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Jan 1, 2000
Few data are available to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Functional limitations of persons living with HIV affect their care needs and ability to perform social roles such as employment.
Jan 1, 1995
Develop a model estimating the probability of an adult patient having severe functional limitations 2 months after being hospitalized with one of nine serious illnesses.
Jan 1, 1994
Findings support the use of the SF-36 survey across the diverse populations studied.
Interest in using patient reported health status assessments as an outcome in clinical trials of therapies for HIV disease is increasing. This document presents such an assessment, the HIV-PARSE survey instrument.
Jan 1, 1993
Efforts are currently underway to develop a prospective payment system for inpatient medical rehabilitation.
Jan 1, 1992
This book provides a set of ready-to-use generic measures that are applicable to all adults, including those well and chronically ill, as well as a methodological guide to collecting health data and constructing health measures.
In the past decade physicians have identified the need to expand patient assessment to include global function and quality of life.
The content and features of the SF-36 are compared with the 10-item Medical Outcomes Study short-form.
Jan 1, 1991
Physicians often underestimate or fail to recognize functional disabilities that are reported by their patients.
