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A 5-year prospective study of health-related quality of life in irradiated head and neck cancer patients: three trends of HRQL over time
PurposeHead and neck cancer (HNC) is one of the fastest increasing cancer-types, where both disease and oncologic treatment have severe impact on...
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Impact of treating chronic hepatitis C with direct acting antivirals on health-related quality of life: a real-life Egyptian experience
BackgroundChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection negatively impacts health-related quality of life (HRQL). We aimed to assess patient-reported...
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A process-based approach to health-related quality of life as a “way of living”
IntroductionThere is an historical initiative to establish common theoretical ground to support a framework for assessing health-related quality of...
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Health-related quality of life measures provide information on the contributors, components, and consequences of frailty in HIV: a systematic map** review
PurposeFrailty in HIV is extensively explored in epidemiological and clinical studies; it is infrequently assessed as an outcome in routine care. The...
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Preference-based measures of health-related quality of life in Indigenous people: a systematic review
PurposeIn many countries, there are calls to address health inequalities experienced by Indigenous people. Preference-based measures (PBMs) provide a...
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Facial pain, health-related quality of life and trismus-related symptoms up to 5 years post-radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
PurposePain is a frequent symptom of head and neck cancer (HNC) but longitudinal studies investigating facial pain are scarce. We aimed to...
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Perceived health-related quality of life in people living with HIV co-infected with SARS-CoV-2 in France
PurposeWe aimed to assess health-related quality of life (HRQL) and its correlates among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) co-infected with...
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Measurement of adherence and health-related quality of life during anticoagulation therapy in cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE): a multicenter quantitative study
PurposeTherapy for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) includes long-term anticoagulation, which may have substantial impact on the...
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Health-related quality of life at age 10 years in children born extremely preterm
ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between prenatal maternal health and socioeconomic status (SES) and health-related quality of life (QoL) among...
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Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome: Identification of Symptom Clusters and Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes
BackgroundFollowing COVID-19 infection, as many as a third of patients have long-term symptoms, known as post-acute sequelae (PASC). The mechanisms...
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Carers’ Health-Related Quality of Life in Global Health Technology Assessment: Guidance, Case Studies and Recommendations
Including health outcomes for carers as well as patients in economic evaluations can change the results and conclusions of the analysis. Whilst in...
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Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Longitudinal Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life of Pediatric Donors
Pediatric donors may be at increased risk of psychological and social challenges following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Through a...
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Relationship between paravertebral muscle function, pelvic incidence, and health-related quality of life in patients with degenerative spinal deformity
BackgroundPatients with degenerative spinal deformity often experience symptoms that seriously affect their quality of life, such as low back pain...
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Health-related quality of life and quality-adjusted progression free survival for carfilzomib and dexamethasone maintenance following salvage autologous stem-cell transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma: a randomized phase 2 trial by the Nordic Myeloma Study Group
BackgroundDecisions regarding maintenance therapy in patients with multiple myeloma should be based on both treatment efficacy and health-related...
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Health-related quality of life 15 years after oesophageal cancer surgery: a prospective nationwide cohort study
PurposeWe aimed to study oesophageal cancer survivors’ health-related quality of life (HRQL) 15 years after surgery and to identify factors related...
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Trismus, health-related quality of life, and trismus-related symptoms up to 5 years post-radiotherapy for head and neck cancer treated between 2007 and 2012
PurposeRadiotherapy-induced trismus is present in up to 40% of patients treated radiotherapeutically for head and neck cancer (HNC) and impacts...
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Hypertension, depression, and health-related quality of life among hospitalized patients in Afghanistan
In recent decades, hypertension has become the foremost risk factor for disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The present study investigated the...
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Socio-economic inequalities in health-related quality of life among Iranian young people in the middle stage of adolescence: application of Health Equity Assessment Toolkit
BackgroundOne of the main concerns of public health is the increasing inequality of health status, which has an adverse effect on people’s life.
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Influence of psychiatric co-morbidity on health-related quality of life among major trauma patients
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to compare 1-year post-discharge health-related quality of life (HRQL) between trauma patients with and without...
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Efficacy and Health-Related Quality of Life Impact of Fecal Microbiota, Live-jslm: A Post Hoc Analysis of PUNCH CD3 Patients at First Recurrence of Clostridioides difficile Infection
IntroductionClostridioides difficile infection (CDI) causes symptoms of varying severity and negatively impacts patients’ health-related quality of...
