BookVictor 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
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