1 The evolution of quality of life assessment spans from appraisals by the investigating or treating physician based on symptoms the patient presents with to assessment by validated instruments with which patient perceptions of symptoms are investigated. The results of the first approach may be more ...
Assessment tools specific to pediatric medicine came later, most notably with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), which has been validated as a means of reliably quantifying health-related QOL outcomes for children with chronic health conditions [14,15,16]. More recently, the PedsQL...
A small improvement in the heart condition will be a massive improvement in quality of life of the patient. 心脏条件的一个小小的改善将会给病人的生活质量带来巨大的提高。 article.yeeyan.org 10. Increase in population and improve in quality of life of people also produce a substantial volume of ...
Background/Aims To explore and compare quality of life (QoL) differences in female and male patients with fecal incontinence. Methods Ninety-one patients with fecal incontinence (60 women, mean (SD) age 64.13 (9.72) years; 31 men, mean (SD) age 63.61 (13.33) years) were assessed for path...
Hidden youth was a phenomenon which originated in Japan and later spread to Hong Kong. The youth were described as being in a state of social isolation, marginalization, and prone to emotional disturbances. This may imply that they were suffering from a poor quality of life. However, direct ...
Pregnancy affects a woman’s physiological and psychological state. One of the most important aspects that requires attention is the quality of life of pregnant women. The quality of life of women during this period is influenced by a number of factors,
Quality of life (QoL) is a multifactorial concept that assesses physical and mental health. We prospectively studied the quality of life of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery using the Short-Form 36-item questionnaire (SF-36) up to 10 years after surgery. Methods...
There were few studies that investigated health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the general population in China, and many of them reported limitations in sampling. Objective To investigate the relationship between lifestyles and HRQoL in the Chinese population in both individual and family levels....
We aimed to investigate whether health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is associated with retinal vascular caliber, an indicator of subclinical cardiovascular disease risk. 1600 students aged between 11–19 years (821 girls and 779 boys) were examined du
Home Applied Research in Quality of Life Article Neo-humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a socially and environmentally sustainable worldOpen access Published: 09 December 2022 Volume 18, pages 9–41, (2023) Cite this article Download PDF You have full access to this open access article ...