... coordination between the Ministry of Finance, BOG and the Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN) has led to a better understanding of the characteristics of microfinance loans and ... kinds of institutional providers of microfinance and, especially, their development into self-sustaining, commercial microfinance institutions capable of reaching growing numbers of poor ... (GHAMFIN), which was established in the late 1990s by a group of RMFIs as a network of microfinance institutions. Its membership cuts across the formal, semi formal and informal institutions and...
... of 8(page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife OutcomesOpen AccessResearchIndoors illumination and seasonal changes in mood and behavior are associated with the health- related ... contains theofficial information for the whole country on the Finnishcitizens and aliens residing permanently in Finland. For this study, all the persons aged 30 or over (n = 8028)identified and ... respondents were handed an information leaflet, aninformed consent form for signing, and a questionnairecontaining self-reports such as the SPAQ, the 15D, theGHQ-12 and the Beck Depression Inventory...
... CentralPage 1 of 6(page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife OutcomesOpen AccessResearchCorrelations among improvements in urgency urinary incontinence, health- related quality ... urgency urinaryincontinence.Competing interestsPVK has been an investigator and lecturer for Astellas, Eli-Lilly, Ferring, Pfizer Inc, and Novartis; CK has been a con-sultant, investigator, and ... contributionsPvK, CK, KC, ZK, MB, and JTW participated in the concept and design, interpretation of data, and the drafting and revising of the manuscript. PvK was involved in collectingthe data. JTW conducted...
... of 9(page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife OutcomesOpen AccessResearchCo-morbidity and visual acuity are risk factors for health- related quality oflife decline: ... and health- related qualityoflifeof patients in primary care. Qual Life Res2006, 15:83-91.5. Fortin M, Lapointe L, Hudon C, Vanasse A, Ntetu AL, Maltais D: Mul-timorbidity andqualityof ... quality oflife (QOL). Knowledge of co-existing conditions or patient characteristics that lead to an increased QOL decline isimportant for individual care, andfor public health purposes. In...
... scoreNumber of patients BioMed CentralPage 1 of 9(page number not for citation purposes) Health andQualityofLife OutcomesOpen AccessResearchChanges in health- related qualityoflife from ... of sepsis. ShortForm 36: a valid and reliable measure of health- related qual-ity oflife Crit Care Med 2000, 28:3599-360514. Pettila V, Kaarlola A and Makelainen A Health- related quality of life ... Pavoni V and Gritti G Survival and qualityoflife after intensive care Intensive Care Med 1996,22:947-95319. Ridley S Outcomes in critical care Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford2002, Outcomes in critical...
... baseline and follow-up functioning and global qualityoflife scores on the EORTC QLQ-C30 (the higher values indicate a higher level of functioning andqualityof life, min.: 0, max.: 100)Baseline ... cognitive, social and emotional func-tioning and lower on other three measures; role and phys-ical functioning and global qualityoflife (the higher HealthandQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, ... inqualityoflifein patients with low income[8].This paper reports on data from a prospective study of quality oflifein lung cancer patients and examineswhether there is a difference in...
... issues in the use ofqualityof life measures in randomized controlled trials. In: Qualityof life assessment in clinical trials methods and practice Edited by: Staquet MJ,Hays RD, Fayers PM. Oxford, ... O and Kamidono S: Assessment of health- related qualityoflifein renal transplant and hemo-dialysis patients using the SF-36 Health Survey. Urology 2000,56(2):201-206. HealthandQualityof ... 1998:69-90. 12. Anderson RT, Aaronson NK, Bullinger M and McBee WL: A Review of the Progress Towards Developing Health- Related Quality ofLife Instruments for International Clinical Studies and Outcomes...
... thing to aim forin under-standing what's going on."I.6 "Being quiet and not sociable. Not wanting to go any-where and being suspicious of people and what they werethinking of ... Development of a quality oflife profile for use in community services for the mentallyill. Soc Work Soc Sci 3:5-45. 1991–199226. Heinrichs D, Hanlon E and Carpenter W: The qualityoflife scale:an instrument ... 3):267s-274s.31. Bergner M: Development testing and use of the SicknessImpact Profile. In: QualityofLife Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990's HealthandQualityofLife Outcomes 2003, 1 http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/31Page...
... JNC 7 guidelines[9].Assessment and definition of health- related qualityof life. HRQOL is defined as the perception of overall satisfactionwith lifeand involves the measurement of functional ... sta-tus 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-12v2™ is a generic health ... important in defining health benefits? Med SciSports Exerc 2001, 33:379-99.7. Ware JE, Kosinski M, Keller SD: A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey: construction of scales and preliminary tests of relia-bility...
... HeartDisease health- related qualityoflife instrument: A sum-mary. Healthandqualityoflife outcomes 2004, 2(1):3.22. Dixon T, Lim LL, Oldridge NB: The MacNew heart disease health- related qualityof ... Schỹòler G, von Steinbỹchel N, Oldridge NB: Health- related qualityoflifein patients with coronary arterydisease treated for angina: validity and reliability of Germantranslations of two specific ... adjusted life years (QALYs) [24]. The EQ-5D consists of a 5-dimensional descriptive system and a visual analoguescale allowing assessment of relevant segments of HRQL: HealthandQualityof Life...