SF-36 total score as a single measure of health-related quality of life: Sco** review

L Lins, FM Carvalho - SAGE open medicine, 2016‏ - journals.sagepub.com
According to the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire developers, a global
measure of health-related quality of life such as the “SF-36 Total/Global/Overall Score” …

Health, health-related quality of life, and quality of life: what is the difference?

M Karimi, J Brazier - Pharmacoeconomics, 2016‏ - Springer
The terms health, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and quality of life (QoL) are used
interchangeably. Given that these are three key terms in the literature, their appropriate and …

[HTML][HTML] Weight loss, exercise, or both and physical function in obese older adults

DT Villareal, S Chode, N Parimi… - … England Journal of …, 2011‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Background Obesity exacerbates the age-related decline in physical function and causes
frailty in older adults; however, the appropriate treatment for obese older adults is …

Does positive affect influence health?

SD Pressman, S Cohen - Psychological bulletin, 2005‏ - psycnet.apa.org
This review highlights consistent patterns in the literature associating positive affect (PA) and
physical health. However, it also raises serious conceptual and methodological …

Positive psychological well-being and mortality: a quantitative review of prospective observational studies

Y Chida, A Steptoe - Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, 2008‏ - journals.lww.com
Objective: To review systematically prospective, observational, cohort studies of the
association between positive well-being and mortality using meta-analytic methods. Recent …

Malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome in dialysis patients: causes and consequences

K Kalantar-Zadeh, TA Ikizler, G Block, MM Avram… - American journal of …, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) and inflammation are common and usually concurrent in
maintenance dialysis patients. Many factors that appear to lead to these 2 conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

DL Mapes, AA Lopes, S Satayathum, KP McCullough… - Kidney international, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization: The Dialysis
Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Background We investigated whether …

[HTML][HTML] Appetite and inflammation, nutrition, anemia, and clinical outcome in hemodialysis patients

K Kalantar-Zadeh, G Block, CJ McAllister… - The American journal of …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Background Malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome, an outcome predictor in
maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients, may be related to anorexia. Objectives We …

Mid-arm muscle circumference and quality of life and survival in maintenance hemodialysis patients

N Noori, JD Kopple, CP Kovesdy… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2010‏ - journals.lww.com
Background and objectives: Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients with larger body or
fat mass have greater survival than normal to low mass. We hypothesized that mid-arm …

The interplay between thyroid dysfunction and kidney disease

Y Narasaki, P Sohn, CM Rhee - Seminars in nephrology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Hypothyroidism is a highly prevalent endocrine complication in chronic kidney disease
(CKD) patients. A large body of evidence has shown that there is a bidirectional relationship …