Current scales for assessing human scarring: a review

P Durani, DA McGrouther, MWJ Ferguson - Journal of Plastic …, 2009 - Elsevier
Patients can have wide-ranging problems related to scars, in terms of cosmesis, function,
symptoms, psychological problems and overall quality of life issues. A range of treatments …

Duration of antibiotic treatment in community-acquired pneumonia: a multicenter randomized clinical trial

A Uranga, PP España, A Bilbao… - JAMA internal …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The optimal duration of antibiotic treatment for community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP) has not been well established. Objective To validate Infectious Diseases Society of …

Stroke and aphasia quality of life scale-39 (SAQOL-39) evaluation of acceptability, reliability, and validity

K Hilari, S Byng, DL Lamping, SC Smith - Stroke, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a key outcome in stroke
clinical trials. Stroke-specific HRQL scales (eg, SS-QOL, SIS) have generally been …

Measuring health-related quality of life in diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a systematic review

SC Smith, DL Lamping, GDH Maclaine - Diabetes research and clinical …, 2012 - Elsevier
We undertook a systematic review of disease-specific measures of health-related quality of
life (HRQL) in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) to appraise the scientific (psychometric) …

FACE-Q scales for health-related quality of life, early life impact, satisfaction with outcomes, and decision to have treatment: development and validation

AF Klassen, SJ Cano, JA Schwitzer… - Plastic and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: An ever-growing range of facial cosmetic products and treatments are
available, but little clinical research is being performed to determine treatment outcomes …

Leveraging health system telehealth and informatics infrastructure to create a continuum of services for COVID-19 screening, testing, and treatment

D Ford, JB Harvey, J McElligott, K King… - Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives We describe our approach in using health information technology to provide a
continuum of services during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID …

Mental Illness: Clinicians' Attitudes (MICA) Scale—Psychometric properties of a version for healthcare students and professionals

J Gabbidon, S Clement, A van Nieuwenhuizen… - Psychiatry …, 2013 - Elsevier
There are currently no published scales to assess the attitudes of students and professionals
across a wide range of healthcare disciplines towards people with mental illness. Secondary …

Defining a patient-reported outcome measure for urethral stricture surgery

MJ Jackson, J Sciberras, A Mangera, A Brett, N Watkin… - European Urology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A systematic literature review did not identify a formally validated patient-
reported outcome measure (PROM) for urethral stricture surgery. OBJECTIVE: Devise a …

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Discrimination and Stigma Scale (DISC)

E Brohan, S Clement, D Rose, N Sartorius, M Slade… - Psychiatry …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mental illness is associated with unfair treatment in a number of areas of life. There is
currently no psychometrically validated measure that has been developed to specifically …

Development of a new measure of health-related quality of life for people with dementia: DEMQOL

SC Smith, DL Lamping, S Banerjee… - Psychological …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Background. We identified the need to develop a scientifically rigorous measure of health-
related quality of life (HRQL) in dementia that would be appropriate for use at all stages of …