• We sought to determine the validity of the Short Form (SF)-12, a generic quality-of-life assessment, in AD and compare its measurement properties with the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). (northwestern.edu)
  • Patient-reported outcomes included the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ DI), Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36), the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Scale and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). (bmj.com)
  • An observational, prospective, patient-outcome study was conducted in five different practice settings on 390 CD patients over 18 months using three outcomes-Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital Outcome Scale (GHHOS), Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD), and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), assessed at baseline, after 3 and 6 months. (thieme-connect.de)
  • We also studied the relationship between hand function and the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL), pain level and quality of life measured with the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). (lu.se)
  • The participants were also asked to grade their current pain level, and the DLQI was used to assess the participants' quality of life. (lu.se)
  • Data were collected before and eight weeks after the intervention using a demographic questionnaire, the Health Literacy for Iranian Adults scale, the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Menopausal Self-Care Questionnaire. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A self-constructed demographic information sheet, Coping Strategies Questionnaire (Kausar, 2004) and Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (Juniper, 1991) were used for the assessment. (ppri.pk)
  • The examination of subjects included an assessment of NAPSI scores and the Nail Psoriasis Quality of Life (NPQ10) questionnaire. (ejournals.ca)
  • Twenty met our inclusion criteria resulting in 6 PRO instruments: 3 general dermatology (Skindex, Dermatology Life Quality Index, dermatology quality of life scales), 1 general plastic surgery (Patient Outcomes of Surgery-Head/Neck), and 2 skin cancer-specific (Skin Cancer Index, disease-specific questionnaire). (nih.gov)
  • The Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI) is a questionnaire which assesses the impact on the family member's QoL and has not been translated, culturally adapted and validated to Brazilian Portuguese. (pucsp.br)
  • Validity and reliability of an adapted Arabic translation of the Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ-A) among Egyptians was assessed in a cohort of 103 asthmatic children aged 8-16 years. (who.int)
  • La validité et la fiabilité d'une traduction en arabe adaptée du questionnaire sur la qualité de vie des enfants asthmatiques (PAQLQ-A) pour les enfants égyptiens a été évaluée dans une cohorte de 103 enfants asthmatiques âgés de 8 à 16 ans. (who.int)
  • Quality of life was evaluated using the older people's quality of life questionnaire (OPQOL). (bvsalud.org)
  • In this study, the impact of childhood psoriasis on caregivers (61 mothers and 4 fathers) of 65 children (age range 5-17.5 years) was measured using Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI). (open.ac.uk)
  • O Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI) é um questionário que avalia o impacto da doença na QV do familiar e ainda não foi traduzido, adaptado culturalmente e validado para o português falado no Brasil. (pucsp.br)
  • Objetivos: Traduzir para o português do Brasil, adaptar cultural e validar o instrumento Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI). (pucsp.br)
  • Life Quality Index 2023 rankings and values (World LQI2000 = 1.000) Table 2. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2023 Data[6], Life Quality Index, and Societal Capacity to Commit Resources to Risk Reduction for regions and other country groupings The Life Quality Index is a decision tool serving to promote human development through better allocation of society's scarce resources by reducing wasteful efforts on inefficient risk-reduction and identifying efficient alternatives. (wikipedia.org)
  • The DQL Index 2023 examined 121 nations (92 percent of the global population) based on five core pillars that consist of 14 indicators. (timesofoman.com)
  • The Life Quality Index combines two primary social indicators: the expectancy of healthy life at birth, E, and the real gross domestic product per person, G, corrected for purchasing power parity as appropriate. (wikipedia.org)
  • The mathematical expression for the Life-Quality Index is: LQI = LGq, showing the LQI as a function of L, the health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) at birth and G, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per person. (wikipedia.org)
  • Suppose a portion of GDP, dG, is invested in implementing a program that affects public risk, thus modifying the life expectancy by a small amount dL. (wikipedia.org)
