This is the official guideline endorsed by the specialty associations involved in the care of head and neck cancer patients in the UK. It identifies the current evidence base and role of health-related quality of life assessment for this group of patients. Recommendations • Health-related quality of life is integral to treatment planning, refining treatment protocols, and more personalised foll...

BACKGROUND Static balancing assessment is often complemented with dynamic balancing tasks. Numerous dynamic balancing assessment methods have been developed in recent decades with their corresponding balancing devices and tasks. OBJECTIVE The aim of this systematic literature review is to identify and categorize existing objective methods of standing dynamic balancing ability assessment with ...

Usually, whether to take vaccination or not is a voluntary decision, which is determined by many factors, from societal factors (such as religious belief and human rights) to individual preferences (including psychology and altruism). Facing the outbreaks of infectious diseases, different people often have different estimations on the risk of infectious diseases. So, some persons are willing to...

In the technology-driven industries like automotive industry, the success of the companies depends on their ability to provide new and continuous innovations to the market. In this regard, technological capabilities lead to a competitive advantage. The purpose of this study is to identify the effective factors in the technology assessment based on the dynamic capabilities of small and medium au...

assessment process in England, is being undertaken at the University of Manchester. It has been commissioned by the Department of Health as part of the research programme to support the National Service Framework for Older People. The project has two aims. The first is to review the conduct of assessment across health and social care in order to highlight key issues in the initial implementatio...

  Introduction: The term dynamic assessment (DA) refers to an assessment, by an active teaching process, of a child's perception, learning, thinking, and problem solving. The process is aimed at modifying an individual's cognitive functioning and observing subsequent changes in learning and problem-solving patterns within the testing situation. DA has been advocated as an alternative and/or sup...

Recommendations already exist on how to write a structured abstract for the INAHTA Database (http://agatha.york.ac.uk/htahp.htm). The abstract must be written in English. In 392 INTL. J. OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE 18:2, 2002 Best practice in undertaking and reporting HTA Table 15. Data To Be Included in an English Structured Abstract Title: first title in English, then original tit...