Bleeding disorders, menorrhagia and iron deficiency: impacts on health‐related quality of life

C Rae, W Furlong, J Horsman, E Pullenayegum… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Summary von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a bleeding disorder that occurs in up to 1% of
the general population. The great majority of females with VWD experience menorrhagia …

Alcohol use patterns and trajectories of health-related quality of life in middle-aged and older adults: a 14-year population-based study

MS Kaplan, N Huguet, D Feeny, BH McFarland… - Journal of studies on …, 2012 - jsad.com
Objective: A 14-year multiwave panel design was used to examine relationships between
longitudinal alcohol-consumption patterns, especially persistent moderate use, and change …

Benefit and quality of life after bone-anchored hearing aid fitting in children with unilateral or bilateral hearing impairment

MJF de Wolf, MKS Hol, EAM Mylanus… - … –Head & Neck …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To evaluate the benefits of a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) in the daily lives
of hearing-impaired children. Design Retrospective questionnaire study. Setting Nijmegen …

The burden of multiple sclerosis: a community health survey

CA Jones, SL Pohar, S Warren, KVL Turpin… - Health and quality of life …, 2008 - Springer
Background Health-related quality of life (HRQL) in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) who
reside within the community relative to the general population is largely unknown. Data from …

Health-related quality of life of long-term childhood cancer survivors: a population-based study from the Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Italy

D Alessi, E Dama, R Barr, ML Mosso, M Maule… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
AIM OF THE STUDY: To determine the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in a population-
based cohort of long-term survivors of childhood cancer in Piedmont, northwestern Italy …

A four year (1996–2000) analysis of social capital and health status of Canadians: The difference that love makes

R Nakhaie, R Arnold - Social science & medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
Despite extensive research on the relationship between social capital and health, the
specific pathways through which social capital is related to health have not been fully …

Comparing short form 6D, standard gamble, and Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and Mark 3 utility scores: results from total hip arthroplasty patients

D Feeny, L Wu, K Eng - Quality of Life Research, 2004 - Springer
Objective: The objectives are to compare SF-6D, standard gamble (SG), and Health Utilities
Index (HUI) utility scores, compare change scores, and compare responsiveness. Methods …

Health-related quality of life in children with rheumatic diseases

HI Brunner, EH Giannini - Current opinion in Rheumatology, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Health-related quality of life in children with rheumatic di... : Current Opinion in
Rheumatology Health-related quality of life in children with rheumatic diseases : Current …

Effect of preventive primary care outreach on health related quality of life among older adults at risk of functional decline: randomised controlled trial

J Ploeg, K Brazil, B Hutchison, J Kaczorowski… - Bmj, 2010 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the impact of a provider initiated primary care outreach intervention
compared with usual care among older adults at risk of functional decline. Design …

Health status of older immigrants to Canada

KB Newbold, JK Filice - Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue …, 2006 - cambridge.org
Using the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), this paper examines the
health status of the older (aged 55+) immigrant population relative to that of non-immigrants …