Health State Utility Values in Children and Adolescents with Disabilities: A Systematic Review by Lucy Kanya, PhD, Nana Anokye, PhD, Ahmad Hecham Alani, PharmD, Nandini Jayakumar, MSc, Jennifer M. Ryan, PhD

“…Only 2 studies used direct methods, such as time trade-off, visual analog scale, and standard gamble, whereas 29 employed generic measures (eg, EuroQol 5 Dimensions, Health Utilities Index 3) with diverse preference elicitation methods. …”
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Assessing groundwater quality and suitability in Qatar: Strategic insights for sustainable water management and environmental protection by Sarra Aloui, Adel Zghibi, Annamaria Mazzoni, Ahmad S. Abushaikha, Adel Elomri

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THE STRUCTURE OF THE SIBERIAN GEOGRAPHICAL FLORAL ELEMENT IN THE MIDDLE SIBERIAN FOREST STEPPES by E. M. Antipova

“…The Siberian geographical element rates third in all three forest steppes after the Euro-Siberian and Circumboreal geographical elements. …”
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Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece by Ioannis Moisoglou, Aglaia Katsiroumpa, Aggeliki Katsapi, Olympia Konstantakopoulou, Petros Galanis

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Risk factors for loss to follow-up in patients with gout: A Korean prospective cohort study. by Hyunsue Do, Chang-Nam Son, Hyo Jin Choi, Ji Hyoun Kim, Min Jung Kim, Kichul Shin, Sang-Hyon Kim, Byoongyong Choi, You-Jung Ha, Joong Kyong Ahn, Hyun-Ok Kim, Sung Won Lee, Chang Hoon Lee, Ran Song, Kyeong Min Son, Seung-Geun Lee, Ki Won Moon

“…Demographic data, clinical characteristics, lifestyle habits, comorbidities, and quality of life assessments using the Korean Gout Impact Scale (K-GIS) and EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D) were collected at baseline, six months, and annually. …”
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Patient-reported outcomes for diabetes and hypertension care in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. by Sarah Masyuko, Carrie J Ngongo, Carole Smith, Rachel Nugent

“…Most common were the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (7) and EuroQoL-5D-3L (7).<h4>Conclusion</h4>PROMs are deployed in LMICs around the world, with greatest reported use in LMICs with an upper-middle-income classification. …”
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Elegie o straconych córkach – trauma indywidualna i kulturowa w powieściach The Painted Drum Louise Erdrich i Prudence Davida Treuera by Agnieszka Gondor-Wiercioch

“…The Painted Drum Louise Erdrich i Prudence Davida Treuera to elegijne opowieści o sposobach konfrontowania się z żałobą w kontekście indywidualnym i zbiorowym, w ujęciu kultury Zachodu (euro-amerykańskiej) i kultury Odżibuejów. W obydwu narracjach pojawiają się wątki historyczne mające przybliżyć losy rdzennych Amerykanów na tle dziejów Ameryki. …”
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Development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) by Daisy Gaunt, Chris Salisbury, Mei-See Man, Katherine Chaplin, Polly Duncan, Mairead Murphy

“…Changes in MTBQ score over 9-month follow-up were associated, as expected, with changes in measures of quality of life (EuroQol five dimensions, five level questionnaire) and patient-centred care (Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care).Conclusion The MTBQ is a 10-item measure of treatment burden for patients with multimorbidity that has demonstrated good content validity, construct validity, reliability and responsiveness. …”
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Students’ attitudes toward euthanasia and abortion: a cross-cultural study in three Mediterranean countries by Ivana Tutić Grokša, Ana Depope, Tijana Trako Poljak, Igor Eterović, Toni Buterin, Robert Doričić, Mariana Gensabella, Maria Laura Giacobello, Josip Guć, Eleni Kalokairinou, Željko Kaluđerović, Iva Rinčić, Ivana Zagorac, Miltiadis Vantsos, Amir Muzur

“…As part of the scientific research project EuroBioMed, we compared the attitudes of students from three Mediterranean countries towards abortion and euthanasia and examined them from the perspective of Mediterranean bioethics. …”
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Populacioni status, zaštita i upravljanje mrkim medvjedom (Ursus arctos) u Republici Srpskoj ̶ stavovi javnosti by Igor Trbojević, Jasmin Pašić, Mareike Brix, Oliver Stevanović, Tijana Trbojević

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Health-Related Quality-of-Life Utility Values in Adults With Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Analyses of EQ-5D Data From the PROPEL Clinical Trial by Alison Griffiths, Simon Shohet, Neil Johnson, Alasdair MacCulloch

“…EQ-5D-5L utility values were mapped to EQ-5D-3L values using the van Hout algorithm as recommended by the EuroQoL and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence position statement at time of analysis. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine (Mindful,Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Complemented with Bodywork) in the Treatment of Experienced Mental Illness by Søren Ventegodt, Suzette Thegler, Tove Andreasen, Flemming Struve, Lars Enevoldsen, Laila Bassaine, Margrethe Torp, Joav Merrick