  • Population aging and improved life expectancy have resulted in the increasing number of menopausal women so that most women currently spend one third of their life after menopause [ 3 , 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The metrics explored include the average number of working hours and annual leave, the percentage of people getting a good night's sleep, as well as people's happiness and life expectancy. (sleepjunkie.com)
  • Due to this standard of work-life balance, Austria's life expectancy is one of the highest in the world. (sleepjunkie.com)
  • Despite the US's low score overall, over half of its residents get between 7-8 hours of sleep a night and their life expectancy is 78.5 which is above average by 7 years. (sleepjunkie.com)
  • It uses particulate pollution concentrations to compute an index that correlates well with expected life expectancy. (andymaypetrophysicist.com)
  • They concluded that a 10 μg/m 3 increase in PM10 reduces Chinese life expectancy by 0.64 years (95% confidence interval=0.21-1.07). (andymaypetrophysicist.com)
  • On the University of Chicago web site here , they explain that the new AQLI measure correlates well with life expectancy and prefer it to the EPA's "Air Quality Index" or AQI. (andymaypetrophysicist.com)
  • As the University of Chicago determined in China, PM10 concentrations are related to life expectancy. (andymaypetrophysicist.com)
  • Its cities rank high in global livability assessments, and its residents have a long life expectancy. (theimmigrationoffice.com)
  • Background: With the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), life expectancy of HIV-infected persons had increased and the disease is now managed as a chronic one, but the quality of life (QOL) of the patients is now a concern. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conclusions: Our results suggest that ongoing hand eczema may lead to a measurable decrease of strength and dexterity of the hand, leading to an impairment of the ability to perform ADL and consequently to a poorer quality of life. (lu.se)
  • According to the Digital Quality Life Index 2022 from Netherland based Surfshark , Namibia is now ranked 103 in the world has dropped by three positions since last year's edition. (economist.com.na)
  • The company also stated, "Revised from 110 in 2021, the DQL 2022 Index now analyzes 117 countries worldwide according to internet affordability, internet quality, e-infrastructure, e-security, and e-government. (businessinsider.com)
  • For more information on indicator calculation and for a full list of references, please view Technical Documentation for the Environmental Justice Index 2022 . (cdc.gov)
  • The HS lesions and the patient's quality of life improved steadily over time until week-136. (bvsalud.org)
  • A Knowing about self-care deficits can al ow for planning healthcare in o o t U the management of diabetic foot and improve the patient's quality of i a b e t i c F life. (bvsalud.org)
  • Objectives: To translate to Brazilian Portuguese, culturally adapt and validate the Family Life Quality Index (FDLQI) instrument. (pucsp.br)
  • The Lien Centre for Palliative Care at Duke-NUS Medical School, commissioned by the Lien Foundation, has produced the Cross Country Comparison of Expert Assessments of the Quality of Death and Dying Index 2021 . (floridapalliativecarecoalition.org)
  • ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Index measures for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) quantify the desirability (utility) of a certain health state. (ru.nl)
  • To evaluate the effects of adalimumab on patient-reported outcomes of joint-related and skin-related functional impairment, health-related quality of life, fatigue and pain in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). (bmj.com)
  • That's why it's crucial to pinpoint the areas in which a nation's digital quality of life thrives and where attention is needed, which is the precise purpose of the DQL Index", said Gabriele Racaityte-Krasauske, Surfshark's spokeswoman. (timesofoman.com)
  • Quality-of-life assessments are not standardized in atopic dermatitis (AD). (northwestern.edu)
  • Poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) associated with sickle cell disease has been established. (academicjournals.org)
  • The study aim was to determine the relationship between pain index and HRQoL in Nigerian patients with SCA. (academicjournals.org)
  • Overall, with the range of statistically significant Chi-square value 49.715-94.474 (Cramer's V = 0.469-0.647), strong association was observed between pain index and all HRQoL domains. (academicjournals.org)
  • These instruments have been developed for several diseases, but a dementia-specific HRQoL index instrument was not yet available. (ru.nl)
  • AIMS OF THE STUDY: To develop and validate the prototype of a dementia-specific HRQoL index measure: Dementia Quality of life Instrument (DQI), as the first step towards valuation of the dementia health state. (ru.nl)
  • OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a multiethnic Asian population in Singapore, and to explore if the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of alternative BMI cutoffs for Asians could be further strengthened by evidence of higher risk of impaired HRQoL using these criteria. (mcmaster.ca)
