Background The measurement of health, the effects of disease, and the impact of health
care include not only an indication of changes in disease frequency and severity but also an …

Background Anderson‐Fabry disease is an X‐linked defect of glycosphingolipid
metabolism. Progressive renal insufficiency is a major source of morbidity, additional …

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Bowling Page 2 MEASURING HEALTH Third Edition Page 3 Page 4 MEASURING HEALTH …

Background Mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation is high.
Programs focusing on early defibrillation have improved the rate of survival to hospital …

Following coronary stent placement, platelet activation is a major determinant of the risk of
subacute stent thrombosis. 1 Combined antiplatelet treatment with ticlopidine and aspirin …

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. The review …

Objective: To analyse the psychometric properties of the EuroQol questionnaire (EQ-5D)
applied to patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Setting: Rehabilitation hospital …

Aims Despite the high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF), there are only limited data on
quality of life (QoL) stemming from prospective trials comparing rate versus rhythm control …

OBJECTIVE: Quality of life has been shown to be influenced by aortic valve replacement,
particularly in younger patients. Aortic valve repair is a recent alternative to replacement. We …

The evaluation of quality of life (QoL) plays an increasingly important role in clinical research
and drug trials in ALS. However, most of the scales employed so far are based on a fixed …