- A prospective cross-sectional questionnaire study of 32 patients with psoriasis was carried out in order to validate the use of the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) in psoriasis and compare its sensitivity with the Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI). (herts.ac.uk)
- Each completed the new questionnaire as well as the SF36, and some the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS). (nih.gov)
- Compared with the placebo group, patients treated with erythropoietin had a significant improvement in their scores for fatigue, physical symptoms, relationships, and depression on the kidney disease questionnaire and in the global and physical scores on the sickness impact profile. (mcmaster.ca)
- Altitude sickness and shortened shifts due to limited oxygen slowed progress, and extremely high winds and lightning shut down the jobsite on many occasions. (pci.org)
- It is also used for obesity, altitude sickness, aging skin, high levels of cholesterol or other fats in the blood, and many other purposes, but there is no good scientific evidence to support many of these other uses. (medlineplus.gov)
- Taking alpha-lipoic acid by mouth along with vitamin C and vitamin E does not seem to prevent altitude sickness. (medlineplus.gov)
- The Unidimensional Fatigue Impact Scale (U-FIS) was developed in 2009 by Galen Research primarily for the measurement of multiple sclerosis related fatigue. (wikipedia.org)
- Disabilities (Sickness Impact Profile -8), physical functioning (Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36), psychological distress (Symptom Checklist-90), and proportion of patients with clinically significant improvement in fatigue were the secondary outcomes. (jmir.org)
- HRQL is a distinct construct which refers to the impact that health conditions and their symptoms have on an individual's quality of life, and, in the context of healthcare, the term HRQL is preferred over quality of life because the focus is on health. (biomedcentral.com)
- Menstrual symptoms (including irregular menses, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea and premenstrual symptoms) are common, but little is known about their impact on health status. (duke.edu)
- Clinicians providing care for women should be attuned to the potential impact of menstrual symptoms on the lives of their patients. (duke.edu)
- I identified specific aspects which were closely related to some symptoms of sea-sickness with which I was very familiar, being a keen offshore sailor. (wind-watch.org)
- We evaluated the association between alcohol use, alcohol type, sociodemographic profiles, other lifestyle factors, and the risk of Barrett's esophagus. (who.int)
- It enables public health professionals and policymakers to retrieve uniformly defined state and selected metropolitan-level data for CHRONIC DISEASES and RISK FACTORS that impact public health. (bvsalud.org)
- The Parents' Index of Quality of Life in Atopic Dermatitis (PiQOL-AD) measures the impact that atopic dermatitis has on quality of life, from the parents' perspective. (wikipedia.org)
- The Quality of Life Index for Atopic Dermatitis (QoLIAD) measures the impact that atopic dermatitis has on a given patient's quality of life. (wikipedia.org)
- The Quality of Life in Depression Scale (QLDS) assesses the impact that depression has on a patient's quality of life. (wikipedia.org)
- 2002), Mark Schneider of the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities in Washington, D.C., pulled together a number of studies to show the impact of indoor air quality, thermal comfort, lighting, school size, and other building variables on student learning. (ascd.org)
- For example, one study showed that poor indoor air quality often resulted in increases in sickness from airborne bacteria, mold, and asthma. (ascd.org)
- Health-related quality of life (HRQL) assessment is an important measure of the impact of the disease, effect of treatment and other variables affecting people's lives. (biomedcentral.com)
- Ackerman T.A. (1992) A Didactic Explanation of Item Bias, Item Impact, and Item Validity from a Multidimensional Perspective. (rasch.org)
- 65% of the patients had normal strength at follow-up, 34% had no or slight disability, and 16% had normal physical sickness impact profile scores. (bmj.com)
- Analysis of prognostic predictors consistently demonstrates the negative impact of higher age, preceding diarrhoea, greater disability/weaker muscles at admission, short interval between symptom-onset and admission, mechanical ventilation and absent/low amplitude compound muscle action potentials. (bmj.com)
- 2. Finlay AY, Khan GK, Luscombe DK, Salek MS. A validation of Sickness Impact Profile and Psoriasis Disability Index in Psoriasis. (dermatology.org.uk)
