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    Victor R. Preedy, Ronald R. Watson (eds.).
    Summary: Reference to quantitative measures of quality of life, life expectancy, and the financial costs of illness and treatment. Features in-depth reviews of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), quality of life and financial measures for over 120 diseases and conditions.

    Contents:
    Contents Vol. 1: Part 1 : Instruments and methodological aspects
    Part 1.1 : Instruments used in the assessment of disease impact
    The international classification of functioning, disability and health : a tool to classify and measure functioning
    The Keele assessment of participation
    The global person generated index
    The total illness burden index
    The EQ-5D health-related quality of life questionnaire
    The University of Washington quality of life scale
    Comparison of three quality of life questionnaires in urinary incontinence
    Overview of instruments used to assess quality of life in dentistry
    SQOR-V : a patient reported outcome specifically dedicated to chronic venous disorders
    The uniscale assessment of quality of life : applications to oncology
    The bone metastases quality of life questionnaire
    The impact of weight on quality of life questionnaire
    The quality in later life questionnaire
    The MacDQOL individualized measure of the impact of macular disease on quality of life
    Development and assessment of Chinese general quality of life instrument
    The Japanese version of the EORTC quality of life questionnaire
    Part 1.2 : Contemporary issues in assessment
    Calculating QALYs and DALYs : methods and applications to fatal and non-fatal conditions
    Accuracy of death certifications and the implications for studying disease burdens
    Completeness and accuracy of death dates and the implications for studying disease burdens : focus on alternative data sources
    Utility scores for comorbid conditions : methodological issues and advances
    Subjective quality of life measures - general principles and concepts
    Standard expected years of life lost as a measure of disease burden : an investigation of its presentation, meaning and interpretation
    Part 2 : Disease burdens and economic impacts
    Part 2.1 : General aspects, geographical aspects pathologies and metabolic disorders
    Health-adjusted life expectancy : concepts and estimates
    Individual disability-adjusted life year : a summary health outcome indicator used for prospective studies
    Integration of quality of life and survival for comparative risk/outcome assessment in healthcare industry
    Disability-adjusted life years in occupational injuries and accidents
    The income-associated burden of disease in the United States
    Financial burdens and disability-adjusted life years in Los Angeles county
    Burden of disease between two time frames : Mexico perspectives
    East/west differences in health in Europe : rates, expectancies and DALYs
    The burden of neglected diseases in developing countries
    The burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in developing countries
    Economic evaluation of health interventions : Tanzania perspectives
    The burden of disease and injury in Serbia
    Disease burdens and disability-adjusted life years in aboriginal and non-aboriginal populations
    The relationship between the National Health Insurance expenditures and the burden of disease measures in the Iran
    The burden of maternal mortality and morbidity in the Unites States and worldwide
    The financial implications of pancreas transplant complications
    The use of pharmacoepidemiological databases to assess disease burdens : application to diabetes
    Years of life lost due to air pollution in Switzerland : a dynamic exposure-response model
    Quantification of deaths and DALYs due to chronic exposure to arsenic in groundwaters utilized for drinking, cooking and irrigation of food-crops
    Part 2.2 : Early life stages and aging
    Disability-adjusted life years in children and adolescents in Europe
    Disease burden of diarrheal and respiratory disorders in children : Hong Kong perspectives
    Burden of disease in elderly Mexican population. Contents Vol. 2 : Part 2.3 : Cancer
    Years of life lost from cancer and applications to research funding
    Worldwide burden of gynecological cancer
    Years of life lost from long, stomach, liver and cervical cancers : an evaluation of the top cancer killers
    Burden of cancer in Serbia
    The disease burden of mastectomy : Turkish perspective and impact on the patient and family
    The burden of Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting on patient's daily lives : Italian perspectives
    Part 2.4 : Cardiac, vascular, pulmonary and dietary
    Atherosclerotic burden and mortality
    Burden of Cardiovascular diseases among aboriginal and Torres strait Islander peoples : mortality, hospitalization and risk factors
    Burden of ischemic heart diseases in Serbia
    Burden of cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) in Serbia
    DALYs and public health programs for stroke : Australian perspectives
    Burden of stroke : Indian perspective
    Disability-adjusted life years, years of life lived with disability, and years of life lost in stroke : Italian perspective
    Burden of ischemic stroke and benefits of stroke unit care and thrombolytic therapy
    Economic burden of complications during percutaneous coronary intervention
    Features of Mediterranean diet and burden of cardiovascular disease
    Obesity's final toll : influence on mortality rate, attributable deaths, years of life lost and population life expectancy
    Financial impact of obesity
    Burden of disease attributable to obesity and overweight : Korean focus
    Economic burden of the components of the metabolic syndrome
    Zinc deficiency and DALYs in India : impact assessment and economic analyses
    Part 2.5 : Immune disorders, viral bacterial, microbiological, infectious and parasitic diseases
    The impact of infectious diseases of the development of Africa
    Measuring the global burden of tuberculosis
    Burden of tuberculosis : Serbian perspectives
    DALYs and diarrhea
    The burden of rotavirus acute gastroenteritis in Europe
    The economic burden of rotavirus diarrhea : Taiwan perspectives
    Disease burden of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever
