Quality of life: Concepts and definition
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As their interest turns to the aggressive alleviation of specific ("target") symptoms, the authors must critically evaluate the complex relationships among symptom intensity, symptom duration, and overall quality of life.About:Â
This article is published in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.The article was published on 1994-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 454 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Palliative care & Quality of life (healthcare).read more
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Management of cancer pain
TL;DR: To improve the management of cancer pain, every practitioner involved in the care of these patients must ensure that his or her medical information is current and that patients receive appropriate education.
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Rhinosinusitis: Establishing definitions for clinical research and patient care
Eli O. Meltzer,Daniel L. Hamilos,James A. Hadley,Donald C. Lanza,Bradley F. Marple,Richard A. Nicklas,Claus Bachert,James N. Baraniuk,Fuad M. Baroody,Michael S. Benninger,Itzhak Brook,Badrul A. Chowdhury,Howard M. Druce,Stephen R. Durham,Berrylin J. Ferguson,Jack M. Gwaltney,Michael A. Kaliner,David W. Kennedy,Valerie J. Lund,Robert M. Naclerio,Ruby Pawankar,Jay F. Piccirillo,Patricia E. W. Rohane,Ronald A. Simon,Raymond G. Slavin,Alkis Togias,Ellen R. Wald,S. James Zinreich +27 more
TL;DR: An expert panel from multiple disciplines developed definitions for rhinosinusitis and outlined strategies for design of clinical trials and reached consensus on definitions and strategies for clinical research on acute presumed bacterial rhinosineitis, chronic rhinosinitis with polyposis, and classic allergic fungal rhinusitis.
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The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire: a measure of quality of life appropriate for people with advanced disease. A preliminary study of validity and acceptability:
TL;DR: The importance of measuring the existential domain is highlighted by the finding that, of all the MQOL subscales and Spitzer items, only the meaningful existence subscale correlated significantly with a single item scale rating overall quality of life.
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Rhinosinusitis: Establishing definitions for clinical research and patient care
Eli O. Meltzer,Daniel L. Hamilos,James A. Hadley,Donald C. Lanza,Bradley F. Marple,Richard A. Nicklas,Claus Bachert,James N. Baraniuk,Fuad M. Baroody,Michael S. Benninger,Itzhak Brook,Badrul A. Chowdhury,Howard M. Druce,Stephen R. Durham,Berrylin J. Ferguson,Jack M. Gwaltney,Michael A. Kaliner,David W. Kennedy,Valerie J. Lund,Robert M. Naclerio,Ruby Pawankar,Jay F. Piccirillo,Patricia E. W. Rohane,Ronald A. Simon,Raymond G. Slavin,Alkis Togias,Ellen R. Wald,S. James Zinreich +27 more
TL;DR: An expert panel from multiple disciplines developed definitions for rhinosinusitis and outlined strategies for design of clinical trials and reached consensus on definitions and strategies for clinical research on acute presumed bacterial rhinosineitis, chronic rhinosinitis with polyposis, and classic allergic fungal rhinosinesitis.
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Meaningful change in cancer-specific quality of life scores: differences between improvement and worsening.
TL;DR: Relatively small gains in HRQL have significant value, perhaps due to patients' tendency to minimize personal negative evaluations about one's condition, which has important implications for the interpretation of the meaningfulness of change scores inHRQL questionnaires.
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