«In an earlier phase I clinical study, our group has shown that increasing the dose of radiation delivered daily with high precision and using image guidance may offset the need for chemotherapy in improving survival, and it may also improve quality
of life measures by reducing treatment periods in half.
Baseline quality
of life measures predict early cessation of chemotherapy and overall survival in women with platinum - resistant / refractory, recurrent ovarian cancer.
Physical health can be measured the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) or NYHA classification of HF, or the physical health scales included in the quality
of life measures listed below.
Quality of life will be assessed with the EQ - 5D health - related quality of life measure [45, 46].
The results showed the internal consistency of the subscale scores to be good, and the correlations with Family Quality
of Life measures provided evidence of the concurrent criterion validity of the KIPP scores.
The results of a study published in PLOS One, a peer - reviewed journal, found that hirsutism had the strongest impact on the health - related quality
of life measures in Iranian women diagnosed with PCOS.
In our study, we were able to show that the interventions investigated in MS patients lead to a clinically relevant improvement in the
quality of life measured by the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life questionnaire.
At the end of the twelve weeks, their mean monthly survey scores showed significant improvements in all three quality
of life measures: mental (12.6 percent), physical (24.8 percent) and emotional (26 percent).
Also, what many environmentalists argue is that we have to look more at quality
of life measures than at GDP.
Pre-testing of the testicular cancer - specific quality
of life measure (the QLQ - TC26) was conducted in collaboration with the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
Cross-cultural adaptation of health - related quality
of life measures: literature review and proposed guidelines
In patients with angiographically - documented coronary artery disease and co-morbid depression, dietary supplementation with EPA - rich fish oil over 6 months will lead to significant changes in quality
of life measures, as assessed by the SF - 36 physical and mental summary scores.
Handbook of disease burdens and quality
of life measures.