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Aleksandra Jonkisz, Piotr Karniej, Dorota Krasowska
The second half of the 20th century saw the development of a new trend in the management of medical services across Europe. Those shifts were associated with the transformation of various spheres of human life, both on professional and private levels. The service market then turned back to “quality”, already known in…
M. Bagavandas
Background The main objective of this study is to develop a multilevel multi-factor index to assess the quality of life of the Malayali tribal population of India at the household and village levels based on nine domains, namely, Demography, Economy, Health, Human Development, Infrastructure Development, Work…
Joanne Allen, Kerry J Inder, Terry J Lewin, John R Attia + 1 more
Background The Assessment of Quality of Life - 6D scale (AQoL-6D) is a self-report instrument designed to provide a sensitive multidimensional evaluation of health related quality of life. The current paper assesses the construct, concurrent and convergent validity of the AQoL-6D in a combined longitudinal population…
Elizabeth Gilbert, Victoria Sherry, Suzanne McGettigan, Anne Berkowitz
'Anne Berkowitz'] In 1986, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) set out to define health care in terms of quality. Its goal was to establish standards for desired health outcomes that were consistent with current professional knowledge ([13]). It has become apparent, however, that variability in the quality of cancer care…
Janine H Stubbe, Tanya Gelsema, Diana MJ Delnoij
Background The Dutch Consumer Quality Index Hip Knee Questionnaire (CQI Hip Knee) was used to assess patients' experiences with and evaluations of quality of care after a total hip (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The aim of this study is to evaluate the construct validity and internal consistency reliability of…
Sandra Lima-Castro, Paúl Arias-Medina, Alexandra Bueno-Pacheco, Eva Peña-Contreras + 2 more
Background The short version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) is a popular instrument used to assess quality of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate the following psychometric properties: structural validity, convergent validity, internal consistency, and…
Hee-Kyung Kim, Hye-Suk Oh, Joana Vieira-dos Santos, Luís Felipe Dias Lopes + 2 more
Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of general characteristics, fatigue, depression, self-efficacy, job stress and interpersonal relationships on the quality of life (QoL) of caregivers in nursing hospitals and use them as basic data for intervention programs to improve the quality of life…
Andre M. N. Renzaho, Joseph Kihika Kamara, Gilbert Kamanga
The QoL satisfaction scales were subjected to exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to determine the factor structures and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to provide the evidence for the factor structures using Amos 21.0 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, US). The total sample was randomly divided into two split-half samples (Sample…
Whitney Nesser, Scott Snyder, Kimberly A. Driscoll, Avani C. Modi
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic and chronic disease affecting 32,100 people in the United States as of 2021, with a life expectancy of 56 years for people with CF (PwCF) born between 2018 and 2022. While there is extensive literature about cystic fibrosis, there are few studies examining the complexity and challenges…
Chia-Yeh Chou, Chien-Yu Huang, Yi-Jing Huang, Gong-Hong Lin + 4 more
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is considered an important outcome measurement and is intended to assess individual’s perceived functioning regarding the different effects of a disease and/or intervention . The subjective perspectives captured in HRQOL usually include multiple domains, particularly the physical…
Margarida Goes, Henrique Oliveira, Manuel Lopes, César Fonseca + 2 more
'Lara Pinho' 'Maria Marques'] As a novelty, this article proposes the empirical operationalization of an indicator sensitive to nursing care called patient satisfaction based on functional capacity and quality of life assessments. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study with a sample of 351 individuals aged 65 and…
Abdoljavad Khajavi, Mahdi Moshki, Shima Minaee, Farveh Vakilian + 2 more
'Ali Montazeri' 'Haydeh Hashemizadeh'] Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome indicator for chronic diseases. This study aimed to develop a new instrument for assessment of HRQoL in chronic heart failure (CHF) and evaluate its psychometric properties. Methods This study included two…
Joris C. Verster, Emina Išerić, Guusje A. Ulijn, Stephanie M. P. Oskam + 2 more
'Stephanie M. P. Oskam' 'Johan Garssen' 'Domenico De Berardis'] Background: Quality of life (QoL) is traditionally assessed using multiple-item questionnaires. These can be either general, global assessments of QoL or disease-specific questionnaires. However, the use of single-item QoL scales is becoming increasingly…
A. Geerinck, C. Beaudart, J.-Y. Reginster, M. Locquet + 3 more
'S. Gillain' 'O. Bruyère'] Purpose To facilitate the measurement of quality of life in sarcopenia, we set out to reduce the number of items in the previously validated Sarcopenia Quality of Life (SarQoL®) questionnaire, and to evaluate the clinimetric properties of this new short form. Methods The item reduction…
Zahra Taheri-Kharameh, Majideh Heravi-Karimooi, Nahid Rejeh, Ebrahim Hajizadeh + 3 more
'Ebrahim Hajizadeh' 'Mojtaba Vaismoradi' 'Sherrill Snelgrove' 'Ali Montazeri'] Background Angina pectoris causes substantial psychological and functional disabilities and adversely effects quality of life in patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties including validity and…