Validity and reliability of the Thai version of the Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes Questionnaire version 2.0 to assess Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Metastasis

Author(s):  
Panya Luksanapruksa ◽  
Pariwat Phikunsri ◽  
Warayos Trathitephun ◽  
Borriwat Santipas ◽  
Siravich Suvithayasiri ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 768-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stein J. Janssen ◽  
Teun Teunis ◽  
Eva van Dijk ◽  
Marco L. Ferrone ◽  
John H. Shin ◽  
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Cancer ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 124 (8) ◽  
pp. 1828-1838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne L. Versteeg ◽  
Arjun Sahgal ◽  
Laurence D. Rhines ◽  
Daniel M. Sciubba ◽  
James M. Schuster ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-175
Author(s):  
Rhayun Song ◽  
Moonhee Gang ◽  
Myonghwa Park ◽  
Moonkyoung Park ◽  
Myoungock Jang ◽  
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Author(s):  
Nitin S. Kapse ◽  
Sushama S. Thakre ◽  
Subhash B. Thakre ◽  
Shushanki N. Kapse

Background: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a major global health problem affecting quality of life of human being. It has major impact on physical, psychological, social and environmental aspect of life. The aim is to assess Quality of Life (QoL) of persons seeking treatment at de-addiction centre by comparing it with those not seeking treatment, using WHOQOL BREF scale. Methods: A cross sectional comparative study is done on 250 persons admitted and seeking treatment at de-addiction centre during August 2014 to December 2015. A five-point scale rated WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was used to assess quality of life. Results: Majority of study participants (85.60%) rated their quality of life as poor when compared to comparison group who rated their quality of life as good (52.80%). Majority of study participants (82.80%) were dissatisfied with their health. It was observed that the mean score of the physical, psychological, social and environmental domain in the study group was significantly lower in study group when compared to comparison group (p<0.001). Conclusions: Substance abuse had detrimental effect on the physical, social, psychological and environmental domain affecting their overall health and quality of life.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
James Feghali ◽  
Zach Pennington ◽  
Jeff Ehresman ◽  
Daniel Lubelski ◽  
Ethan Cottrill ◽  
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Symptomatic spinal metastasis occurs in around 10% of all cancer patients, 5%–10% of whom will require operative management. While postoperative survival has been extensively evaluated, postoperative health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) outcomes have remained relatively understudied. Available tools that measure HRQOL are heterogeneous and may emphasize different aspects of HRQOL. The authors of this paper recommend the use of the EQ-5D and Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes Questionnaire (SOSGOQ), given their extensive validation, to capture the QOL effects of systemic disease and spine metastases. Recent studies have identified preoperative QOL, baseline functional status, and neurological function as potential predictors of postoperative QOL outcomes, but heterogeneity across studies limits the ability to derive meaningful conclusions from the data. Future development of a valid and reliable prognostic model will likely require the application of a standardized protocol in the context of a multicenter study design.


2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Simões ◽  
Sofia Santos ◽  
Claudia Claes

Abstract This article presents the results of a pilot study to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Escala Pessoal de Resultados (EPR), the Portuguese version of the Personal Outcomes Scale (POS), to assess quality of life (QOL) in people with intellectual disability (ID) in Portugal. We present the adaptation and validation processes of the EPR. Data were collected from 1,264 adults with intermittent and limited levels of support needs and respective proxies. Results of the research are discussed in requisites of the validity and reliability. The different coefficients illustrate that this scale may be a useful addition to the QOL assessment in Portuguese people with ID.


Author(s):  
José Andrade Louzado ◽  
Matheus Lopes Cortes ◽  
Márcio Galvão Oliveira ◽  
Vanessa Moraes Bezerra ◽  
Sóstenes Mistro ◽  
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Background: This study aimed to identify the factors associated with the quality of life of young workers of a Social Work of Industry Unit. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 1270 workers. Data were collected using a digital questionnaire built on the KoBoToolbox platform that included the EUROHIS-QOL eight-item index to assess quality of life. Demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, and clinical variables were considered explanatory. The associations were analyzed using the ordinal logistic regression model at a 5% significance level. Results: Men and women had a mean quality of life of 31.1 and 29.4, respectively. Workers that rated their health as “very good” had an odds ratio of 7.4 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 5.17–10.81), and those who rated it as “good” had an odds ratio of 2.9 (95% CI = 2.31–3.77). Both these groups of workers were more likely to have higher levels of quality of life as compared to workers with “regular”, “poor”, or “very poor” self-rated health. Physically active individuals were 30% more likely to have higher levels of quality of life (odds ratio = 1.3; 95% CI = 1.08–1.65). After adjusting the model by gender, age group, marital status, socioeconomic class, self-rated health, nutritional status, and risky alcohol consumption, the odds ratio of active individuals remained stable (odds ratio = 1.3; 95% CI = 1.05–1.66). Conclusions: In the present study, self-rated health, physical activity, and gender were associated with young workers’ quality of life.


Author(s):  
Maxime Caru ◽  
Sébastien Perreault ◽  
Ariane Levesque ◽  
Serge Sultan ◽  
Leandra Desjardins ◽  
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