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Abstract
Background: The Nottingham Health Profile index of Distress (NHPD) has been proposed as a
generic undimensional 24-item measure of illness-related distress that is embedded in the
Nottingham Health Profile ... disease: validity of the PDQ-39 and
Nottingham Health Profile. Mov Disord 2003, 18(7):773-783.
5. Wann-Hansson C, Hallberg IR, Risberg B,...
... per the JNC 7 guidelines
[9].
Assessment and definition of health- related quality of life.
HRQOL is defined as the perception of overall satisfaction
with life and involves the measurement of ... in the domains of physical, cognitive, emotional, and
social health, and is a fundamental assessment in under-
standing the health status of a population [10]. The SF-
12...
... cell
cross-priming through the expression of HLA/peptide
complexes [6]. Based on these and following observations
about the role of exosomes in antigen presentation, the
exacerbated production of these vesicles ... Finally in 1996 these micropar-
ticles were recognized for their central role in antigen pres-
entation with the work of Graça Raposo and Hans Geuze
of Utrecht Un...
... carried
out the experimental work including the extraction of RNA, validation of
microarray data by real-time PCR and the analysis of serum samples. The
microarray experiment and the analysis of array ... from the operative knee of control and IPC-treated patients at the onset of surgery and, again,
at one hour into surgery. The gene expression profile of musc...
... drafted the manuscript. MH and TC
assisted in the design of the study and in the drafting of
the manuscript. SL assisted in the conducting of inter-
views, analysis of the data and the drafting of the ... reliability.
Tests for Validity
The validation of the TRIM-Diabetes/Device followed the
analyses as specified in the SAP. However, since the factor...
...
the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The views expressed
in this manuscript are the views of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the Ontario Ministry of Health ... and extent of their presence or
absence, these contextual factors influenced the episodic
nature of the dimensions of disability.
Contextual Factors of Disabil...
... 3)
Valuation of hypothetical health states
The mean VAS scores for the 10 health hypothetical states
ranged from 0.815 for the health state 21111 (some prob-
lems in walking around) to 0.156 for the health ... possible 243
health states were presented for the valuation task.
We chose 10 hypothetical health states out of a previously
used set of health states used...
... for the measure-
ment of health- related quality of life. Health Policy 1990,
16:199-208.
14. Shaw JW, Johnson JA, Coons SJ: US valuation of the EQ-5D
health states: Development and testing of the ... be used as a health
profile or converted into an index score representing a von
Neumann-Morgenstern utility value for current health
[9]. The level of problem repo...
... Number of health care providers and composition of health
care team: Respondents were asked to identify all of the
health care providers that were part of their current health
care team or whom they ... which
represents 62% out of a total of 1568 events indicated by
the ECSQ. The distribution of these events ranged from
4% in the area of Substance Use to 16% in...
... while the human angular velocity for
a typical joint is of the order of 20 rpm. Yet, the higher
the gear ratio, the greater the losses due to friction, and
thehighertheweightofthedevice.Theseconsidera-
tions, ... from
heel-strikemotion.Somedevicesusetheenergyfrom
the relative motion between the foot and the ground
during the stance phase (the phase in which the foot...