BACKGROUND Survey research including multiple health indicators requires brief indices for use in cross-cultural studies, which have, however, rarely been tested in terms of their psychometric quality. Recently, the EUROHIS-QOL 8-item index was developed as an adaptation of the WHOQOL-100 and the WHOQOL-BREF. The aim of the current study was to test the psychometric properties of the EUROHIS-QO...

BACKGROUND The aim of this paper is to present the preliminary results of QoL, well-being, disability, and coping strategies of patients before neurosurgical procedure. METHODS We analysed data on preoperative quality of life (EUROHIS-QoL), disability (WHODAS-II), well-being (PGWB-S), coping strategies (Brief COPE), and functional status (KPS score) of a sample of patients with brain tumours ...

Enquadramento: A perceção dos idosos acerca da sua qualidade de vida (QdV) é decorrente uma multiplicidade fatores, podendo ser avaliada através escalas genéricas e/ou específicas. Objetivos: Avaliar a QdV amostra não institucionalizados e analisar relação com variáveis sociodemográficas clínicas. Metodologia: Estudo descritivo-correlacional, transversal, cariz quantitativo. Obteve-se 250 idoso...

Aim: This study was conducted to assess depression and quality of life in the elderly and the factors influencing these methods. Methods: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 450 individuals, 65 years of age and older, who presented to the Family Healthcare Centers in the provincial center of Erzincan between October 2010 and March 2011. The data were collected using a descriptive ...

Introduction: Sleep disorders affect up to 70% of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients and appear have significant negative effects on their quality life (QoL). We compared sleep between automated PD (APD) continuous ambulatory (CAPD). Material Methods: Cross-sectional study in chronic followed our Dialysis Unit February 2022. evaluated with the Pittsburgh Quality Index (PSQI) Epworth Sleepiness S...