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  1. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is commonly used to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression in motor neurone disease (MND). The measure has never been specifically validated for use within t...

    Authors: Chris J Gibbons, Roger J Mills, Everard W Thornton, John Ealing, John D Mitchell, Pamela J Shaw, Kevin Talbot, Alan Tennant and Carolyn A Young
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:82
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  3. Intravenous steroids are routinely used to treat disabling relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS). Theoretically, the infusion could take place at home, rather than in hospital. Findings from other patient popula...

    Authors: Afsane Riazi, Bernadette Porter, Jeremy Chataway, Alan J Thompson and Jeremy C Hobart
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:80
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  4. Preoperative mental health seems to have useful predictive value for Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) after bariatric surgery. The aim of the present study was to assess pre- and postoperative psychiatri...

    Authors: Haldis Ø Lier, Eva Biringer, Oddbjørn Hove, Bjarte Stubhaug and Tone Tangen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:79
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  5. The presence of traumatic dental injuries and malocclusions can have a negative impact on quality of life of young children and their parents, affecting their oral health and well-being. The aim of this study ...

    Authors: Janaina M Aldrigui, Jenny Abanto, Thiago S Carvalho, Fausto M Mendes, Marcia T Wanderley, Marcelo Bönecker and Daniela P Raggio
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:78
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  6. Many patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have overlapping gastroenterological causes of recurrent chest pain, mainly due to gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and aspirin-induced gastrointestinal tract dama...

    Authors: Jacek Budzyński, Grzegorz Pulkowski, Karol Suppan, Jacek Fabisiak, Marcin Majer, Maria Kłopocka, Beata Galus-Pulkowska and Marcin Wasielewski
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:77
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  7. The Juniper Asthma Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ(S)) is a questionnaire that allows measurement of disease specific quality of life. We wanted to examine correlations between the (AQLQ(S)) gener...

    Authors: David Miedinger, Kim L Lavoie, Jocelyne L'Archeveque, Heberto Ghezzo and Jean-Luc Malo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:76
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  8. The aims of this study were to propose a Spanish Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) short form based on previously shortened versions and to study its validity, reliability,...

    Authors: Amaia Bilbao, José M Quintana, Antonio Escobar, Carlota Las Hayas and Miren Orive
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:75
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  9. Burnout has traditionally been described by means of the dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism and lack of eficacy from the "Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey" (MBI-GS). The "Burnout Clinical Subtype Quest...

    Authors: Jesús Montero-Marín, Petros Skapinakis, Ricardo Araya, Margarita Gili and Javier García-Campayo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:74
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  10. Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a chronic disorder with substantial impact on quality of life similar to that seen in diabetes mellitus or osteoarthritis. Little is known about the psychological characteristic...

    Authors: Hanna Scholz, Heike Benes, Svenja Happe, Juergen Bengel, Ralf Kohnen and Magdolna Hornyak
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:73
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  11. There is limited knowledge on the ability of a poor quality of life (QOL) and health-related QOL (HRQOL) to predict mortality and other adverse health events, independently of the frailty syndrome and other co...

    Authors: Claudio Bilotta, Ann Bowling, Paola Nicolini, Alessandra Casè, Gloria Pina, Silvia Veronica Rossi and Carlo Vergani
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:72
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  12. Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic, widespread pain, fatigue, and other symptoms; yet few studies have comprehensively assessed its humanistic burden. This observational study evaluates the impact o...

    Authors: Caroline Schaefer, Arthi Chandran, Meghan Hufstader, Rebecca Baik, Michael McNett, Don Goldenberg, Robert Gerwin and Gergana Zlateva
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:71
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  13. The aim of this study was to compare the responsiveness of the European Organization for Research and Treatment (EORTC) quality of life questionnaires (QLQ-C30, QLQ-CR38) and the Functional Assessment of Cance...

    Authors: Lionel Uwer, Christine Rotonda, Francis Guillemin, Joëlle Miny, Marie-Christine Kaminsky, Mariette Mercier, Laetitia Tournier-Rangeard, Isabelle Leonard, Philippe Montcuquet, Philippe Rauch and Thierry Conroy
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:70
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  14. To identify key non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) to include in a daily diary assessment for off-time, revise the Scales for Outcomes of Parkinson's disease Diary Card (SCOPA-DC) to include these ...

    Authors: Regina Rendas-Baum, Philip O Buck, Michelle K White and Jane Castelli-Haley
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:69
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  15. Injury outcome studies have tended to collect limited pre-injury characteristics, focus on a narrow range of injury types, predictors and outcomes, and be restricted to high threat to life injuries. We sought ...

    Authors: John Langley, Sarah Derrett, Gabrielle Davie, Shanthi Ameratunga and Emma Wyeth
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:68
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  16. The health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) instruments are an important tool for the evaluation of medical outcomes. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) influence the patients' life. We aimed to evaluate the ...

    Authors: Sotirios A Koupidis, Electra Nicolaidou, Maria Hadjivassiliou, Stefanos Bellos, Petros Skapinakis, Christina Stefanaki, Helen Papadogeorgakis and Andreas Katsambas
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:67
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  17. Our recent review of the literature uncovered eleven obesity-specific quality of life questionnaires, all with incomplete demonstration of their measurement properties. Our objective was to validate a new self...

