The terminally ill person''s quality of life (QoL) is the principal focus and intended outcome of palliative care, the raison d''脙陋tre of palliative care interventions, and always of concern to the client. Palliative care case managers are encouraged to assess and/or measure this QoL to ...
This paper considers quality of life (QOL) to be a global, yet unidimensional, subjective assessment of one's satisfaction with life. This conceptualization is consistent with viewing QOL assessments as resulting from the interaction of multiple causal dimensions, but it is inconsistent with proposals...
we can compare the benefits of all health care interventions using the quality-adjusted life year (QALY). However, there are multiple reasons to question
The focus of measuring success in obesity treatment is shifting from weight loss to patients’ health and quality of life. The objective of this study
This study investigates construct validation of two preference-based caregiver outcome instruments suitable for economic evaluations: the Carer Experience Scale (CES) and the Care-related Quality of Life (CarerQol) instrument. Moreover, this study reports caregiver experiences in end-of-life care. ...
The impact of disease-related symptoms and palliative care concerns on health-related quality of life in multiple myeloma: a multi-centre study Multiple myeloma, the second most common haematological cancer, remains incurable. Its incidence is rising due to population ageing. Despite the impact of ...
Reviews of previous editions are: "an excellent resource for anyone involved in health research and highly recommended" - "Palliative Medicine". "a valuable source book for health services researchers, health care providers, and others interested in quantifying quality of life for clinical or research...
Findings of Mobile based Palliative Care System: Towards a Generic Framework for Measuring QoLHere we present the final analysis result of e-ESAS, a ... Haque,Adibuzzaman,Uddin,... 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 Paediatric quality of life instruments: a review of the impact of the conceptual frame...
However, in (), this symptom, which can be considered as the main extrapulmonary clinical feature of the disease, can impact significantly on the health-related quality of life of the patients. The aims of this review are to discuss the issues related to fatigue assessment in and to high...
FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—General; HRQoL, health-related quality of life; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; QLQ-C30, Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30. a Adapted from checklists developed as part of the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health status ...