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Quality of life of 50 carotid endarterectomy survivors: a long-term follow-up study.
L. Trudel,J. Fabia,J.P. Bouchard +2 more
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The quality of life of 50 subjects who underwent carotid endarterectomy was investigated in a follow-up study varying from 81 to 105 months and the importance of long-term rehabilitation goals to preserve thequality of life is suggested.About:
This article is published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.The article was published on 1984-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 29 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Carotid endarterectomy & Quality of life.read more
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Quality of Life 4 Years After Stroke
TL;DR: The quality of life for 46 stroke survivors under the age of 65 years in a stroke register was studied and showed that in spite of a good recovery in terms of discharge from the hospital, activities of daily living, and return to work, most patients had not been restored to the prestroke level.
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Health-related quality of life in chronic disorders: a comparison across studies using the MOS SF-36.
Elizabeth A. Schlenk,Judith A. Erlen,Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob,Joan McDowell,Sandra Engberg,Susan M. Sereika,Jeffrey M. Rohay,Mary Jane Bernier +7 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that patients with various chronic disorders may have QoL that is lower in most domains compared to a healthy population, however, there may be differences in the domains affected as well as the extent of variation across specific chronic disorders.
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Quality of life of adults with chronic illness: a psychometric study.
TL;DR: Reliability and validity of the Flanagan Quality of Life Scale (QOLS) were tested in four chronic illness groups and Appropriate validity coefficients indicated both convergent and discriminant construct validity.
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The Adelaide Activities Profile: a measure of the life-style activities of elderly people.
Michael Clark,Malcolm J. Bond +1 more
TL;DR: The Adelaide Activities Profile (AAP) as discussed by the authors was developed in response to the shortcomings of the Frenchay Activities Index and was validated on a random sample of 1799 people aged 70 years and over, living outside of institutional care.
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The life style of young persons after lower limb amputation caused by injury
H Burger,C Marincek +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that lower limb amputation severely changes the social life and free time activities of persons who were young at the time of amputation.
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