- This includes many national research and evaluation projects utilising large scale data intensive and mixed method approaches to understand the spatial impacts of socio-economic policy initiatives. (shu.ac.uk)
- She previously led the quantitative research strand for a three-year evaluation of The Impact of the Changes to the Local Housing Allowance System of Housing Benefit for the Department for Work and Pension, and the ten-year evaluation of New Deal for Communities for the Department of Communities and Local Government. (shu.ac.uk)
- The disease progresses slowly and impacts muscles in a heterogeneous model, including quadriplegia. (ngcbelize.org)
- The distance walked in the stress test increased in the group treated with erythropoietin, but there was no improvement in the six minute walk test, psychosocial scores on the sickness impact profile, or time trade off scores. (mcmaster.ca)
- Our findings thus suggest that exposure to GWI-related agents may converge on similar targets with roles in inflammation, neurotransmitter and lipid metabolism, and detoxification which may have impacts on neurodegenerative-like disease and oxidative stress in Veterans with GWI. (cdc.gov)
- measuring the impact of scientific journals: analytical chemistry (using SCI journal citation reports) Journal of the American Society for Information Science. (rasch.org)
- and (2) assess the impact of the medication review process on health outcomes such as medication-related hospital admissions in ambulant elderly patients actively managed by their GP. (rrh.org.au)
- As a consequence, HRQL instruments have evolved in order to assess the impact of disease, effect of treatment and other variables affecting people's lives. (biomedcentral.com)
- The Diabetes Health Profile (DHP) was developed in 1996 by Isis Outcomes. (wikipedia.org)
- The frequent infections have not only impacted their health but have also caused them to miss a significant amount of school. (backabuddy.co.za)
- Progress in this area will have a major impact on the health of adolescents. (who.int)
- The disease impacts more than 30,000 Americans reliably, but its objective is at this point indistinct and a subject of nonstop conversation. (ngcbelize.org)
- The Asthma Life Impact Scale (ALIS) measure was developed in 2010 by Galen Research. (wikipedia.org)
- They're called high-performance schools, sustainable schools, or green schools, but whatever the name, this new approach to school construction seeks to diminish the building's impact on the environment through concerted efforts to conserve water and energy, maximize natural light, and integrate its design with the surrounding landscape. (ascd.org)
- High levels of acoustic, thermal, and visual comfort, along with generous amounts of daylight can have a positive impact on student performance, say experts. (ascd.org)
- During the past 10 years, Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration (SPARC), a New England-based nonprofit agency, has developed a promising model for increasing community-wide delivery of prevention services. (cdc.gov)
- Frampton has a consistent illness called thought body myositis, which would eventually impact his ability to play the guitar. (ngcbelize.org)
- The effect of multimorbidity on sickness absence by specific diagnoses. (cdc.gov)
- The service requires users to opt in, and preserves privacy by associating users' voices only with the profiles containing their content preferences. (biometricupdate.com)
- Greater awareness of the impact of CD on patients' HRQoL would improve the holistic management of CD patients. (biomedcentral.com)
- Concern about the impact of global warming and the spread of arthropod-borne diseases and other infectious agents in Europe is justifiable. (cdc.gov)
- More recently, it has been shown that the pathophysiology of axonal subtypes is characterised besides axonal degeneration by reversible conduction failure and that AMAN and AMSAN which share a common immunological profile and electrophysiological features represent a continuum in the axonal GBS spectrum. (bmj.com)
- It provides a common benchmark against which can be measured the impact of different experiences and treatments for the same condition or the impact of different treatments across different conditions [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- The task force does so for a good reason: clinical preventive services hold the promise of preventing or mitigating the impact of many major causes of death in the United States. (cdc.gov)
- Cross-formational flow of water into coalbed methane reservoirs: controls on relative permeability curve shape and production profile. (cdc.gov)
- A Department of Energy profile on Clearview Elementary School in Hanover, Pa. (ascd.org)
- The impact of job control on employee perception of management commitment to safety. (cdc.gov)