  • Health-related quality of life (HRQL) scores vary across income, education levels, sex, and racial/ethnic groups (6). (cdc.gov)
  • These pillars have 14 indicators that help measure overall digital quality of life. (businessinsider.com)
  • The HCI is brand new to hospices and includes ten different indicators of performance comprising the Index. (nahc.org)
  • The University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute has come up with a new measure of air pollution they call the Air Quality-Life Index or AQLI. (andymaypetrophysicist.com)
  • Bangladesh has dropped six places on Surfshark's annual Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index since last year. (businesspostbd.com)
  • The country stood 82nd among 121 countries, according to Surfshark's 5th annual DQL index. (businesspostbd.com)
  • The Surfshark's fifth annual Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) study, which ranks 121 countries by their digital wellbeing based on 5 core pillars, has ranked Nigeria 88th in the world, dropping by two places from last year. (com.ng)
  • METHODS: Consenting English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil-speaking primary care patients (age >or= 21 years) were interviewed using English/their respective mother tongue versions of the EQ-5D/EQ-VAS, Health Utilities Index (HUI2 & HUI3) and the SF-6D. (mcmaster.ca)
  • HUI, Health Utilities Index. (cdc.gov)
  • The latest liveability index from the Economist Intelligence Unit suggests that Shakespeare might be overplaying the importance of people in his definition. (netlify.app)
  • It Sep 4, 2019 Quality of life is up overall, though pollution and political unrest have to an annual index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Telephones and the internet · The press · The quality of life · The world economy · Tourism · Trading places · Transport: planes and trains · Transport: roads and The quality of life index developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranks Israel 38th. (netlify.app)
  • Mar 27, 2019 The Economist Intelligence Unit also releases an annual Global Liveability These rankings also look at quality of life from the perspective of Sep 27, 2019 Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Monocle Magazine's Quality of Life Survey, the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Index, Mercer Consulting's Quality of Living City Ranking and Deutsche Bank's Liveability Survey. (netlify.app)
  • The study covers 92% of the global population and indexes 117 countries by looking at five fundamental pillars of digital life, internet affordability, internet quality, e-infrastructure, e-security, and e-government. (economist.com.na)
  • The benchmarks measured for this list include internet affordability, internet quality, electronic infrastructure, electronic security, and electronic government. (businessinsider.com)
  • In other pillars of the ranking, Nigeria performed best in internet quality, claiming 62nd place, while facing challenges in internet affordability, ranking 108th. (com.ng)
  • In the overall Index, UAE is placed 38th while Saudi Arabia is 45th. (timesofoman.com)
  • Rated as the 66th country in the world and 1st in Africa in its DQL ranking, South Africa has an overall DQL index of 0.4131. (businessinsider.com)
  • Oman has been ranked 18th in Asia in the Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index, according to a report from Surfshark, a cybersecurity company focused on developing humanised privacy and security solutions. (timesofoman.com)
  • Business Insider Africa presents 10 African countries with the best digital quality of life index scores. (businessinsider.com)
  • Collating data on these components, the company was able to put together the countries with the best digital quality of life index (DQL). (businessinsider.com)
  • These are the ten African countries with the highest digital quality of life index, and they are the only African countries in the top 100 in the world save Uganda and Ivory Coast, which came in at 98th and 100th respectively, with DQL scores of 0.2983 and 0.2946. (businessinsider.com)
  • The Digital Quality of Life Index is an annual study that ranks 121 countries by their digital well-being based on five core pillars. (businesspostbd.com)
  • Further research also reveals that 80% of expats in Austria have said their work-life balance has improved since moving there. (sleepjunkie.com)
  • The AQI indices are computed separately, such that 100 or less meets the national ambient air quality standard and 500 is the level where significant harm to the population is expected. (andymaypetrophysicist.com)
  • Quality-of-life indices. (netlify.app)
  • Safety, stability, and a friendly and relaxed culture make it easy to achieve a work-life balance in the home of the world's oldest living culture. (theimmigrationoffice.com)
  • Hungary has overtaken countries such as Australia, the Netherlands or Canada to be named the world's 11th best place to live in terms of quality of life, a survey carried out by the expat social network InterNations reveals. (hungarytoday.hu)
