BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess the measurement equivalence of the 5-level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) among the English, Chinese, and Malay versions. METHODS A convenience sample of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled from a public primary health care institution in Singapore. The survey questionnaire comprised the EQ-5D-5L and questions assessing participants' socio-demographic ...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluates whether a low preoperative quality of life (QoL), measured with the EuroQoL instruments EQ-5D and EQ-visual analogue scale (VAS) can be used as a predictor of mortality after elective isolated myocardial revascularization. METHODS A total of 2501 patients, with a mean age of 65.3 ± 9.4 (range 18-93) years and a mean additive EuroSCORE of 2.7 ± 2.1 (0-12), under...

conclusions although the two instruments were able to discriminate between various states, the values derived from these instruments were quite different. this distinction could have influenced the conclusions of an economic evaluation. further research is required to determine which instrument should be used in economic evaluations. results the mean and median eq-5d utility scores for the tota...

BACKGROUND The 12-item Health Survey (SF-12) was developed as a shorter alternative to the SF-36 for use in large-scale studies, particularly when overall physical and mental health are the outcomes of interest instead of the typical eight-scale profile. The main purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the Greek version of the SF-12. METHODS A stratified representative sample (N =...

BACKGROUND Valid measures of physical activity are critical research tools. The objective of this study was to develop a Spanish translation of the Yale Physical Activity Survey, and to provide preliminary evidence of its validity in a population of Dominican patients with lower extremity arthritis. METHODS A Dominican bilingual health care professional translated the Yale Physical Activity S...

BACKGROUND Subjective expectations regarding future health may influence patients' judgement of current health and treatment effects, as well as adherence to therapies in chronic diseases. We aimed to explore subjective expectations on longevity and future health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treated with antiVEGF injections and analyse ...

PURPOSE To assess the hydration status and level of hydration knowledge of youths at summer sports camps. METHODS Sixty-seven active youths, 57 males (mean +/- SD, 12 +/- 2 y, 136 +/- 16 cm, 50.6 +/- 21.1 kg) and 10 females (13 +/- 2 y, 153 +/- 8 cm, 45.2 +/- 9.0 kg) participated in 4 d of sports camp. Hydration status was assessed before the first practice (AM) and after the second practice ...

Poultry industry is an important production system due to providing remarkable portion of the human food and protein needs. Considering the necessity of environmental protection, the amount of environmental impacts of a turkey production unit in Iran was determined using life cycle assessment method. The required information were collected through questionnaires and interviews with farm owners....

BACKGROUND: Although the use of patient-reported outcome measures to assess Health-Related Quality Life (HRQoL) has been advocated, it is still open debate which measure should be preferred evaluate HRQoL after stroke.AIM: To compare measurement properties (including concurrent validity and discriminant ability) between 5-dimensional 5-level EuroQol (EQ-5D-5L) Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurem...

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...