    Authors: Fanny Therrien, Picard Marceau, Nathalie Turgeon, Simon Biron, Denis Richard and Yves Lacasse
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:66
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  18. To assess QOL of patients with stroke in comparison to other groups (caregivers and CHF patients), to identify which items of QOL are more affected on each group and what is the functional profile of patients ...

    Authors: Elen B Pinto, Iara Maso, Julio LB Pereira, Thiago G Fukuda, Jamile C Seixas, Daniela F Menezes, Carolina Cincura, Iuri S Neville, Pedro AP Jesus and Jamary Oliveira-Filho
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:65
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  19. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been recognized as an important health outcome measurement for pediatric patients. One of the most promising instruments in measuring pediatric HRQOL emerged in recen...

    Authors: Lifen Feng, Yingfen Zhang, Ruoqing Chen and Yuantao Hao
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:64
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  20. The 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (10-item CD-RISC) is an instrument for measuring resilience that has shown good psychometric properties in its original version in English. The aim of this study wa...

    Authors: Blanca Notario-Pacheco, Montserrat Solera-Martínez, María D Serrano-Parra, Raquel Bartolomé-Gutiérrez, Javier García-Campayo and Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:63
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  21. Several studies have demonstrated the predictive significance on survival of baseline quality of life (QoL) in colorectal cancer (CRC) with little information on the impact of changes in QoL scores on prognosi...

    Authors: Donald P Braun, Digant Gupta, James F Grutsch and Edgar D Staren
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:62
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  22. In Brazil, despite the growing use of SF-36 in different research environments, most of the psychometric evaluation of the translated questionnaire was from studies with samples of patients. The purpose of thi...

    Authors: Josué Laguardia, Monica R Campos, Claudia M Travassos, Alberto L Najar, Luiz A Anjos and Miguel M Vasconcellos
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:61
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  23. The Quality of Life in Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency Assessment (QoL-AGHDA) is a disease-specific quality of life measure specific to individuals who are growth hormone deficient. The present study describes...

    Authors: Stephen P McKenna, Jeanette Wilburn, James Twiss, Sigrid R Crawford, Václav Hána, Malgorzata Karbownik-Lewinska, Vera Popovic, Mikulas Pura and Maria Koltowska-Häggström
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:60
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  24. A prior study showed positive effects of resistance training on health status in individuals with diabetes compared to aerobic or no exercise, the exercise regimens were either different in volume, duration or...

    Authors: Cindy Li Whye Ng, E Shyong Tai, Su-Yen Goh and Hwee-Lin Wee
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:59
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  26. Burning mouth syndrome is a chronic disorder that is characterized by a burning sensation and a normal clinical appearance of the oral mucosa. This condition often affects the health-related quality of life in...

    Authors: Fabrício TA Souza, Tálita PM Santos, Vanessa F Bernardes, Antônio L Teixeira, Arthur M Kümmer, Tarcília A Silva and Mauro HNG Abreu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:57
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  27. The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life in Croatian homeland war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic low back pain (LBP).

    Authors: Marijana Braš, Vibor Milunović, Maja Boban, Lovorka Brajković, Vanesa Benković, Veljko Đorđević and Ozren Polašek
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:56
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  28. To develop an accurate, proxy-reported bedside measurement tool for assessment of the severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (also called chronic lung disease) in preterm infants to supplement providers' curre...

    Authors: Sara E Massie, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Darren A DeWalt, Matthew M Laughon, Leslie M Powell and Wayne A Price
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:55
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  29. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a radio electric asymmetric treatment on psycho-physiological disorders (PPD). PPD are often stress related and are under the unconscious control of the p...

    Authors: Salvatore Rinaldi, Vania Fontani, Lucia Aravagli, Piero Mannu, Alessandro Castagna, Matteo Lotti Margotti and Barbara Rosettani
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:54
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  30. Multimorbidity in the older population is well acknowledged to negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQL). Several studies have examined the independent effects of single diseases; however, little...

    Authors: Matthias Hunger, Barbara Thorand, Michaela Schunk, Angela Döring, Petra Menn, Annette Peters and Rolf Holle
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:53
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  32. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is typically associated with many cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., elevated blood pressure), low health-related quality of life, depression, anxiety and psychological stress. Exp...

    Authors: Gian Mauro Manzoni, Gianluca Castelnuovo and Enrico Molinari
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:51
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  34. In the Netherlands the extent to which chronically ill patients receive care congruent with the Chronic Care Model is unknown. The main objectives of this study were to (1) validate the Assessment of Chronic I...

    Authors: Jane M Cramm, Mathilde MH Strating, Apostolos Tsiachristas and Anna P Nieboer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:49
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  35. Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is frequently associated with symptoms of inflammation like discharge from the ear or pain. In many cases, patients suffer from hearing loss causing communication proble...

