This paper reports on the findings of a study to derive a preference-based measure of health from the SF-36 for use in economic evaluation. The SF-36 was revised into a six-dimensional health state classification called the SF-6D. A sample of 249 states defined by the SF-6D have been valued by a representative sample of 611 members of the UK general population, using standard gamble. Models are...

INTRODUCTION A purpose of the surgical treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is not only the anatomical restoration of the patients but also the improvement of their quality of life (QOL). We have no linguistic validated questionnaire in Japanese to assess it. Therefore we have translated 'prolapse quality of life questionnaire (P-QOL)' into Japanese and present it to the thirty POP patient...

OBJECTIVE Ankle fractures are one of the most common operatively treated lower extremity fractures. Several studies indicate that patients often have residual effects after this injury. The purpose of this study is to use the SF-36 questionnaire at two times to assess patients' functional recovery and residual effects after operative stabilization of an unstable ankle fracture. DESIGN Twenty ...

BACKGROUND Symptom-based surveys suggest that the prevalence of gastrointestinal diseases is lower in China than in Western countries. The aim of this study was to validate a methodology for the epidemiological investigation of gastrointestinal symptoms and endoscopic findings in China. METHODS A randomized, stratified, multi-stage sampling methodology was used to select 18,000 adults aged 18...

ii Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge and thank my major professor Dr. Gerald LaHoste for his help in this project. I would also like to extend thanks to Dr. Laura Harrison and Dr. David Ruskin for all of their advice and help in the completion of this project. I would also like to say thank-you to everyone at UNO for making my years here very enjoyable and I wish everyone the best in...

BACKGROUND Even though quality of life (QoL) has become a key component of medical care, there is no instrument available that specifically measures QoL after pulmonary embolism (PE). Recently, the Pulmonary Embolism Quality of Life (PEmb-QoL) Questionnaire has been developed to address this gap. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of the PEmb-QoL questionnaire. METHODS We distributed the PE...

Cases and case method instruction are claimed by some to be a form of history instruction. This point is disputed because case method theory rests on the philosophy of pragmatism and the theory of progressive education, both of which are anti-history in theory and in practice. Consequently, case method instruction is anti-history; in fact, it is the opposite of history. Further, pragmatism, pro...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to translate the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire, adapt it for use with Turkish subjects and determine its reliability and validity. [Subjects and Methods] The Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire was translated into Turkish and administered twice at 7-14-day intervals to pregnant women to assess the test-retest reliability. Cronbach's α was us...

In a simultaneous model of human and physical capital accumulation for 17 Latin American countries from 1975 to 2004, we show that overall resource dependence is not significantly related to physical and human capital. Disaggregating the natural resource variable into subcategories, we find that petroleum export dependence is associated with higher physical capital and lower human capital, whil...

Methods Data were gathered through the questionnaire. Asthma Control Test(ACT) and SF-36 life quality questionnaire (SF-36 LQQ) were applied to the patients. Respiratory functions were measured. Treatments of the patients were given according to GINA guideline. Trainings of patients were offered. Approximately one month later; ACT and SF-36LQQ were repeated. Data were analyzed through SPSS10.0,...