[PDF] Top 20 Impact of chronic pain on patients’ quality of life: A comparative mixed-methods study

... present study was to build further on our existing knowledge about the impact of chronic pain on patients’ lives using quantitative and qualitative data, respec- ...first study ... See full document

... before study. Forty patients with chronic low back pain (28 male, 12 female) were included in the study and divided into two groups each containing 20 ... See full document

... common pain syndrome and more than 90 percent of people over the year have had an ...its impact on quality of life and because of side effects of chemical drugs and the high cost of current ... See full document

... this study was to investigating impact of palliative care on quality of life in patients with chronic heart ...deteriorating quality of life and distressing ... See full document

... Staff of the Higher Polytechnic School of the University of Lleida will assist in the development of the web site and the educational material. Once the results of QUAL have been obtained, the authors will generate a ... See full document

... with chronic low back ...back pain, which is quite common in the community and is one of the most expensive diseases in terms of cost of treatment, in case of labor ...and quality of life ... See full document

... explore patients ’ beliefs a nd preferences concerning quality and quantity of ...discussions. Patients should have the option of having family or friends present during the TAVI consultation which ... See full document

... a chronic pain condition. The resulting Family Impact of Pain Scale (FIPS) is a 10-item self-report questionnaire, which examines the effect of pain on domestic duties, social ... See full document

... and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study involving 142 patients undergoing ...experiencing pain or discomfort (between strong and extreme), and ...this study revealed the ... See full document

... 106 patients completed questionnaires and 36 of them participated in the focus group ...HD patients in the overall KDQOL-SF scores. PD patients scored lower with regard to symptoms ( P = ...PD ... See full document

... Emotional subscale ratings reveal that participants enjoy relatively high emotional QOL in spite of physical and functional limitations. Emotional QOL is rated much the same as social QOL until about 10 months prior to ... See full document

... enrolled patients through mail or online methods, depending on the pref- erences of the ...regarding patients’ demographic characteristics, such as age and ...the patients through surgical ... See full document

... sleep quality and disturbances over a 1-month ...efficiency, quality, and daytime dysfunction due to poor ...general quality of sleep in the sixth, the use of sleeping medication in the seventh, and ... See full document

... present study, the CASA-Q scores of each domain demonstrated significant association with HRQoL impair- ...cough impact domain which exhibited a stronger correlation ...when chronic bronchitis was ... See full document

... infusion with 10 mg/kg maintenance). In all 3 treatment groups, all 4 IBDQ dimensional scores (emotional func- tioning, social functioning, systemic symptoms and bowel symptoms dimensions) improved from baseline ... See full document

... that patients receiving hemodialysis noted the following symptoms more frequently than patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: sleep disorder (very often: 30%, often: 19%), feeling pain (very often: ... See full document

... classification methods are compared using base and meta(Combination of Multiple Classifier for training) level classifiers, for the fruitful diagnosis of Lower Back ...Back Pain becomes chronic with ... See full document

... Linear regression analysis in a stepwise method (p for entry 0.05, p for removal 0.10) was used in order to find independent factors associated with BPI dimensions, EQ- 5D and PHQ-9 in subjects with chronic ... See full document

... Following ethical approval, data were collected using semistructured audiotaped interviews. Each participant was informed of the purpose of the research and a consent form guaranteeing patient anonymity and ... See full document

... the study was to explore the effects of self-care practices and perceptions on positive and negative indicators of professional quality of life, including burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and ... See full document