key issue in disabling conditions like stroke. Unfortunately, HRQL is often difficult to quantify in a comprehensive measure that can be used in cost analyses. Preference-based HRQL measures meet this challenge. To date, there are no existing preference-based HRQL measure for stroke that could be used as an outcome in clinical and economic studies of stroke. The aim of this study was to develop the first stroke-specific health index, the Preference-based Stroke Index (PBSI). 相似文献5.
Purpose
To assess health-related quality of life (HRQL) in relation to walking habits and fitness status in older persons. A second aim was to examine fitness status as a mediator in the relation between walking habits and HRQL.Methods
A cross-sectional population-based sample of 75-year-olds from Gothenburg, Sweden, was examined (n = 698, response rate 61 %). Walking habits were assessed as weekly frequency and duration. HRQL was assessed with the Short Form-36 (SF-36) and fitness with maximal and self-selected gait speed, chair-stand, stair-climbing capacity, grip strength and one-leg stance.Results
The proportion of 75-year-olds who attained recommended levels of moderate physical activity (≥ 150 min/week), described as walking, was 60 %. This was positively associated with most subscales of SF-36 and with all fitness tests except grip strength. Maximal gait speed was the fitness test with the highest correlations to all SF-36 subscales. Fitness, described with maximal gait speed, was a partial mediator in most relations between walking habits and SF-36. After adjustment for confounders, associations between regular walking and SF-36 were no longer significant, except for Role Physical, General Health and Role Emotional in women.Conclusions
Attaining recommended levels of walking, as well as a high fitness status, is positively associated with several aspects of HRQL in older persons. Fitness, described with maximal gait speed, seems to have a partial role in the relation between walking habits and HRQL, suggesting that other mechanisms are also involved. 相似文献6.
Rochelle E. Garner David H. Feeny Amanda Thompson Julie Bernier Bentson H. McFarland Nathalie Huguet Mark S. Kaplan Heather Orpana Nancy A. Ross Chris Blanchard 《Quality of life research》2012,21(5):813-825
Purpose
The objective of the paper is to describe trajectories of health-related quality of life (HRQL) associated with categories of body mass index (BMI): underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese class I, and obese classes II and III.Methods
Data come from the longitudinal Canadian National Population Health Survey. Analyses are based on data for 3,864 men and 4,745 women who were 40+ in 1998/1999 and followed through 2006/2007. HRQL was measured with the Health Utilities Index Mark 3. Multi-level growth modeling was used.Results
HRQL declined with age. For men, there was a large HRQL decrement for being underweight; trajectories for all other BMI categories were very similar. For women being underweight was associated with higher HRQL at younger ages but lower at older ages. Otherwise, for women, HRQL was ordered from highest to lowest: normal, overweight, obese class I, and obese classes II and III.Conclusions
Given that excess weight is a risk factor for mortality and the development of chronic conditions, the HRQL results for men are surprising. The HRQL results for women may reflect both the importance of body image on mental health and the health effects of excess weight. 相似文献7.
Background
Health-related quality of life (HRQL) assessment is an important measure of the impact of a wide range of disease process on an individual. To date, no HRQL tool has been evaluated in an Iranian population with cardiovascular disorders, specifically myocardial infarction, a major cause of mortality and morbidity. The MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life instrument is a disease-specific HRQL questionnaire with satisfactory validity and reliability when applied cross-culturally. 相似文献8.
Background
Diabetes is a chronic medical condition accompanied by a considerable health-related quality of life (HRQL) burden. The purpose of this analysis was to use generic measures of HRQL to describe HRQL deficits associated with varying degrees of severity of type 2 diabetes. 相似文献9.
Susanna Mört Sanna Salanterä Jaakko Matomäki Toivo T. Salmi Päivi M. Lähteenmäki 《Quality of life research》2011,20(5):787-797
Purpose
The purpose of this Finnish total cohort survey was to assess and compare the self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQL) in childhood cancer survivors to that of matched controls, to analyse demographic and disease-related factors explaining survivors’ HRQL, and to compare the results of two different HRQL instruments, 16D/17D and PedsQL™. 相似文献10.
Background
The aims of this study were: (1) to compare the discriminative ability of a disease-specific instrument, the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) to generic instruments (i.e., EQ-5D and SF-36); and (2), to evaluate the strength of associations among clinical and health-related quality of life (HRQL) measures in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 相似文献11.
Jeffrey J Swigris Sandra R Wilson Kathy E Green David B Sprunger Kevin K Brown Frederick S Wamboldt 《Health and quality of life outcomes》2010,8(1):77
Background
There is no disease-specific instrument to assess health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). 相似文献12.