    Cost-effectiveness of dengue vaccine in Southeast Asia and Panama : preliminary estimates
    Burden of sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infections
    Disease burden from Group A Neisseria meningitidis meningitis in hyperendemic countries of the African meningitis belt
    DALYs in chronic hepatitis C : a Paneuropean perspective
    Economics and vaccines
    Economic costs and disability-adjusted life years in polio eradication : a long-run global perspective
    Financial burdens and disability-adjusted life years in Echinococcosis
    Measuring Japanese encephalitis (JE) disease burden in Asia
    Pandemic Influenza : Potential contribution to disease burden
    Prophylaxis of healthcare workers in an influenza pandemic
    The Burden of human African trypanosomiasis
    The economic burden of malaria in Nigeria and willingness to pay
    Measurement of adverse health burden related to sexual behavior. Contents Vol. 3: Part 2.6 : Psychosocial, social, behavioural, psychiatric, neurological and addictions
    Global burden of mental health
    Disease burden and disability-adjusted life years due to schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
    The societal costs of anxiety and mood disorders : an epidemiological perspective
    Estimating the disease burden of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder in United States veterans and military service members
    Estimating the disease burden of seasonal affective disorder
    The disease burden of suicide : conceptual challenges and measurement standards
    The disease burden due to epilepsy in rural China
    Alcohol consumption and burden of disease : Germany and Switzerland
    Alcoholic beverage preference, morbidity and mortality
    Burden of disease due to alcohol and alcohol related research
    Years life lost due to smoking : a Korean focus
    The health and economic consequences of smoking and smoking cessation interventions : the Dutch perspective
    Life years saved, quality-adjusted life years saved and cost-effectiveness of a school-based tobacco prevention program
    Part 2.7 : Sensory and musculoskeletal
    Burden of disease and years lived with disability associated with musculoskeletal pain
    Financial burdens and disability-adjusted life years in loss of vision due to trachoma
    The economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis : Asia/Thailand perspective
    Part 3 : Quality of life measures and indices
    Part 3.1 : General aspects, pathologies and metabolic disorders
    Quality of life-related concepts : theoretical and practical issues
    Alternative therapies and quality of life
    Leisure-time physical activity and quality of life
    Spa therapy and quality of life
    Health-related quality of life and prioritization strategies in waiting lists : Spanish aspects
    Hirsutism and quality of life
    Oral health-related quality of life
    Quality of life issues in chronic fatigue syndrome
    Hemoglobin fluctuations and correlation with quality of life and fatigue
    Anemia and quality of life : association with diagnosis and treatment of anemias
    Quality of life with hemophilia
    Quality of life in amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea
    Quality of life among Japanese oral contraceptive users
    Premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder : issues of quality of life, stress and exercise
    Quality of life and infertility
    Speech determines quality of life following total laryngectomy : the emperors new voice?
    Health-related quality of life of living kidney donors
    Quality of life and tryptophan degradation
    L-Carnitine supplementation on quality of life and other health measures
    Quality of life among diabetic subjects : Indian perspectives
    Healthy lifestyle habits and health-related quality of life in diabetes
    Quality of life in patients with diabetic foot ulcers
    Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome and quality of life
    Quality of life and pruritus
    Quality of life and costs of atopic dermatitis
    Quality of life in Crohn's disease
    Impact of self-perceived bothersomeness, quality of life and overactive bladder
    Quality of life in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
    Quality of life in kidney transplantation
    Quality of life in liver cirrhosis. Contents Vol. 4: Part 3.2 Surgical
    Quality of life and functional outcome in pediatric patients requiring surgery : Italian perspectives
    Breast reduction surgery and quality of life and clinical outcomes
    Quality of life and postoperative anesthesia in gastrointestinal surgery
    Health-related quality of life after surgery for Crohn's disease
    Postoperative quality of life assessment in the over 80's after cardiac surgery
    Quality of life and financial measures in surgical and non-surgical treatments in emphysema
    Quality of life after revascularization and major amputation for lower extremity arterial disease
    Quality of life after laser surgery for eye disorders
    Part 3.3 : Early life stages and aging
    Intrauterine growth restriction and later quality of life
    Assessment of quality of life during pregnancy and in the postnatal period
    Generic quality of life measures for children and adolescents
    Quality of life in children with cerebral palsy
    Quality of life measures in children with cancer
    Quality of life in healthy and chronically ill Icelandic children : agreement between child's self-report and parents' proxy-report
    Health-related quality of life in obese children and adolescents
    Implementing interventions to enhance quality of life in overweight children and adolescents
    Adolescent quality of life in Australia
    Health-related quality of life among university students
    The quality of life and the impact of interventions on the health outcomes of looked after and accommodated young people
    Quality of life measures during menopause
    Low testosterone level in men and quality of life
    Measuring quality of life in macular degeneration
    Quality of life measures in the elderly and later life
    Cochlear implant outcomes and quality of life in the elderly
    Back pain and quality of life in elderly women
    Measuring quality of life at the end of life
    Quality of life measures in the elderly and the role of social support in elderly Chinese
    Quality of life in elderly dyspnea patients
    Quality of life and age urinary incontinence severity : Turkish perspectives
