BACKGROUND The EuroQol Group has extended the severity levels of the EQ-5D from three to five (EQ-5D-5L). There are valuation studies worldwide planned in order to convert the EQ-5D-5L health states into a single preference-based summary score based on country-specific value sets of social health status preference valuations. The EuroQol Group developed an internationally standardised EQ-5D-5L ...

BACKGROUND People with hemophilia (PWH) experience frequent joint bleeding, resulting in pain and functional impairment. Generic and disease-specific patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments have been used in clinical studies, but rarely in the comprehensive hemophilia care setting. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess construct validity of PRO instruments measuring pain, fun...

A series of 3-deazapurine ribonucleosides 5a–5l bearing diverse C-substituents (alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl) in the position 6 were prepared by Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of either free 6-chloro-3-deazapurine ribonucleoside 4 or its acetyl protected congener 3 followed by deprotection. An improved synthesis of the starting 4-chloro-1-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetylβ-D-ribofuranosyl)-1H-imidazo[4,...

The design and implementation of the z/VMt SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) I/O subsystem is described. z/VM is an operating system that provides multiple virtual IBM System ze machines on a single IBM System z computer. The approach adopted herein allows the reuse of entire device drivers from AIX 5Le, a completely different operating system, essentially unchanged. AIX 5L is the IBM UNIX...

Background Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an indicator of patient's physical, psychological and social life. HRQoL is influenced by experience, beliefs, perceptions and expectations, and measures subjective perspective of the patient himself. EQ-5D-5L and SF-12 questionnaires are validated instruments useful to measure HRQoL, increasingly administered in electronic formats. Objecti...

BACKGROUND Although a five level version of the widely-used EuroQol 5 dimensions (EQ-5D) instrument has been developed, population norms are not yet available for Australia to inform the future valuation of health in economic evaluations. The aim of this study was to estimate HrQOL normative values for the EQ-5D-5L preference-based measure in a large, randomly selected, community sample in Sout...

STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional, case-control study. PURPOSE To investigate associations between physical fitness measures and disabilities related to back pain and quality of life (QOL) by the presence of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in elderly Korean women. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE LSS leads to decreased functioning and reduced QOL. However, correlations among physical fitness, d...

BACKGROUND It is well documented that obesity is strongly associated with mortality and morbidity, but less is known about its impact on functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of this study was to calculate the impact of the Body Mass Index (BMI) on the HRQOL of the Spanish adult population, with special emphasis on BMI ≥ 35. METHODS We used the Spanish Nati...

BACKGROUND The ICECAP-Supportive Care Measure is a self-complete questionnaire developed to aid economic evaluation of supportive care interventions. AIM To determine the feasibility of completing ICECAP-Supportive Care Measure alongside EQ-5D-5L and ICECAP-A (generic measures used in economic evaluation) among patients receiving hospice care, close persons and healthcare professionals. DES...

BACKGROUND The EQ-5D is frequently used to derive utilities for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Despite widely available quantitative psychometric data on the EQ-5D, little is known about content validity in this population. Thus, the purpose of this qualitative study was to examine content validity of the EQ-5D in patients with T2D. METHODS Patients with T2D in the UK completed concept ...