“…The patients received in average 20 sessions over 14 months at a cost of 1600 EURO. For the treatment responders, all measured aspects of life (on a five point Likert Scale) improved significantly, simultaneously, and radically: somatic health (from 2.9 to 2.3), self-esteem/relationship to self (from 3.5 to 2.3), relationship to partner (from 4.7 to 2.9 [no partner was rated as “6”]), relationship to friends (from 2.5 to 2.0), ability to love (from 3.8 to 2.4), self-assessed sexual ability (from 3.5 to 2.4), self-assessed social ability (from 3.2 to 2.1), self-assessed working ability (from 3.3 to 2.4), and self-assessed quality of life (from 4.0 to 2.3. …”
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Valorization of Date Pits as an Effective Biosorbent for Remazol Brilliant Blue Adsorption from Aqueous Solution by A. Thiam, K. Tanji, O. Assila, M. Zouheir, Redouane Haounati, A. Arrahli, A. Abeid, S. Lairini, R. Bouslamti, F. Zerouq, A. Kherbeche

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The Usability and Effect of a Novel Intelligent Rehabilitation Exergame System on Quality of Life in Frail Older Adults: Prospective Cohort Study by Chien-Hsiang Chang, Chun-Chun Wei, Wei-Chih Lien, Tai-Hua Yang, Bo Liu, Yimo Lin, Poh Thong Tan, Yang-Cheng Lin

“…The System Usability Scale (SUS) and Taiwanese version of the EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) were administered after completing the first (week 1, baseline) and last training (week 4, one-month follow-up) to evaluate the usability of the IRES and its effects on the quality of life of participants. …”
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Health utility value of overactive bladder in Japanese older adults by Takashi Yoshioka, Kenji Omae, Satoshi Funada, Tetsuji Minami, Rei Goto

“…HUVs were measured using the EuroQol five‐dimension five‐level value set for the Japanese population. …”
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El movimiento estudiantil «Rhodes debe caer» (Rodhes Must Fall): las universidades sudafricanas como campo de lucha by Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni

“…En un nivel, el artículo sitúa y teoriza el RMF en un contexto más amplio sobre la crisis de la civilización y la modernidad euro-norteamericano-céntricas, así como la historia de la protesta africana, que abarca tres fases de protestas anticoloniales de las décadas de 1950 y 1960; las protestas antiausteridad y los límites de la reforma de las décadas de 1980 y 1990; y los actuales «levantamientos africanos» (Branch & Mampilly, 2015). …”
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Economic impact of potentially inappropriate prescribing and related adverse events in older people: a cost-utility analysis using Markov models by Kathleen Bennett, Frank Moriarty, Tom Fahey, Caitriona Cahir

“…We developed Markov models incorporating the AEs of each PIP, populated with published estimates of probabilities, health system costs (in 2014 euro) and utilities.Participants A hypothetical cohort of 65 year olds analysed over 35 1-year cycles with discounting at 5% per year.Outcome measures Incremental cost, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios with 95% credible intervals (CIs, generated in probabilistic sensitivity analysis) between each PIP and an appropriate alternative strategy. …”
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Occurrence and assessment of chronic pain fatigue and sleep disturbance in axial spondyloarthritis patients by Eman Abdel Ghani Sayed, Samer Samy, Faruk Ali Abdi, Anna Abou-Raya

“…Functional scores, patient index data, axial SpA disease activity index, perceived stress scale, hospital anxiety and depression scale, functional axial SpA index, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, visual analogue scale, health assessment questionnaire, euro level QoL-5 dimension-3 L, work limitation questionnaire, fatigue item of the BAS-DAI, and fatigue severity scale were analyzed.Results Elevated levels of ESR (19.08 ± 11.75) and CRP (10.28 ± 6.29) were highly associated with chronic pain and discomfort in axSpA. …”
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Impact of Hypoglycemia on Health-Related Quality of Life among Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in Thailand by Thongchai Pratipanawatr, Bancha Satirapoj, Boonsong Ongphiphadhanakul, Sompongse Suwanwalaikorn, Wannee Nitiyanant

“…HRQoL was assessed using the 3-level version of EuroQol-5-dimension (EQ-5D-3L) and visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) questionnaires. …”
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Real-world evaluation of physiotherapist-led exercise prehabilitation and rehabilitation during autologous stem cell transplantation in myeloma: a single-centre experience by Orla McCourt, Joanne Land, Neil Rabin, Kwee Yong, Abi Fisher, Jonathan Sive, Charalampia Kyriakou, Michael K Luong, Alasdair Longden

“…Functional (6 min walk and timed sit-to-stand tests) and patient-reported outcome measures (European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC-C30) and EuroQol EQ5D-5L were assessed at preharvest, preadmission and in the post-ASCT evaluation (day 100) clinic.Results Patients (n=46) with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma referred for ASCT following induction chemotherapy were assessed. …”
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