... its familyshould be the focus ofthe professional. Also, profession-als should be made aware ofthe consequences of care forparents during their training. Furthermore, they should betrained ... ofthe study and asking their participation.Parents decided themselves whether the mother or the father completed the questionnaire. The letter was accom-panied by the questionnaire, an informed ... imputed based on the guidelines ofthe TAAQOL. Incalculation ofthe scale scores one missing combined-itemscore was allowed for, the missing score is replaced by the mean value ofthe non-missing...
... The result of Sobel test offered furtherevidence for the pa rtial mediating effect of de pression to the pain-QoL association (z =-4.045,p < 0.001) (Figure 2).DiscussionWe know of no other ... suggest-ing that about 28% ofthe effect of depression on the mental aspect of QoL went through the mediator of pain, and over 72% ofthe effect was direct. Whendepression was the mediator, depressive ... through the mediator of depression, and 25% ofthe effect was direct. Statistically, the mediatio n of depression (Model 4: 75%) exerted the strongest effect (cf. Model 1: 28%). These findings offerinsights...
... Yearbook1Foreword This is the first edition ofthe Urban Yearbook. It presents the main results ofthe pilot phase ofthe Urban Audit. The purpose ofthe Urban Audit is to provide a resource ... However, the value ofthe information brought together in the pilot phase ofthe Urban Audit will be much increased if stepsare taken to fill the gaps, to update the information, to increase the ... aspects ofthe work. The urbanYearbook and other products have been prepared by a team of consultants and researchers brought togetherunder the umbrella of ERECO for the Urban Audit pilot phase. The...
... predict the quality of life ofthe elderly. These two factors predicted the quality oflifeof elderly in Einme Township at 53.3%. The strongest factor that influenced the quality oflife was ... quality oflife negatively, and a long period of good quality oflife is possible2. Therefore, the maintenance and improvement ofthe quality of life become important issues. The proportion of ... significantly predict the quality oflifeof elderly by 53.3%. Self-esteem had the highest predictive power of quality of life. Conclusion: The factors related to quality oflifeof elderly people...
... constituted a part ofthe Duchy of Valois, held jointly by the Houses of Orléans and of Bar. [1600] Of its dukes, one was a prisoner in the hands ofthe English; the other was connected with the French ... TheLifeof Joan of Arc - Volume II 20 An illustrious lady, a descendant of Bolognese nobles and the widow of a knight of Picardy, well versed in the liberal arts, was the author of a ... events. The hagiographical character ofthe passage is obvious. ] TheLifeof Joan of Arc - Volume II 26 Reims engarland happily the gardener ofthe Lily, named Charles, son of Charles....
... did they build trilithons there, yet nowhere else? What was the meaningofthe stone circle, a type of neolithic monument that wasbuilt at hundreds of other sites too? What was the purpose of the outlying ... resembles the Art of a Conjurer.JOHN AUBREY When we look at the wreck of Stonehenge, open now to the ravages of the weather as it always was, it seems to epitomise the traditional image ofthe material ... him, the brush of feet.Turning, he saw over the prostrate columns another figure;then before he was aware, another was at hand on the rightunder a trilithon, and another on the left. The dawn...
... In most cases (86%) the proxy informant was the mother. The mean age of the parents was 43.63 ± 6.5 years; 9 of them (6 fathers and 3mothers, 14%) had suffered heritable RB themselves.Group comparisonsA. ... lessaware ofthe effects in later lifeofthe hereditary form of RB, such as risk for offspring, and enhanced risk for sec-ond primary tumors. During the home visits, some par-ents of hereditary ... opportunities". The recall period for most items is one week. The score of eachdimension was calculated as the mean ofthe ratings of items that pertained to that dimension, after the score of each...
... to quality of life. The authors ofthe modelpresent it as taxonomy of patient outcomes that link the characteristics ofthe individual to the characteristics of the environment. The model proposes ... ableto work because of their back problem.Characteristics of environment The variable of social support represented an aspect of the characteristic ofthe environment in the model. Overall,subjects ... lumbar spinal surgery.Health-related quality of life A number of studies were conducted measuring the HRQOL in patients undergoing spinal surgery [18]. The most common measures of HRQOL in these...
... characteristics,appraisal ofthe disease, coping, and quality oflife are allsignificantly related to each other. This part of the extended stress-coping model might be seen as a represen-tation ofthe theory of ... coping with a chronic illness are described by severaltheories of stress and emotion [7]. One of these theories is the cognitive-appraisal model of Lazarus and Folkman[8]. With their theory they ... sample size is needed to investigateall aspects ofthe extended stress-coping model. Despite the exclusion of some ofthe aspects ofthe model, the power to detect a model without a good fit remainedsmall;...
... to quality oflifeof controls[22].In the present study QoL was measured with the Profile of Quality ofLife in the Chronically Ill (PLC). In this ques-tionnaire the two aspects of QoL, performance ... quality oflife and social status. Data wascompared to the German census on an age matched control collective.Results: Quality oflife measured with the Profile of Quality ofLife in the Chronically ... children. Schooling and professional career corre-sponded approximately to the control collective. Quality of life measured with the Profile of Quality ofLife in the Chronically Ill (PLC) revealed...
... regard to themeaningof disease.Reflecting on meaning and sense oflife and positive inter-pretation of disease obviously can have an impact on howpatients change their further life, and ... promoting humanity as the measure of all things, and roots in the rationalism of the 18th Century and the free-thought movement of the 19th Century. Secular Humanists reject the concept of apersonal ... and attitudes on the onehand, and the expression of these attitudes in concreteengagement on the other. A second advantage is the dif-ferentiation of five distinct forms of spiritual, religiousand...
... from the CGI-S atbaseline). Therefore, further study ofthe performance of the responsiveness ofthe RLSQoL in patients with 'mild'RLS is also warranted.Finally, the focus of this ... 1.52% for item 5. Therefore, missing data at the item level were not problematic in either study.Factor analysis The current scoring ofthe RLSQoL, devised by the devel-opers ofthe questionnaire, ... the reliability and validity ofthe RLSQoL. However, the studywas limited by its relatively small sample size and by the lack of a full assessment ofthe responsiveness of the RLSQoL to change over...
... worsening in their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, it has been confirmed that the evalu-ation alone ofthe severity of COPD, measured by the degree of reduction ofthe forced expiratory ... in the primary care setting, with the aim of esti-mating the use of health resources and assessing the HRQoL of patients with stable COPD. The recruitment of patients and the calculation of ... volume of sputum or any combination of thesesymptoms, of acute onset, and requiring a change in the regular medication ofthe patient [18]. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Foundation...
... evaluate the goodness -of- fit of the hypothesized measurement model for responsesto the subscales ofthe KDCS and SF-36 instrumentswhen analyzed together; and given acceptable goodness- of- fit ... each group the goodness -of- fit of a CFA model that specified twocorrelated factors consisting ofthe seven subscales of the KDCS and the eight subscales ofthe SF-36. The rationale for examining ... one-seventh ofthe var-iance in each instrument for the VETERAN sample, andone-quarter ofthe variance in each instrument for the DOPPS sample, has nothing to do with the other instru-ment. Furthermore,...
... examination of patien t character-istics and quality of life, thematic content coding of responses to the Brief Quality ofLife Appraisal Profile,examination ofthe relationship of goal attainment ... major motivat ional theme as it demon-strates yet another dimension ofthe QOL AppraisalProfile and further helps e lucidate the nuances o f the profile. The major theme of reaching an event/milestone ... needed. Other patients c om-pleted the Quality ofLife Appraisal Profile and othermeasures during the time that they were receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. In order to see whether theseconfounders...