Lisette van den Bemt Sabine Kooijman Vinca Linssen Peter Lucassen Jean Muris Gordon Slabbers Tjard Schermer 《Health and quality of life outcomes》2010,8(1):5
Background
Health-related quality of life (HRQL) brings together various aspects of an individual's subjective experience that relate both directly and indirectly to health, disease, disability, and impairment. Although asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, information on pediatric patients' views on asthma-specific HRQL has not been described before. The aim of this study was to establish the components of asthma-specific HRQL, as experienced by primary school-aged asthmatic children. The generated components will be used to develop an individualized HRQL instrument for childhood asthma. 相似文献13.
Edoardo Mannucci Maria L Petroni Nicola Villanova Carlo M Rotella Giovanni Apolone Giulio Marchesini the QUOVADIS Study Group 《Health and quality of life outcomes》2010,8(1):90
Background
Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is poor in obese subjects and is a relevant outcome in intervention studies. We aimed to determine factors associated with poor HRQL in obese patients seeking weight loss in medical units, outside specific research projects. 相似文献14.
Background
Whether responsiveness represents a measurement property of health-related quality of life (HRQL) instruments that is distinct from reliability and validity is an issue of debate. We addressed the claims of a recent study, which suggested that investigators could rely on internal consistency to reflect instrument responsiveness. 相似文献15.
Background
There is at present a lack of knowledge of time trends in health related quality of life (HRQL) in common patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) treated in ordinary care. The objective of this study is to assess and compare time trends of health related quality of life (HRQL) and chest pain in patients with coronary artery disease. 相似文献16.
Angela Marinilli Pinto Miriam Kuppermann Sanae Nakagawa Eric Vittinghoff Rena R. Wing John W. Kusek William H. Herman Leslee L. Subak 《Quality of life research》2011,20(10):1655-1662
Purpose
To compare three preference-based health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) measures and examine independent correlates of HRQL among overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence (UI) enrolled in a weight loss intervention trial. 相似文献17.
Objectives
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent psychiatric disorder associated with impaired patient functioning and reductions in health-related quality of life (HRQL). The present study describes the impact of MDD on patients' HRQL and examines preference-based health state differences by patient features and clinical characteristics. 相似文献18.
María Concepción Delgado-Sanz María José García-Mendizábal Marina Pollán Maria João Forjaz Gonzalo López-Abente Nuria Aragonés Beatriz Pérez-Gómez 《Health and quality of life outcomes》2011,9(1):3
Background
Breast cancer is one of the oncological diseases in which health-related quality of life (HRQL) has been most studied. This is mainly due to its high incidence and survival. This paper seeks to: review published research into HRQL among women with breast cancer in Spain; analyse the characteristics of these studies; and describe the instruments used and main results reported. 相似文献19.
G. H. Jörgensen A. Gardulf M. I. Sigurdsson S. Arnlaugsson L. Hammarström B. R. Ludviksson 《Quality of life research》2014,23(2):645-658
Purpose
Selective IgA deficiency (SIgAD) is the most common primary immunodeficiency with a prevalence of 1/600 in the general population. Any targeted health-related quality of life (HRQL) study of adults with SIgAD has never been presented. The objectives of the study were to compare HRQL between SIgAD adults and randomly selected age- and gender-matched population controls, and to identify risk factors for poor HRQL.Methods
Thirty-two SIgAD individuals and 63 controls answered three questionnaires (clinical data, Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36), infection-related HRQL) at baseline before undergoing medical/dental examinations and laboratory assessments. HRQL in SIgAD was re-evaluated after 6 and 12 months.Results
Baseline: Selective IgA deficiency individuals reported significantly increased fear of contracting infections (p < 0.01). Those scoring high on fear also perceived significantly poorer physical health (p < 0.01). SF-36 results indicated that SIgAD individuals perceived poorer HRQL, although this was not statistically significant. Follow-up: Compared with SF-36 responses at baseline, SIgAD individuals reported significantly more pain (p < 0.01) at 6 months, poorer general health (p < 0.05) and summarised physical HRQL (p < 0.01) at 6 and 12 months and decreased vitality at 12 months. The summarised mental scale remained stable over time. Risk factors for poor HRQL: The number of antibiotic treatments during the previous year (p < 0.001), number of daily medications (p < 0.01), allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (p < 0.05), chronic musculoskeletal symptoms at least every week (p < 0.05) and anxiety and/or insomnia (p < 0.05) were identified as independent risk factors for poor HRQL.Conclusion
The study highlights the importance of identifying and thoroughly evaluating, educating and following up individuals with SIgAD, as their HRQL may be negatively affected due to health problems possible to prevent and treat. 相似文献20.
María José García-Mendizábal José Miguel Carrasco Beatriz Pérez-Gómez Nuria Aragonés Pilar Guallar-Castillón Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo Gonzalo López-Abente Marina Pollán 《BMC public health》2009,9(1):120-10