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Prevalence of sarcopenia after remission of hypercortisolism and its impact on HRQoL Universiteit Antwerpen

Luciana Martel-Duguech, Alicia Alonso Jimenez, Helena Bascunana, Jordi Diaz-Manera, Jaume Llauger, Claudia Nunez-Peralta, Paula Montesinos, Susan M. Webb, Elena Valassi
Background Cushing's syndrome (CS) is associated with skeletal muscle structural and functional impairment which may persist long-term despite surgical removal of the source of cortisol excess. Prevalence of sarcopenia and its impact on Health-Related-Quality of Life (HRQoL) in 'cured' CS is not known. There is a need to identify easy biomarkers to help the clinicians recognise patients at elevated risk of suffering sustained muscle function. ...

Socio-economic, behavioural, (neuro)psychological and clinical determinants of HRQoL in people living with HIV in Belgium: a pilot study Universiteit Hasselt

Sophie Degroote, Dirk P. Vogelaers, Peter Vermeir, An Mariman, Ann De Rick, Bea Van Der Gucht, Jolanda Pelgrom, Filip Van Wanzeele, Chris Verhofstede, Dominique VANDIJCK, et al.
Introduction: Due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV-1 infection has evolved from a lethal to a chronic disease. As such, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become an important outcome variable. The purpose of this study was to identify socio-economic, behavioural, (neuro) psychological and clinical determinants of HRQoL among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Methods: This study was conducted between 1 January and 31 ...

Higher perceived HRQoL in Moroccan children with asthma and their parents Universiteit Gent

Monique Theodora Maria Veenstra-van Schie, Kelly Coenen, Hendrik Maria Koopman, Florens Versteegh
We explored the differences in the perceived HRQoL between children with asthma from Moroccan and Dutch descent and their parents. In total 33 children (aged 6-18 years) from Moroccan (16) and Dutch descent (17) and their parents participated. All children were currently under treatment in a general hospital in the Netherlands. Generic and asthma specific HRQoL were assessed (DUX-25, DISABKIDS, PAQLQ). Significant differences were found on the ...

Ear- and hearing-related impact on quality of life in children with cleft palate : development and pretest of a health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument Universiteit Gent

Frederick Dochy, Sara Willems, Helen Van Hoecke, Els De Leenheer
Objectives: To investigate to what extent middle ear problems and associated hearing loss affect quality of life (QoL) of children born with a cleft palate. Methods: Fifty-five children aged between 6 and 18 years, born with non-syndromic cleft palate +/- cleft lip (CP/L) were included. A new health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire was generated with consideration of the following domains of QoL: communication, hearing loss, ...

Validation of the SarQoL (R), a specific health-related quality of life questionnaire for Sarcopenia Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Charlotte Beaudart, Emmanuel Biver, Jean-Yves Reginster, René Rizzoli, Yves Rolland, Ivan Bautmans, Jean Petermans, Sophie Gillain, Fanny Buckinx, Nadia Dardenne, et al.
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A specific self-administrated health-related quality of life questionnaire for sarcopenia, the Sarcopenia and Quality Of Life (SarQoL®), has been recently developed. This questionnaire is composed of 55 items translated into 22 questions and organized into seven domains of quality of life. The objective of the present work is to evaluate the psychometric properties (discriminative power, validity, reliability, floor and ...