Quality of life in cochlear implantees: Comparing utility values obtained through the Medical Outcome Study Short-Form Survey-6D and the Health Utility Index Mark 3

2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (11) ◽  
pp. 2586-2590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Arnoldner ◽  
Vincent Y. Lin ◽  
Richard Bresler ◽  
Alexandra Kaider ◽  
Jafri Kuthubutheen ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edja Solange Souza Rangel ◽  
Angélica Gonçalves Silva Belasco ◽  
Solange Diccini

OBJETIVOS: Avaliar e correlacionar a qualidade de vida e depressão de pacientes após acidente vascular cerebral em reabilitação. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal realizado em dois serviços de reabilitação, com pacientes de acidente vascular cerebral. As informações coletadas foram sociodemográficas, o Medical Outcome Study 36 - item short-form health survey, o Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale, o Índice de Barthel e o Inventário de Depressão de Beck. RESULTADOS: A amostra foi constituída de 139 pacientes, idade média 59,4 anos e 59% eram homens. Houve comprometimento dos escores da qualidade de vida geral e específica. Segundo o Índice de Barthel 49,6% dos pacientes apresentavam dependência moderada a severa e 49,7% tinham sintomas depressivos, conforme Inventário de Depressão de Beck, não havendo correlação positiva entre estes dados e qualidade de vida geral e específica. CONCLUSÃO: A qualidade de vida geral e específica dos pacientes com acidente vascular cerebral, em reabilitação, apresentou domínios comprometidos.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rewa Kohli ◽  
Suvarna Sane ◽  
Manisha Ghate ◽  
Ramesh Paranjape

1998 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilian Pfennings ◽  
Leo Cohen ◽  
Henk Van Der Ploeg ◽  
Chris Polman ◽  
Gustaaf Lankhorst

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease which can cause a variety of symptoms (motor and sensory impairment, visual problems, bladder and bowel problems, sexual dysfunction, and decline in cognitive function). Both the Medical Outcome Study Short Form-36, a generic questionnaire regarding health-related quality of life, and the Disability and Impact Profile, a similar questionnaire developed for people with chronic diseases, are used regularly to assess patients with multiple sclerosis. Over a 6-mo. interval 187 patients with multiple sclerosis completed these questionnaires twice. Internal consistency of both questionnaires at Times 1 and 2 was .60 or above for all eight scales of the Medical Outcome Study Short Form—36 and five scales of the Disability and Impact Profile. Estimates of test-retest reliability for three scales of the Medical Outcome Study Short Form—36 were below .60, but for all scales of the Disability and Impact Profile were .60 or higher. The two questionnaires appeared to be reliable for our sample of patients with multiple sclerosis.


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