Quality of Life
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Life satisfaction of Swedish pediatric oncologists: The role of personality, work-related aspects, and emotional distress.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: The first nationwide, population-based study of Swedish pediatric oncologists was conducted in 2006 and it revealed that various aspects of their life satisfaction obviously influenced their stress-resilience. This second part of the ... Read more...

Family, demographic and illness-related determinants of HRQL in children with brain tumours in the first year after diagnosis.

29 Nov 2009 AIMS: To evaluate the relationship between parent- and child-report Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) and demographic, tumour and family variables in children with a brain tumour in the first year after diagnosis and to identify determinants of ... Read more...

Improvement of neurological status and quality of life in children with opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome at long-term follow-up.

29 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: Kinsbourne syndrome or opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is characterized by rapid, involuntary, irregular conjugate eye movements (opsoclonus), myoclonic jerking of the limbs and trunk, ataxia, and behavioral disturbances. In general, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Quality of Life'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Life satisfaction of Swedish pediatric oncologists: The role of personality, work-related aspects, and emotional distress. 13 Dec 2009
• Family, demographic and illness-related determinants of HRQL in children with brain tumours in the first year after diagnosis. 29 Nov 2009
• Improvement of neurological status and quality of life in children with opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome at long-term follow-up. 29 Nov 2009
• Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors. 29 Nov 2009
• Bevacizumab as therapy for radiation necrosis in four children with pontine gliomas. 13 Nov 2009
• A retrospective comparison of clinical outcomes and quality of life measures between definitive chemoradiation alone and radical surgery for clinical stage II-III esophageal carcinoma. 30 Oct 2009
• Association of depression and pain interference with disease-management self-efficacy in community-dwelling individuals with spinal cord injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Factors influencing self-rated health in traffic-related mild traumatic brain injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Brain structural abnormalities and mental health sequelae in South Vietnamese ex-political detainees who survived traumatic head injury and torture. 30 Oct 2009
• Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. 30 Oct 2009
• The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial completes randomization: lessons learned and anticipated results. 30 Oct 2009
• Quality of life after bariatric surgery: a population-based cohort study. 30 Oct 2009
• Prevalence and severity of undiagnosed urinary incontinence in women. 30 Oct 2009
• Computerized utility assessment for cancer decision making: promises and pitfalls. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot therapy for functional recovery of the upper limbs: a pilot study on patients after stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Ventricular assist devices the challenges of outpatient management. 25 Oct 2009
• Mortality in renal transplant recipients given erythropoietins to increase haemoglobin concentration: cohort study. 21 Oct 2009
• Use of erythropoietins in patients with renal transplants. 21 Oct 2009
• The PRaCTICaL study of nurse led, intensive care follow-up programmes for improving long term outcomes from critical illness: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. 14 Oct 2009
• Quantifying the impact of transient joint symptoms, chronic joint symptoms, and arthritis: a population-based approach. 13 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Quality of Life'

Definition: A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral and social environment; the overall condition of a human life.

Descriptor UI: D011788

Alternative terms: Quality of Life; Life Qualities; Life Quality;

Related Mesh Headings: Life Style; Karnofsky Performance Status; Sickness Impact Profile; Value of Life;

Allowable Qualifiers: legislation & jurisprudence; psychology;

Tree Number: I01.800; K01.752.400.750;

History Note: 77(75)