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Health Care Sciences & Services
Ines Buchholz, You-Shan Feng, Maresa Buchholz, Lewis E. Kazis, Thomas Kohlmann
Summary: The German version of the VR-36 and VR-12 were validated in orthopedic and psychosomatic rehabilitation patients, showing them to be valid and reliable tools. Construct validity and known-groups validity were established through comparisons with other patient-reported outcome measures.
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Anders Joelson, Fredrik Stromqvist, Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson, Jan Karlsson
Summary: This study investigated self-rated general health assessment after spine surgery, showing that 83% of patients with lumbar disc herniation reported improvement in general health one year after surgery, while 66% of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis also reported improvement. The SF-36 item 2 was found to be a responsive measure of self-rated general health with substantial association to improvements in all domains of SF-36.
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Daniel Y. T. Fong, Bobo K. Y. Chan, Sha Li, C. H. Wan, Lewis E. Kazis
Summary: This study assessed the differences between SF-12v2 and VR-12 in a Chinese population and found that they reached mean equivalence at the group sample level, but showed individual differences.
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
John Roger Andersen, Kyrre Breivik, Inger Elise Engelund, Marjolein M. Iversen, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Tone Merete Norekval, Kjersti Oterhals, Anette Storesund
Summary: This study investigated the criterion validity and convergent validity of unweighted composite scores for physical and mental health. The results showed that these scores demonstrated satisfactory validity, suggesting that the calculation of these composite scores can be kept simple.
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Liliana Giraldo-Rodriguez, Mariana Lopez-Ortega
Summary: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of SF-36 in older Mexicans. The SF-36 showed appropriate internal consistency, construct validity, and factor structure. It also demonstrated good discrimination between groups with and without chronic diseases. The Social functioning subscale had the least acceptable results, possibly due to different understandings among the older Mexican population.
APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE
(2023)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
M. Rifqi Rokhman, Yulia Wardhani, Dwi Lestari Partiningrum, Barkah Djaka Purwanto, Ika Ratna Hidayati, Arofa Idha, Jarir At Thobari, Maarten J. Postma, Cornelis Boersma, Jurjen van der Schans
Summary: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of KDQOL-36 Bahasa Indonesia in hemodialysis (HD) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients in Indonesia. The results showed that the instrument has good validity and reliability, making it suitable for assessing the quality of life in these patients.
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
(2023)
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Psychiatry
Mostafa Qorbani, Mostafa Amini Rarani, Amir Kasaeian, Shirin Djalalinia, Kourosh Nouri, Hadith Rastad, Ehsan Shahrestanaki, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Ramin Heshmat, Roya Kelishadi
Summary: Socioeconomic variables have an impact on bullying, being a victim, life dissatisfaction, and self-rated health in children and adolescents.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Miyuna Kimura, Junji Yamauchi, Tomoo Sato, Naoko Yagishita, Natsumi Araya, Satoko Aratani, Kenichiro Tanabe, Erika Horibe, Toshiki Watanabe, Ariella Coler-Reilly, Misako Nagasaka, Yukari Akasu, Kei Kaburagi, Takayuki Kikuchi, Soichiro Shibata, Hirofumi Matsumoto, Akihito Koseki, Soichiro Inoue, Ayako Takata, Yoshihisa Yamano
Summary: This study aimed to reveal the impact of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy (HAM) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The results showed that HRQoL of patients with HAM was worse than that of the general population and was associated with all major symptoms.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Anders Joelson, Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson, Jan Karlsson
Summary: This study evaluated the stability of SF-36 profiles for lumbar spine diseases and found that patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and lumbar disk herniations have different SF-36 profiles. The SF-36 health profiles remained stable over a 10-year period.
HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Anders Joelson, Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson, Jan Karlsson
Summary: The SF-36 GH domain showed poor responsiveness to surgical treatment of spinal stenosis and disk herniation, while EQ VAS, EQ-5D index, and SF-6D demonstrated moderate to large responsiveness.
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Surgery
O. Nilsson, M. Stenman, A. Letterstal, R. Hultgren
Summary: This study found that eHealth intervention did not directly improve anxiety scores in patients undergoing AAA surgery, but anxiety scores decreased in participants who actually used the eHealth tool.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Saddaf Naaz Akhtar, Nandita Saikia, T. Muhammad
Summary: This study examined the influence of gender on self-rated health among older adults in India and found a female disadvantage. The results showed that lower socioeconomic status, health conditions, and lack of resources were determinants of poor current health and worse change in health among older adults.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Siqi Shao, Tiantian Che, Deshui Zhou
Summary: Based on the empirical analysis using CHARLS data, this study finds that medical assistance and life assistance have negative influences on self-rated health. The study also reveals heterogeneity in these influences across different regions and population groups.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Chadia Haddad, Hala Sacre, Sahar Obeid, Pascale Salameh, Souheil Hallit
Summary: The study validated the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of SF-12 in a sample of Lebanese adults, demonstrating good reliability and validity. Physical component summary scores were highly associated with physical-related subscales, while mental component summary scores were more associated with mental health-related subscales.
ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Cristian Martin-Vazquez, Ruben Garcia-Fernandez, Natalia Calvo-Ayuso, Maria Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Cristina Liebana-Presa, Jose David Urchaga-Litago
Summary: This study describes and analyzes the health-related quality of life in pregnant women during their first trimester in a health area in the north of Spain. The results showed that variables such as being a foreigner, prenatal abortion, previous caesarean section, previous children, or assisted reproduction techniques were negatively associated with some dimensions of quality of life in pregnant women.