BACKGROUND The World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) has generally been used for patients, few studies in migrants who move from rural to urban within one country. Many studies asserted that social isolation presents a risk to individual health. Poor social networks are associated with worse QOL. This study examined health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and social suppor...

L’accès aux sens d’un texte requiert des capacités cognitives qui sollicitent connaissances situées à plusieurs niveaux langagiers. Cet effort cognitif lors de la lecture s’avère d’autant plus requis quand il s’agit contenus implicites. Dans le cadre cette analyse fois pragmatique et sémiotique récit bref, en l’occurrence La chèvre M. Seguin, nous proposons d’en interpréter niveau implicite afi...

BACKGROUND Seafarers have reported impaired health and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Social support might increase HRQOL, but little is known about this association among Chinese seafarers. The aim of this study was to describe social support and explore its association with HRQOL among Chinese seafarers. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the ports of Nantong and Rug...

This community based cross-sectional study design assessed the quality of life, mental and physical health among people aged > or = 60 years living in rural and suburban areas of northern Thailand. A cluster random sampling technique was used. The instruments used to assess quality of life were the Thai General Health Questionnaire (Thai-28), the WHO Quality of Life Assessment in Thai (WHOQOL-B...

BACKGROUND Proper management of depression in elderly population would improve the outcome of the disease and reduce its related disability and mortality. Use of memantine with minimal side effects and drug interaction seems reasonable in the elderly but its antidepressant activity is controversial. The aim of the current research is to investigate the effects of add-on memantine during citalop...

PURPOSE To investigate the quality of life of caregivers of children and adolescents presenting speech and language disorders from their own perspective. METHODS Two groups participated, adding up to 40 subjects. Group 1 was composed by 20 caregivers of 4 to 17 years-old children or adolescents with speech and language disorders, paired by age with the Control Group or 2 that included 20 care...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate if a supervised exercise training program improves the quality of life (QoL) of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) patients on TSH-suppressive therapy with levothyroxine (L-T4). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Initially, a cross-sectional study was performed to compare the QoL and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between subclinical hyperthyroidism (SCH) patients (n =...