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The Quality of Life in Depression Scale (QLDS) assesses the impact that depression has on a patient's quality of life. [44] It was developed by Galen Research in 1992 and was funded by Lilly Industries. [45] Studies utilizing the QLDS include investigations into venlafaxine, [46] duloxetine [47] [48] [49] and bupropion. [50] Diabetes.
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System [1] (PROMIS) provides clinicians and researchers access to reliable, valid, and flexible measures of health status that assess physical, mental, and social well–being from the patient perspective.
The Migraine Specific Quality of Life (MSQoL) is a patient-reported outcome measure (PRO or PROM) which assesses the quality of life of migraineurs. [1] It is a 25-item [ 2 ] questionnaire which is filled out by the patient and is used to determine how the patient's life has been affected by their migraines.
EQ-5D is the most widely used health-related quality of life questionnaire in health economic evaluations. [62] EQ-5D can be used to derive a set of values that reflect people's opinions of the relative importance of different health problems. These values can be used to derive QALYs for application in cost-effectiveness and cost-utility ...
The Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB) is a general health quality of life questionnaire which measures overall status and well-being over the previous three days in four areas: physical activities, social activities, mobility, and symptom/problem complexes. [1] It consists of 71 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. [2]
The scale emerged from synthesis of existing theories including: (a) subjective well-being, (b) developmental life-stages, (c) different categories of human needs, (d) quality of life, and (e) subjective evaluation processes. The scale consists of three axes: Subjective well-being, positive and negative affect, and fulfillment of needs. See a ...
It has been used in research studies worldwide in order to determine the effect a given disease has on a patient’s quality of life. Examples of such studies are investigations into the effect of insomnia on brain tumour patients, [ 13 ] fatigue in post-polio patients [ 14 ] and the sleep, fragility and cognition of the elderly.
In medicine (oncology and other fields), performance status is an attempt to quantify cancer patients' general well-being and activities of daily life. This measure is used to determine whether they can receive chemotherapy, whether dose adjustment is necessary, and as a measure for the required intensity of palliative care.