Patient-reported outcomes are recognized as essential for the evaluation of medical and
public health interventions. Over the last 50 years, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) …

Compared with the large body of literature on co**, co** flexibility has received
relatively scant research attention, although more such studies have begun to emerge …

The psychosocial and functional consequences of chronic pain disorders have been well
documented as having significant effects on the experience of pain, presentation to health …

Quality of life (QoL) can be defined in many ways, making its measurement and
incorporation into scientific study difficult. This is a theoretical paper regarding the definition …

This paper describes the development of an evaluative outcome measure for patients with
upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. The goal is to produce a brief, self‐administered …

Since 1948, when the World Health Organization defined health as being not only the
absence of disease and infirmity but also the presence of physical, mental, and social well …

Objetivos: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a tradução, adaptação cultural e propriedades
de medida (reprodutibilidade e validade) do SF-36 em pacientes com artrite reumatóide …

Introduction The objective was to develop a questionnaire that can be used to calculate a
score reflecting the impact of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) from the patients' perspective: the PsA …

Background: Total hip and total knee arthroplasties are well accepted as reliable and
suitable surgical procedures to return patients to function. Health-related quality-of-life …

То радиционно критериями эффективности лечения в клинических исследованиях
являются физикальные данные и лабораторные показатели. Так, эффективность …