Development and validation of a quality of life questionnaire for patients with colostomy or ileostomyLuis Prieto
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:62. 2005
..The aim of this paper is to describe the development and validation of a quality-of-life instrument, "Stoma-QOL", specifically for patients with colostomy or ileostomy...
Acromegaly Quality of Life Questionnaire (AcroQoL)Xavier Badia
Health Outcomes Research Europe Group, Health Outcomes Research Europe C Plató 6, 1o, 5a, 08021 Barcelona, Spain
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2:13. 2004
..An improvement in the global score of AcroQoL was related to a global improvement in the VAS of the EQ-5D. Following the current recommended standard methodology the Spanish questionnaire was translated into eleven other languages...
Annual rates of admission and seasonal variations in hospitalizations for heart failureManuel Martinez-Selles
Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Dr Esquerdo, 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain
Eur J Heart Fail 4:779-86. 2002
..To investigate the annual hospitalization rate and seasonal variation in confirmed heart failure (HF) admissions...
The Burden of Stroke Scale (BOSS) provides valid and reliable score estimates of functioning and well-being in stroke survivors with and without communication disordersPatrick J Doyle
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, 7180 Highland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 57:997-1007. 2004
..This study describes the conceptual foundation and psychometric properties of the Burden of Stroke Scale (BOSS), a patient-reported health status assessment designed to quantify the physical, cognitive, and psychological burden of stroke...
Mortality impact of extreme winter temperaturesJulio Diaz
Centro Universitario de Salud Pública, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, C Gran Vía 27, 28013 Madrid, Spain
Int J Biometeorol 49:179-83. 2005
..When the impact of winter extreme temperatures was compared with that associated with summer extremes, it was found to occur over a longer term, and appeared to be more indirect...
What is the value of social values? The uselessness of assessing health-related quality of life through preference measuresLuis Prieto
Health Outcomes Research Unit, Eli Lilly and Co, Spain, Av, de la Industria, 30, 28108 Alcobendas, Spain
BMC Med Res Methodol 4:10. 2004
..The objective of this study was to determine whether the use of social preference weights or utilities makes any real difference when calculating scores for the Euroqol (EQ5-D) questionnaire, a HRQOL preference-based measure...
Assessment of the influence of disease activity on the quality of life of patients with inflammatory bowel disease using a short questionnaireFrancesc Casellas
Digestive System Research Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d' Hebron, Spanish Group for the Study of Methodology in Clinical Research, Barcelona, Spain
Am J Gastroenterol 99:457-61. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Quality of life impairment produced by relapses of inflammatory bowel disease can be reliably assessed with a short questionnaire, with considerable savings in time and expense...
Secular decreasing trend of the frequency of hypospadias among newborn male infants in SpainMaria Luisa Martinez-Frias
Departamento de Farmacologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 70:75-81. 2004
..We studied the secular trend of hypospadias in Spain over the past 22 years, separating the minor and major forms...
Systolic dysfunction is a predictor of long term mortality in men but not in women with heart failureManuel Martinez-Selles
Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
Eur Heart J 24:2046-53. 2003
..To evaluate possible gender differences in clinical profile and outcome of patients hospitalised with heart failure...
Health-related quality of life in asthma: a comparison between the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire and the Asthma Quality of Life QuestionnaireCarlos Sanjuás
Department of Pneumology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Qual Life Res 11:729-38. 2002
..In overall terms, not one of these instruments seems to behave better than the other...
Longitudinal metric properties of disability rating scales for Parkinson's diseasePablo Martinez-Martin
Unit of Neuroepidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
Value Health 9:386-93. 2006
..This study analyzes the longitudinal metric attributes of three Parkinson's disease (PD) disability scales, taking Hoehn and Yahr (HY) staging as the reference measure of PD progression...