  • Measuring the condition of the world's poor : the physical quality of life index. (who.int)
  • Ortonne JP, Baran R, Corvest M, Schmitt C, Voisard JJ, Taieb C. Development and validation of nail psoriasis quality of life scale (NPQ10). (ejournals.ca)
  • The researchers used the Hyperhidrosis Disease Severity Scale to measure disease severity and the Dermatology Life Quality Index to measure quality of life, both of which were improved by botulinum toxin injections relative to placebo. (medscape.com)
  • The Inclusive Internet Index has been updated for 2020, with revised rankings and scores. (netlify.app)
  • It is one of the most highly-regarded countries in the world as it offers economic opportunity, a high standard of living, and a stable political environment, according to the US News Quality of Life Rankings. (theimmigrationoffice.com)
  • Former LA County Supervisor and Director of the Los Angeles Initative at UCLA Luskin, Zev Yaroslavsky unveils the results from the sixth annual Quality of Life index, which reveals fascinating insights into how residents' priorities and perspectives on public leadership have shifted-or not-in light of the challenges and uncertainties experienced over the past year. (planningreport.com)
  • The measurements initially designed as subjective or socioeconomic indexes of the oral health, are now used as reference measurements of the impact on the quality of life. (bvsalud.org)
  • She said that this higher bar not only documents a higher level of efficacy but correlates with meaningful improvement in quality of life. (medscape.com)
  • Making use of pre-structured instruments in full text, the 31 selected articles brought the following complementary information: authors, local where the study was carried out, year of the publication, journal, period of the study, objective of the study, age or age range of the studied population, quality of life index used, main findings and/or conclusions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Grasys emphasised that out of all index pillars, Namibia's weakest spot is internet quality, which needs to improve by 130% to match the best ranking country's result which is Chile. (economist.com.na)
  • Out of the index's five pillars, Bangladesh performed best in internet quality, claiming 65th place. (businesspostbd.com)
  • When it comes to work-life balance, there are some major differences between Americans and Brits. (sleepjunkie.com)
  • Further, it was also hypothesized that there are differences on the basis of gender as well as on the basis of family background on coping strategies and health-related quality of life in patients with asthma. (ppri.pk)
  • We compared Canada, Australia, Portugal, and New Zealand based on their quality of life scores per the U.S. News and World Report, so that you can easily see their differences before you make your move. (theimmigrationoffice.com)
  • Physical differences between country and city life. (mindmeister.com)
  • Body-mass index and mortality among 1.46 million white adults. (richpollock.com)
  • Body-mass index and mortality among adults with incident type 2 diabetes. (richpollock.com)
  • Significant J-shaped association between body mass index (BMI) and diabetic foot ulcers. (richpollock.com)
  • Correlation analysis showed significant negative correlation was found between Illness perception (Timeline, Consequences and Emotional representation) and positive correlation (Personal control, Treatment control and Illness coherence) with quality of life of diabetic patients in all domains. (ppri.pk)
  • Stepwise Regression analysis showed that Personal control, Emotional representation and Regimen distress, components of Illness Perception and Diabetes Distress were strong predictors of Quality of life of diabetic patients. (ppri.pk)
  • It was also found that Type I diabetic patients had better quality of life than Type II diabetic patients. (ppri.pk)
  • The current study explored the relationship between types of coping strategies and health-related quality of life in patients with asthma. (ppri.pk)
  • It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a relationship between coping strategies and health-related quality of life in patients with asthma. (ppri.pk)
  • It was also hypothesized that coping strategies are likely to predict health-related quality of life in patients with asthma. (ppri.pk)
  • The present study was aimed to investigate the relationship between Illness perception, Diabetes distress and Quality of life of patients with Diabetes. (ppri.pk)
  • The Skin Cancer Index demonstrates the most evidence of its usefulness in patients with BCC/SCC. (nih.gov)
  • Moderate-to-severe HS may severely impair patients' quality of life also because the available therapies are often unsatisfactory. (bvsalud.org)
  • Patients should be engaged in informed, shared decision-making on management and be provided with the best supportive care to improve symptom management and quality of life. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conclusion.There is a high prevalence of poor quality of life among elderly patients consulting at the Yaoundé Central Hospital. (bvsalud.org)
