Abstract:Background: Despite rising non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) prevalence and its impact on liver health, there’s a lack of studies on grape seed extract’s (GSE) effect on oxidative stress and quality of life (QoL) in NAFLD patients. This ...
Abstract: On the basis of available oncological research on the quality of life, this construct is defined as a general, dynamic, and global construct, and a revised version of a questionnaire for its assessment, composed of 68 items, is presented. An ...
Summary: The questionnaire “Quality of Life with Chronic Disease” (German: “Profil der Lebensqualität chronisch Kranker”, PLC) measures the quality of life experienced by patients with chronic diseases on the physical, emotional and social levels, making ...
Summary: The concept of psychiatric day hospitals for the elderly is becoming increasingly popular in Germany. However, studies on the quality of treatment in gerontopsychiatric day hospitals are not available. Parameters suited for a quality assessment ...
Assessing the Quality of Life Among Dementia: The Psychometric Quality of Self-Report ScalesSummary: Self-report questionnaires are used to measure quality of life. Its application is discussed controversially to investigate persons with cognitive ...
Heart or liver-transplantation in adolescentsSummary:Results of interviews with experts. The following paper presents the results of interviews with transplant experts. Objective: What counseling concepts do experts use? How do they describe the quality ...
Quality of Life in Chronically Ill and Psychologically Disturbed Children: First Results Using the Children's Quality of Life Scales (Inventar zur Erfassung der Lebensqualität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen, ILK)Summary:Objectives: The assessment of the ...
Hintergrund: Die Bestimmung der schmerzfreien und maximalen Gehstrecke gehört zum Routineprogamm der angiologischen Untersuchung eines Patienten mit AVK. Unklarheiten bestehen darüber, welchem der beiden Parameter mehr Krankheitsrelevanz zukommt.
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Hintergrund: Mit Hilfe eines krankheitsspezifischen Fragebogens zur Ermittlung der Lebensqualität (CLAU-S) sollte in dieser doppelblinden, placebo-kontrollierten Studie an Patienten, die an einer Claudicatio intermittens leiden, untersucht werden, ob die ...
Background: In patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) stage II, exercise training seems to be important to reduce symptoms and improve functional capacity. We evaluated the effects of an outpatient treatment program on walking distance ...
Hintergrund: Zur Versachlichung der Debatte um die begrenzten Ressourcen im Gesundheitswesen sind Untersuchungen zu den Behandlungskosten und Lebensqualitätsimplikationen einzelner Krankheitsbilder erforderlich. Ziel der Untersuchung waren die ...
Hintergrund: Aus klinischer Erfahrung ist bekannt, dass lymphatische Erkrankungen mit Einschränkungen der Lebensqualität (LQ) verbunden sein können. Angesichts des Fehlens validierter Erhebungsmethoden haben jedoch nur wenige Studien die LQ bei ...
Hintergrund: Die herkömmliche, primär konservative Behandlung der akuten Typ B Aortendissektion hat mit der endovaskulären Stentgraft-Versorgung eine möglicherweise wichtige Alternative erhalten. Ziel war es, die Ergebnisse und die längerfristige ...
Hintergrund: Chronische Wunden sind aufgrund ihres häufigen Vorkommens und der damit verbundenen Kosten von großer sozioökonomischer Bedeutung. Darüber hinaus ist die Erkrankung mit einer großen Einschränkung der Lebensqualität verbunden. Ziel der ...
Background: To determine the impact of the postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) on quality of life after primary upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (UEDVT). Patients and methods: Twenty-five patients with a history of primary UEDVT, treated with ...
Background: The Intermittent Claudication Questionnaire (ICQ) is a short questionnaire for the assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with intermittent claudication (IC). The objective of this study was to translate the ICQ into ...
Background: The Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) is a short, easy to complete, disease-specific questionnaire to assess intermittent claudication. A Spanish version of the WIQ for Hispanic Americans has recently been validated in Texas, but it needs ...
Background: The WELCH questionnaire includes 4 items (A, B, C and D) and estimates the maximal walking time (MWT) on treadmill in patients with claudication. Its scoring was empirically defined. We aimed to test various methods for scoring to estimate ...
Background: Calf vein diameters during compression with two different stocking brands are assessed as well as quality of life. Patients and methods: 60 subjects (53 female) with painful legs were randomized to either wearing the Venotrain micro® (VM) or ...
Background: Aim of the study was to validate a newly developed disease-specific quality of life questionnaire (Wuerzburg Wound Score, WWS) in patients with chronic arterial or venous leg ulcers. Patients and methods: In this prospective study 115 patients ...