OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the quality of life (QoL) in patients with head-and-neck paragangliomas ('glomus tumors'). DESIGN We conducted a case-control study. METHODS We assessed QoL in 82 patients with head-and-neck paragangliomas using four validated health-related questionnaires: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Multidimensional Fatigue Index (MFI-20), Sho...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to test among people undergoing vocational rehabilitation six measures of disability and health status commonly used in medical rehabilitation. METHOD A cross-sectional survey was carried out on 30 people with disabilities on an occupational programme at a non-medical rehabilitation facility in England. Measures used were the Barthel index, Extended Activit...

In a postal study we used the Nottingham Health Profile questionnaire to assess the quality of life of elderly survivors of open-heart surgery. From January 1984 to October 1993, 146 patients over 75 years of age underwent open-heart surgery in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Beasançon (France). Eleven patients (7. 5%) died in the immediate post-operative course. Patients' mean foll...

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of a new surgical technique for the treatment of severe chronic pain stages was evaluated. For the last 140 years, the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type II (CRPS II) has been an unsolved problem. Therapeutic approaches have included conventional pain medication, physical therapy, sympathetic blocks, transcutaneous or spinal cord stimulation, injection...

Methods: A total of 127 pregnant women at 8–39 gestational weeks who were admitted to our outpatient pregnancy clinic were included in the study. Of these patients, 83 pregnant women who reported LPP for at least 2 weeks formed the LPP group and the remaining 44 pregnant women formed the control group. The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used for assessing functional status, and the Notting...

BACKGROUND As part of a prospective study on quality of life in newly diagnosed lung cancer patients an investigation was carried out to examine whether there were differences among patients' quality of life scores and their socioeconomic status. METHODS Quality of life was measured at two points in time (baseline and three months after initial treatment) using three standard instruments; the...

OBJECTIVES To examine the change over time in health related quality of life (HRQL) in a community based cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease. METHODS One hundred and eleven patients were evaluated for HRQL in 1993 and then again in a follow up study 4 years later. The patients included in the study in 1993 were derived from a prevalence study of patients with Parkinson's disease in th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the psychometric properties of two health status measures for adults with growth hormone deficiency (GHD): Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). DESIGN (1) A cross-sectional survey of adults with treated or untreated GHD to assess reliability and validity of the questionnaires. (2) A randomized, placebo-controlled study of 3 months' GH wit...