OBJECTIVE To describe the quality of life (QoL) of parents of youth with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and examine youth disease activity (DA) and youth QoL as predictors of parent QoL. METHODS Forty-nine youth with IBD (ages 10-18) and a parent completed measures of demographics, parent QoL, and youth QoL. Youth DA ratings were obtained from medical records. RESULTS Parental QoL was hig...

Quality of life (QOL) is an important health-related concept. Identifying factors that affect QOL can help develop and improve health-promotion interventions. Previous studies suggest that behavioral activation fosters subjective QOL, including well-being. However, the mechanism by which behavioral activation improves QOL is not clear. Considering that QOL improves when depressive symptoms impr...

BACKGROUND Quality of life (QOL) is commonly measured in asthma clinical trials by a questionnaire given before and after treatment. A structured asthma QOL daily diary provides more restricted information but on a daily basis. The validity and use of such a QOL diary was examined in a clinical trial in which two asthma treatments were compared. METHODS The effects of low dose inhaled steroid...

Crucial model synthetic and mechanistic studies directed toward the development of methodology for the construction of the maleic anhydride moiety of the CP-molecules are described. Studies directed toward the stereoselective attachment of the upper side chain, culminating in the discovery of long-range stereochemical control, are also discussed. In addition, a first-generation strategy toward ...

BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (QoL) has become a crucial outcome in medical care. However, few studies have assessed physician knowledge of QoL and rate of physicians adopting QoL measures in clinical practice. The present study aimed at assessing the level of knowledge of QoL and the perceived importance of incorporating QoL assessment in clinical practice among physicians of a ter...