  • Disease-specific index measures on the other hand combine disease-specificity and quantification of perceived quality on several health domains of a certain disease into one single figure. (ru.nl)
  • Metrolink announced its new Climate Action Plan-the agency's first formal environmentally focused initiative that sets goals for emissions reduction, air quality improvement, and other sustainability measures to help advance the regional railway's aggressive goal for zero emissions by 2028. (planningreport.com)
  • The Skindex-16, Dermatology QOL Scales, and Dermatology Life Quality Index target different aspects of QOL and should be used depending on the specific question being investigated. (nih.gov)
  • It is implicated through this research that early interventional steps and awareness would prove beneficial in decreasing the high risk illness perception of this disease, distress of diabetes and thus improving the quality of life. (ppri.pk)
  • Not only do they continue to have disease and their overall quality of life (QoL) may be impacted, but also they may have significant work disruption. (thieme-connect.de)
  • Kenya is just one step away from Tunisia placing 78th in the world and 5th in Africa, its DQL index is 0.3836. (businessinsider.com)
  • In conjunction with an actuarial life table the SCCR serves to evaluate life-saving interventions in place of the discredited "value of a statistical life. (wikipedia.org)
  • The QLI was developed to measure quality of life in various populations by measuring both satisfaction with aspects of quality of life and importance of those aspects of quality of life. (sralab.org)
  • The QLI-SCI was developed to measure quality of life specifically in people with spinal cord injury. (sralab.org)
  • The index, which is based on a global and cross-industry executive survey, is now in its third edition, providing a rare longitudinal measure of IoT implementation. (netlify.app)
  • Can quality of life index measure oral health over the years? (bvsalud.org)
  • The referred quality of life has been increasingly used in dental studies to measure the impact that the dental treatment can cause on the individuals. (bvsalud.org)
  • The commonly used generic index measure, e.g. (ru.nl)
  • The technology of multidimensional matrices is used to manage in an effective way the complex correlation structure induced by the path dependence of the index. (iospress.com)
  • There was found negative correlation between Diabetes distress and Quality of life in all domains. (ppri.pk)
  • That is, what happens with the quality of life indexes of these individuals after the treatment or re-treatment and after some years of the oral interventions. (bvsalud.org)
  • The 100 countries in this year's index represent 96% of global GDP and 91% of global population. (netlify.app)
  • Rural population had significantly poor quality of life as compared to urban population. (ppri.pk)
  • Further research is needed to generate values in the general population for each of the possible DQI states and to derive an algorithm that converts the 5 separate DQI domain scores into one single DQI Index score. (ru.nl)
  • The 6 instruments all underwent some degree of formal development and validation, however, only the Skin Cancer Index was developed and validated in the BCC/SCC population. (nih.gov)
  • In the overall index, Bangladesh lags behind India (52nd), but is ahead of Pakistan (93rd). (businesspostbd.com)
  • After adjusting for demographics, body mass index, fatigue subscales, SF-36 subscales and CFS symptoms, CFS-like illness did not remain significantly associated with having an exclusionary diagnosis. (cdc.gov)
  • This has a considerable impact on their physical and mental capacities.This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of the elderly at the Yaoundé Central Hospital. (bvsalud.org)
  • Most scores are based on responses to the following question: "All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life-as-a-whole now? (nationmaster.com)
  • Scores of ten nations are based on responses to a somewhat different question: "Suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder the worst possible life. (nationmaster.com)
  • We transformed the scores using the information of nations in which both this item and the above question on life-satisfaction had been used in about the same years. (nationmaster.com)
  • Grasys further elaborated that in internet quality, considering internet speed, stability, and growth Namibia is ranked 104th in the world and is 31% worse than the global average. (economist.com.na)
  • However, the internet quality is 5 per cent lower than the global average, according to the index. (businesspostbd.com)
  • Oman is placed 43rd in e-infrastructure, 53rd in e-government, and 74th in internet quality. (timesofoman.com)
  • Nigeria's internet quality is just around the global average. (com.ng)
  • Your gift of Ability affects everything we do every day at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab - from the highest-quality clinical care and groundbreaking research to community programs that improve quality of life. (sralab.org)