Quality of life measures.

I-20: Quality of Life Measures in Reproductive Health

Background Quality of life or more correctly health-related quality of life is currently receiving more attention in biomedical literature and outcome studies. However, there are several issues that we should be dealt with. First, measuring quality of life needs valid and reliable instruments. In addition, it is important to know how we conceptualize quality of life and reproductive health. Fin...

Children's quality of life measures.

ارزیابی پایایی و روایی نسخه فارسی پرسشنامه شاخص کیفیت زندگی (quality of life index)

چکیده مقدمه : پژوهش حاضر با هدف ترجمه و تعیین پایایی و روایی نسخه فارسی پرسشنامه ژنریک " شاخص کیفیت زندگی"(quality of life index) برای اندازه گیری کیفیت زندگی در ایران طراحی و انجام شد. روش : پس از اخذ اجازه از طراحان پرسشنامه ، بر اساس روش توصیه شده forward-backward، پرسشنامه مذکور ترجمه و در مطالعه ای آزمایشی به کار برده شد و پس از اعمال تغییرات لازم، پرسشنامه نهایی در بین 130 نفر از دانش...

Quality of life measures in lung cancer.

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. Survival has not improved significantly in spite of newer therapies. In view of the high-symptom burden and severe morbidity, evaluation of quality of life (QOL) becomes important in these patients. Several instruments are now available for this purpose, and have demonstrated good correlation with performance status, symptoms, ...

Quality of Life measures for dementia

Over the past 10 years, several instruments developed specifically for the assessment of Quality of Life (QOL) in dementia have been introduced. The goal of the current review is to present, compare, and critique existing QOL measures for dementia populations to assist investigators and clinicians in selecting the optimal inventory for their specific needs. Nine measures are reviewed with a foc...