[PDF] Top 20 Do generic utility measures capture what is important to the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis?

... used utility measures, namely the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and 3 (HUI2 and HUI3), the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) and the Short-Form-6D (SF-6D), label the constructs underlying these measures as health ... See full document

... health-related quality of life (HRQOL) ...an important role in the risk for development and progression of the ...included people with relapsing-remitting MS only, found associations between ... See full document

... Health-related quality of life instruments are expected to be of particular value in routine care of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), where they may facilitate the detection of ... See full document

... Cortisol was measured at 0800hrs, 1400hrs and 2000hrs at baseline and follow up, one month later. These three readings were averaged to give a single result. Normal reference ranges for each test are as follows: 0600 to ... See full document

... into subgroups, this analysis makes it possible to obtain information for selecting, from amongst all of them, the one having the maximum capacity to explain the values of the dependent variable, ie, one that explains ... See full document

... Moreover, evidence from other 410 studies suggests that people with aphasia perform fewer social activities than healthy 411 controls100 and stroke survivors without aphasia7 and feel th[r] ... See full document

... Delineating which SMI components worked best was impeded by lack of detailed informa- tion describing the intervention and its constituent components and interactions [46, 47]. Overall, SMIs that incorporated aspects of ... See full document

... of life for individuals at every stage of the disease, regard- less of the level of disability, as well as the lives of care- ...very important for MS patients to lead a normal life ...and ... See full document

... a multiple sclerosis (MS) specific telemedicine meditation intervention on the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis and their ...of quality of ... See full document

... related quality of life (HRQOL) is often significantly impaired in people with MS [16], and may be exacerbated by disease uncertainty [5] and depression ...in people with MS [15,17] and is ... See full document

... Sociodemographic data according to sex are presented in Table 2. Approximately 49.8% of patients were married, and 50.2% had made a deliberate choice not to get married or were single for other reasons (widowed, ... See full document

... the quality of my life…Medication is just keeping things from getting worse, but it’s not like I really know what it’s doing,” and “…when I started getting worse—my walking [and] fatigue got ... See full document

... studies are required to establish the relationship between thalassemia and the psychosocial profile of patients with the disease, taking into account demographic, clinical, and thera- peutic variables. As we continue to ... See full document

... impaired people from infectious diseases had greatly reduced in the last 20 years and 80% of all visual impairments could have been avoided or cured (WHO, ...as important determinants of decreased ... See full document

... religious people who has found goal and meaning in their life and even can also lead to their growth In this field , Pargament (24) also believes that religion has an important role in meeting ... See full document

... C’è un aumento d’interesse sulla salute relativa alla qua- lità della vita (Health Related Quality of Life, HRQoL) in letteratura medica degli ultimi anni. L’HRQoL include alcuni importanti campi della ... See full document

... Results found in this study demonstrated that people with MS have low levels of quality of life in most areas of the SF-36 scale. Both the physical symptoms, evaluated through the domains general ... See full document

... the quality of the data (Grbich, ...your life good/bad?” were used ...is important to note that the questions were not designed to guide an in-depth interview that aims to gain the insider’s ... See full document

... Many measures have been used to quantify HRQOL in MS, including disease-specific and generic ...measures. Generic measures usually assess physical and mental health, are intended to be ... See full document

... Support for People with Multiple Sclerosis Miles 1979, a British sociologist, conducted research on the effects of social interactions as to whether people with multiple sclerosis mixed[r] ... See full document