BACKGROUND Palliative Care (PC) is an approach that improves the Quality of Life (QoL). A number of QoL assessment tools have been developed and validated in PC. It is not clear how QoL should be measured in PC practice. A procedure of QoL assessment in clinical practice can be defined as a clinical intervention focused on QoL assessment. This is a typical complex intervention that should be ap...

BACKGROUND As the long-term efficacy of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) becomes established and other prostate cancer treatment approaches are refined and improved, examination of quality of life (QOL) following prostate cancer treatment is critical in driving both patient and clinical treatment decisions. We present the first study to compare QOL after SBRT and radical prostatectomy...

OBJECTIVE Drug-resistant epilepsy is a devastating disorder associated with diminished quality of life (QOL). Surgical resection leads to seizure freedom and improved QOL in many epilepsy patients, but not all individuals are candidates for resection. In these cases, neuromodulation-based therapies such as vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) are often used, but most VNS studies focus exclusively on r...

Research has shown that stroke has a significant impact on the stroke survivor’s quality of life (QOL). Less well known is the negative impact on the stroke caregiver’s QOL. Yet, poor QOL in caregivers is associated with rehospitalization of the stroke survivor and increased healthcare costs. Given the severe disability and limitations in activities of daily living present in stroke, caregivers...

Purpose Glaucoma significantly affects the quality of life (QoL) of a patient. Despite the huge number of glaucoma patients in India, not many, QoL studies have been carried out. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the QoL in Indian patients with varying severity of glaucoma. Methods This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional, analytical study of 180 patients. The QoL was assesse...

Background: Optimising quality of life (QOL) for service users in a forensic hospital is an important treatment objective. The factors which contribute to QOL in this setting are currently unclear. The aim of this study was to analyse the predictors of QOL amongst service users within an inpatient forensic mental health hospital. Methods: This study is a naturalistic, cross-sectional, observati...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe quality-of-life (QOL) concerns particular to women with ovarian cancer and to examine whether subgroups of patients with ovarian cancer have significantly different QOL concerns. DESIGN Mailed survey. SAMPLE Readership of an ovarian cancer newsletter. METHODS A total of 1,383 surveys were received in response to the survey's inclusion in the November 2002 is...

AIM This study was undertaken to investigate paediatric clinicians' views on and use of quality of life (QoL) assessment in clinical practice. METHODS A survey was conducted among members of the Dutch Paediatric Association via e-mail. RESULTS Over half of the 303 respondents (57%) believed that it was possible to use QoL questionnaires in clinical practice. The majority indicated that asse...

Clinical interventions and research have mostly focused on the orthopedic, genetic, and pharmacological outcomes of individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), and although quality of life (QoL) has gained recognition as an important patient-outcome, it has received little attention in individuals with OI. This mixed-methods systematic review of the literature included five search engines an...