The reliability of a generic health-related quality of life measure was assessed for subjects with major amputation of one or several limbs. The Nottingham Health Profile was sent a first time to 1011 limb amputees, and a second time to the 542 respondents to the first inquiry. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between the answers to each survey was highest for the categories of dist...

Overview of Reviews The prevention of eczema in infants and children: an overview of Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews Michelle Foisy,1 Robert J. Boyle,2,3* Joanne R. Chalmers,4 Eric L. Simpson5 and Hywel C. Williams6 1Cochrane Child Health Field, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2Department of Pediatrics, Imperial College London, London, UK 3National I...

D. G. Gadian, K. S. Panesar, A. J. Perez Linde, W. Senczenko, A. J. Horsewill, W. Kockenberger, and J. R. Owers-Bradley Imaging & Biophysics Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Sir Peter Mansfield MR Centre, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kin...

OBJECTIVES Measurement of changes in patients' perceptions of how differing states of health affect their lives and determination of the ability of preoperative variables to predict outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting. DESIGN Prospective study with completion of questionnaires before coronary artery bypass grafting and at three months, one year, and five years afterwards. SETTING ...

The development and validation of a short and simple measure of perceived health problems is described. Extensive testing with selected groups, including the elderly, the chronically ill, pregnant women, fracture victims, and a random sample of the community has established the face, content and criterion validity, and the reliability of the instrument. The Nottingham Health Profile is intended...

Investigating the operation of the affect heuristic: is it an associative construct? Ellen Townsend a , Alexa Spence a b & Sarah Knowles c a School of Psychology , University of Nottingham , Nottingham , UK b Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham , Nottingham , UK c Centre for Primary Care , Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester , Manchester , UK Publishe...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate changes over time in a clinically based cohort of individuals with post-polio syndrome. DESIGN A prospective longitudinal study. SUBJECTS A total of 106 individuals with poliomyelitis sequelae were included in the study. They were self-referred or had been referred to the post-polio clinic. After 4 years subjects were called for a follow-up and underwent the same measu...

The long-term impact of acromegaly on subjective well-being after treatment of GH excess is unclear. Therefore, we evaluated quality of life by validated questionnaires in a cross-sectional study of 118 successfully treated acromegalic patients. The initial treatment was transsphenoidal surgery in most patients (92%), if necessary followed by radiotherapy or octreotide. All patients were in rem...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare patients with low back and neck pain with respect to kinesiophobia, pain, and quality of life. [Subjects and Methods] Three-hundred patients with low back (mean age 43.2±11 years) and 300 with neck pain (mean age 42.8±10.2 years) were included in this study. Pain severity was evaluated by using the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire, which in...