    Authors: Ingo Baumann, Bianca Gerendas, Peter K Plinkert and Mark Praetorius
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:48
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  36. Evidence on the relation between leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults is based primarily on clinical trials of physical exercise programs in institut...

    Authors: Teresa Balboa-Castillo, Luz M León-Muñoz, Auxiliadora Graciani, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo and Pilar Guallar-Castillón
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:47
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  37. This retrospective study evaluated the impact of disease progression and of specific sites of metastasis on patient reported outcomes (PROs) that assess symptom burden and health related quality of life (HRQoL...

    Authors: Mark S Walker, Murad Hasan, Yeun Mi Yim, Elaine Yu, Edward J Stepanski and Lee S Schwartzberg
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:46
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  38. Maintaining dignity, the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect, is considered as a goal of palliative care. The aim of this study was to analyse the construct of personal dignity and to assess the conte...

    Authors: Gwenda Albers, H Roeline W Pasman, Mette L Rurup, Henrica CW de Vet and Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:45
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  39. Dizziness is a common and often disabling symptom, but diagnosis often remains unclear; especially in older persons where dizziness tends to be multicausal. Research on dizziness-related impairment might provi...

    Authors: Jacquelien Dros, Otto R Maarsingh, Leo Beem, Henriëtte E van der Horst, Gerben ter Riet, François G Schellevis and Henk CPM van Weert
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:44
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  40. The principals of therapeutic recreation underpin a camping program for children and adolescents living with chronic disease. This study aimed to evaluate the campers' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) be...

    Authors: Andrea Békési, Szabolcs Török, Gyöngyi Kökönyei, Ildikó Bokrétás, Annamária Szentes and Gábor Telepóczki
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:43
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  41. Oral health has been of interest in many low and middle income countries due to its impact on general health and quality of life. But there are very few population-based reports of adult Oral Health Related Qu...

    Authors: Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Tewarit Somkotra, Sam-ang Seubsman and Adrian C Sleigh
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:42
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  42. Pain is strongly related to poor quality of life. We performed a cross-sectional study in a universitary hospital to investigate quality of life in women suffering from chronic pelvic pain (CPP) due to endomet...

    Authors: Carlos A Souza, Luciano M Oliveira, Camila Scheffel, Vanessa K Genro, Virginia Rosa, Marcia F Chaves and João S Cunha Filho
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:41
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  43. The Child Perception Questionnaire (CPQ11-14) is a self-report instrument developed to measure oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in 11-14-year-olds. Earlier reports confirm that the 16-item short-form ...

    Authors: Lyndie A Foster Page, W Murray Thomson, A Rizan Mohamed and Jefferson Traebert
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:40
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  44. Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex syndrome that affects many aspects of the patients life and it is very difficult to evaluate in clinical practice. A recent study has developed the Combined Index of Severity of ...

    Authors: Miguel A Vallejo, Javier Rivera, Joaquim Esteve-Vives and Javier Rejas
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:39
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  45. The Dead Sea region, the lowest in the world at 410 meters below sea level, is considered a potent climatotherapy center for the treatment of different chronic diseases.

    Authors: Avital Avriel, Lior Fuchs, Ygal Plakht, Assi Cicurel, Armando Apfelbaum, Robert Satran, Michael Friger, Dimitry Dartava and Shaul Sukenik
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:38
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  46. With the ongoing demographic shift, the quality of life and health promotion among older individuals are becoming increasingly important. Recent research suggests that Sense of Coherence positively affects qua...

    Authors: Jenneken Naaldenberg, Hilde Tobi, Franciska van den Esker and Lenneke Vaandrager
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:37
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  47. We evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Fatigue subscale in patients with ankylosing spondyliti...

    Authors: Dennis A Revicki, Anne M Rentz, Michelle P Luo and Robert L Wong
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:36
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  48. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of 3-month mortality in critically ill older persons under medical care and to assess the clinical impact of an ICU stay on physical and cognitive dependenc...

    Authors: Cédric Daubin, Stéphanie Chevalier, Amélie Séguin, Cathy Gaillard, Xavier Valette, Fabrice Prévost, Nicolas Terzi, Michel Ramakers, Jean-Jacques Parienti, Damien du Cheyron and Pierre Charbonneau
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:35
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  49. Although impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been reported in patients with sarcoidosis, there is currently no sarcoidosis-specific questionnaire in Japan. The 29-item Sarcoidosis Health Questi...

    Authors: Kiminobu Tanizawa, Tomohiro Handa, Sonoko Nagai, Toru Oga, Takeshi Kubo, Yutaka Ito, Kizuku Watanabe, Kensaku Aihara, Kazuo Chin, Michiaki Mishima and Takateru Izumi
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:34
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  50. There is limited information about the medium to long-term health-related quality of life (QOL) in thyroid cancer patients after initial therapy and the existing studies suffer from limitations. The aim of the...

    Authors: David Taïeb, Karine Baumstarck-Barrau, Frédéric Sebag, Cécile Fortanier, Catherine De Micco, Anderson Loundou, Pascal Auquier, Fausto F Palazzo, Jean-françois Henry and Olivier Mundler
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:33
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