    Quality of life measures in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : Japanese perspectives
    Part 3.4 : Cancer
    Chemotherapy for brain metastasis and quality of life
    Quality of life measures in patients with esophageal cancer
    Quality of life measures in head and neck cancer
    Quality of life in breast cancer patients : an overview of the literature
    Quality of life with localized prostate cancer : Japanese perspectives
    Quality of life in men undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer
    Myeloproliferative disorders and the chronic leukemias : symptom burden and impact in quality of life
    Quality of life in advanced renal cell carcinoma : effect of treatment with cytokine therapy and targeted agents
    Quality of life for patients receiving cancer chemotherapy : the Japanese perspective
    Quality of life measures in caregivers of patients with cancer
    Cancer : influence of nutrition on quality of life. Contents Vol. 5: Part 3.5 : Cardiovascular and pulmonary
    Quality of life, drugs and diet in hypertensive patients
    Measurement issues in the assessment of quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease
    Influence of age, sex and episode recurrence on quality of life in atrial fibrillation
    Quality of life measures in acute coronary syndromes : the evaluation of predictors in this field of research
    Home mechanical ventilation and quality of life measures
    Quality of life in children with asthma
    Efficacy of environmental interventions on asthma-related quality of life
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung function and quality of life in adult Chinese
    Part 3.6 : Dietary and nutritional
    Health-related quality of life in eating disorders
    Weight-related stigmatization : effects on the quality of life of obese adolescents
    Malnutrition in chronic kidney disease and relationship to quality of life
    Nutrition and quality of life in hemodialysis - the impact of nutritional status and quality of life on morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients
    Nutritional wasting in cancer and quality of life : the value of early individualized nutritional counseling
    Part 3.7 : Immune disorders, viral, bacterial, microbiological, infectious and parasitic diseases
    Quality of life measures in HIV low income women : how to use quality of life to design, implement and evaluate programs
    Quality of life and financial measures in HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
    Quality of life in immune thrombocytopenic purpura : China perspectives
    Health-related quality of life in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus
    Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of health-related quality of life assessment tools : a Brazilian perspective on patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
    Cognitive function, mood and health-related quality of life in hepatitis C virus-infected individuals
    Quality of life in urticaria
    Quality of life in group-based intervention program in inflammatory bowel disease
    Part 3.8 : Psychosocial, social, behavioural, psychiatric, neurological and addictions
    Housing and quality of life : an ecological perspective
    Quality of life of urban slum residents
    Quality of life and chronic illness among refugee populations
    Health-related quality of life in prisoners
    Quality of life in war veterans
    Post-traumatic stress disorder and quality of life in women
    Relation between sexuality and health-related quality of life
    The correlations between the presence of comorbidities, psychological distress and health-related quality of life
    Quality of life and stigma
    Depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life
    Quality of life and depression in patient-giver scenarios : reference to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Quality of life and depression in police officers : perspectives from Chinese in Taiwan
    Health-related quality of life in obsessive-compulsive disorder subjects and their relatives (1) : overview
    Health-related quality of life in obsessive-compulsive disorder subjects and their relatives (2) : a systematic review and original data of assessment of quality of life measured by WHOQOL-BREF
    Quality of life in bipolar disorder
    Issues in quality of life assessment in schizophrenia
    Health-related quality of life in parents of children with asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism
    Quality of life and neuropsychological symptoms in primary hyperparathyroidism
    Children with cerebral palsy, psychometric analysis and quality of life
    Quality of life in dementia patients and their proxies : a narrative review of the concept and measurement scales. Contents Vol. 6: Quality of life and drug abuse
    Quality of life in HIV positive injecting drug users
    Quality of life measurement and alcoholism : a nursing perspective
    Quality of life and psychiatric symptomatology in alcohol detoxification
    Quality of life in patients affected by multiple sclerosis : a systematic review
    Quality of life in people with lower-limb amputation
    Quality of life in spinal cord injury
    Quality of life in sporadic adult-onset ataxia
    Quality of life in systemic sclerosis
    Quality of life in toenail onychomycosis
    Part 3.9 : Sensory, musculoskeletal and exercise
    Quality of life measures in the deaf
    Hearing aids and quality of life
    Cochlear implantation and quality of life in deafness
    Quality of life measures for the visually impaired : Sub-Sahara Africa
    Health-related quality of life in pain medicine : a review of theory and practice
    Relationship between pain and quality of life
    Quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy : Chinese perspectives
    Quality of life measures in fibromyalgia
    Quality of life and low back pain
    Disease burden, quality of life and other measures in polymyalgia rheumatica
    Health-related quality of life in movement disorders
    Quality of life measures in lower limb Ischaemia
    Quality of life among primary caregivers of rheumatic patients - a South American experience
    Quality of life in conservatively treated lumbar disc disease
    Quality of life and stress in wheelchair-users
    Exercise and quality of life in menopause
    Exercise and quality of life in COPD
    Glossary
    Index.
    Digital Access Springer 2010