This review focuses on the characteristics and applications of biomaterials through the ages,
ranging from the prehistoric times to the beginning of the era of modern medicine, which has …

Clinicians and researchers without a suitable health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure
in their own language have two choices:(1) to develop a new measure, or (2) to modify a …

We have developed a 12-item questionnaire for patients having a total knee replacement
(TKR). We made a prospective study of 117 patients before operation and at follow-up six …

Objective To assess the effect of home based telehealth interventions on the use of
secondary healthcare and mortality. Design Pragmatic, multisite, cluster randomised trial …

We developed a 12-item questionnaire for completion by patients having total hip
replacement (THR). A prospective study of 220 patients was undertaken before operation …

Diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic levels, and it threatens the economy and health
globally and Saudi Arabia in particular. The study assessed health-related quality of life …

Mayo NE, Wood-Dauphinee S, C [ocirc] t [eacute] R, Durcan L, Carlton J. Activity,
participation, and quality of life 6 months poststroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002; 83: 1035 …

In Dentistry, as in other branches of Medicine, it has been recognised that objective
measures of disease provide little insight into the impact of oral disorders on daily living and …

The impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) on patients' quality of life (QoL) has yet to be fully
elucidated in a systematic manner. This article examines QoL in “general” patients with AF …

Objective: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) affects outcome in chronic diseases such
as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire …