OBJECTIVES This study aimed to measure the level and determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults in Kermanshah, a city in the western region of Iran. METHODS Convenience sampling was employed to obtain a sample of 998 adults aged 18 years and older (646 males and 352 females) in the city of Kermanshah. A 2-part self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data over...

BACKGROUND Paliperidone palmitate (PP) is a long-acting injectable formulation of an atypical antipsychotic, paliperidone. Its dose can be expressed in milligram or milligram equivalents (mg eq) of active paliperidone (39, 78, 117, 156, and 234 mg of PP correspond to 25, 50, 75, 100, and 150 mg eq of paliperidone). The recommended initiation dosing regimen for PP is 150 [day 1]/100[day 8] mg eq...

Background β-Thalassemia is a prevalent genetic disease in Mediterranean countries. The most common treatments for this disease are blood transfusion plus iron chelation (BTIC) therapy and bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Patients using these procedures experience different health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The purpose of the present study was to measure HRQoL in these patients using 2 ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to describe how diabetes complications influence the health-related quality of life of individuals with diabetes using the individual EQ-5D dimensions and the EQ-5D index. METHODS We mailed a questionnaire to 1,000 individuals with diabetes type 1 and 2 in Norway. The questionnaire had questions about socio-demographic characteristics, use of health care, ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Population data on mortality and life expectancy are generally available for most countries. However, no longitudinal data based on the health-related quality of life outcome from the EQ-5D instrument have been reported for orthopedic patients. We assessed the effect of orthopedic surgery as measured by EQ-5D. METHODS We analyzed EQ-5D data from 2,444 patients who were ...

EQ-algebras were introduced by Novak (2006) as an algebraic structure of truth values for fuzzy-type theory (FFT). Novák and De Baets (2009) various kinds such good, residuated, IEQ-algebras. In this paper, we define the notion (pre)ideal in bounded (BEQ-algebras) investigate some properties. Then, introduce a congruence relation on good BEQ-algebras using ideals, then, solve open problem Paad ...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Clinimetric properties of the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) are largely unknown. PURPOSE To study the criterion validity, responsiveness, and minimal clinically important change (MCIC) of EQ-5D in patients with CLBP. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study design carried out in a multispecialist Spine Center in The Netherlands. PATI...

BACKGROUND Generic preference-based measures such as the EQ-5D and SF-6D have been criticised for being narrowly focused on a sub-set of dimensions of health. Our study aims to explore whether long-standing health conditions have an incremental impact on subjective well-being alongside the EQ-5D. METHODS Using data from the South Yorkshire Cohort study (N = 13,591) collected between 2010 and ...

OBJECTIVE Maximal oxygen uptake (Vo(2max)) of 44 ml kg(-1) min(-1) is an accepted criterion (Vo(2CR)) below which health and fitness for young male adults may be compromised. New algorithms validated for Vo(2CR) screening using the 20 m multistage shuttle run test (20mMST) were developed. METHODS Vo(2max) was assessed in 110 males using a stationary gas analyser in a treadmill test (TT) and i...

For two variable real analytic function germs we compare the blowanalytic equivalence in the sense of Kuo to the other natural equivalence relations. Our main theorem states that C equivalent germs are blow-analytically equivalent. This gives a negative answer to a conjecture of Kuo. In the proof we show that the Puiseux pairs of real Newton-Puiseux roots are preserved by the C equivalence of f...