The effect of social support on the overall health and quality of life in adulthood has been well documented particularly in chronic disease populations. Very few studies examined the relationships between childhood social support, family resiliency and mental health in adulthood in the community and among disadvantaged minority populations. We examined the role of social support and family res...

OBJECTIVE To access health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument, Short-Form (WHOQOL-BREF), and to identify the association between clinical, psychopathological, and personality parameters and SSc patients' HRQOL. METHODS Fifty-six patients with SSc were compared with 72 patients with rheumatoid arth...

objective: oral health status particularly maxillofacial disorders in adolescents can affect different aspects of the quality of life. this study aimed to assess the age-related quality of life of students in two age groups of 11-14 years and 14-18 years to evaluate its correlation with orthodontic treatment need in adolescents in isfahan. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 11...

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become an important outcome measure in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). In this article, an overview is given of the most common measurement instruments of HRQoL, determinants of HRQoL in patients with CLD, and current developments in the implementation of routine measurement of HRQoL in daily clinical practice. Well-developed generic instrum...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This review focuses on health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) assessment questionnaires and the influence of various parameters on HRQoL at distinct time points after laparoscopic colectomy for cancer. METHODS A PubMed electronic database literature search was conducted. RESULTS Twenty studies (7 prospective randomized, 5 nonrandomized, 2 retrospective, 1 matched, ...

OBJECTIVES Health valuation studies enhance economic evaluations of treatments by estimating the value of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) includes a 29-item short-form HRQOL measure, the PROMIS-29. METHODS To value PROMIS-29 responses on a quality-adjusted life-year scale, we conducted a national survey (N = 7557) u...

BACKGROUND Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is increasingly being recognised as a primary outcome measure in the treatment of end stage renal disease. In addition to being an important surrogate marker of quality of care in patients on maintenance haemodialysis, HRQOL measures have being shown to be robust predictors of mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVE To determine the health related ...

INTRODUCTION Chronic diseases such as cancer have a strong influence on both physical health and quality of life, which together comprise the concept of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) - in other words, the complete state of physical, social, and psychological functioning. Herein, we review the literature on the theory of HRQoL in relation to oncological diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS ...

Objectives The aims of the current study were to assess the association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and treatment satisfaction in a sample of diabetic patients from Palestine, and to determine the influence of socio-demographic and clinical factors on HRQoL. Methods It was a cross-sectional study performed during the period June 2013 to October 2013. The Arabic version of T...