Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important in the management of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Disease-specific questionnaires exist, but with important shortcomings. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire suitable for use in all patients with BCC and those with SCC. In a 4-phase trajectory, a preliminary questionnaire was creat...

The transtheoretical model (TTM) has been used as one of the major constructs in developing effective cognitive behavioural interventions for smoking cessation and relapse prevention, in Western societies. This study aimed to examine the reliability and construct validity of the translated Bahasa Malaysia version of TTM questionnaire among adult smokers in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The sample con...

UNLABELLED STUDY OBJECTIVES AND DESIGN: Health-related quality of life (QoL) instruments are generally used for studies of asthma in specialized settings. For primary care use, there is a need for brief and simple questionnaires for structured patient-reported outcomes. We validated the Mini-Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (Mini-AQLQ), using the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire with st...

[Purpose] The purpose of present study were to develop an out-patient satisfaction questionnaire to be used in health care system, from which the underlying dimensions could be derived and individual patient scores calculated, and to evaluate some of the questionnaire's psychometric properties. [Subjects and Methods] Forty out-patient of local hospital reply both the questionnaire used in previ...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with cervical dystonia (CD) and the impact of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) therapy in these patients. The authors recruited 101 patients with CD, all previously treated with BTX-A. Both before and 4 weeks after injection of BTX-A the patients were assessed using the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis ...

Objective. The Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire – Symptoms (CPAQ-S, 20 items) measures patients’ acceptance of their symptoms. questionnaire was created by reframing the Questionnaire-20 (CPAQ-20). This study describes Czech validation full and short CPAQ-S forms.Sample settings. final sample consisted 368 patients (71% female) recruited at seven clinical sites in Republic.Hypotheses. A hy...

OBJECTIVE To examine, in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults, the associations of serum folate, vitamin B-12, and total homocysteine (tHcy) levels with depressive symptoms. Several nutritional and physiological factors have been linked to depression in adults, including low folate and vitamin B-12 and elevated tHcy levels. METHODS Data on U.S. adults (age, 20-85 years; n = 2524)...