Quality of life is seldom explored in evaluations of therapeutic interventions in Alzheimer’s disease. Objective: To verify whether participation in a cognitive and functional rehabilitation program improves quality of life (QOL) among Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. Methods: 19 AD patients participated in this study, 12 of whom attended 24 multi-professional intervention sessions – the expe...

results men had significantly higher quality of life in all dimensions and components compared to women (p < 0.01), while there was no sex difference in the hei scores. the hei scores were positively correlated with the qol total score (p < 0.05) and its physical health dimensions (p < 0.01); the significant correlation was eliminated after adjusting the data for age and gender. the hei and qol...

bipolar i disorder (bid) and its treatments have shown to be associated with deep impacts on patients' subjective feelings and quality of life (qol). there are also some comments about impact of these feelings on course and outcome of patients with bid. this study was aimed to evaluate quality of life in patients with bid and to assess its relationship with course of disorder. fifty patients wi...

The objective was to analyze the factors that influence self-perceived quality of life (QoL) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), contrasting two different longitudinal models. A total of 127 patients were followed up over 24 months. The instruments applied were: Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease scale (QoL-AD), Geriatric Depression Scale-15, Anosognosia Questionnaire-Dementia, Disab...

background: the impact of treatment on cancer patients’ quality of life (qol) has been the focus of a variety of longitudinal studies in english literature for past decade. the measurement of patient-reported outcomes which includes health-related quality of life is a new important initiative which has emerged and grown over the past three decades. following the development of reliable and vali...

conclusions in conclusion, the persian version of the ibs-qol provided a well-defined measure of qol in ibs patients with high validity and reliability that is an appropriate measure to use in further ibs clinical studies in iran. patients and methods the original 34 items of the ibs-qol were translated from english into persian through a structured procedure for the translation and cultural ad...

Background Decision-makers have begun to recognize Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) as an important and measurable outcome of healthcare interventions; and HRQoL data is increasingly being used by policy-makers to prioritize health resources. Our objective was to measure HRQoL in a group of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients receiving insulin treatment in Buenos Aires, Argentina.   ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the notable advances in defining, conceptualizing, and measuring quality of life (QOL) in pediatric patients with cancer since the 1995 Oncology Nursing Society's State-of-the-Knowledge Conference on QOL. DATA SOURCES Published research, clinical papers, and hospital policies. DATA SYNTHESIS QOL ratings from children and adolescents are being solicited increas...

BACKGROUND Cardiac rhythm devices are increasingly used in the pediatric population, although their impact on quality of life (QOL) is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to compare (QOL) scores among pediatric device patients, healthy controls, and congenital heart disease (CHD) patients and determine the key drivers of QOL in pediatric device patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Multi...

STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. STUDY RATIONALE According to current estimates, there are more than 1 million people living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) in the United States alone. Given the potentially devastating impact of SCI on health-related quality of life (QoL), we sought to gain an improved understanding of QoL outcomes in SCI. OBJECTIVE To identify and describe common QoL outcom...