tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học:" Evaluating change in health-related quality of life in adult rhinitis: Responsiveness of the Rhinosinusitis Disability Index"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Evaluating change in health-related quality of life in adult rhinitis: Responsiveness of the Rhinosinusitis Disability Index | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Evaluating change in health-related quality of life in adult rhinitis Responsiveness of the Rhinosinusitis Disability Index Hubert Chen 1 2 Patricia P Katz1 3 Stephen Shiboski4 and Paul D Blanc1 2 Address department of Medicine University of California San Francisco UCSF CA USA 2Cardiovascular Research Institute UCSF CA USA 3Institute for Health Policy Studies UCSF CA USA and department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology UCSF CA USA Email Hubert Chen - Patricia P Katz - pkatz@ Stephen Shiboski - steve@ Paul D Blanc - blancp@ Corresponding author Published 08 November 2005 Received 24 June 2005 TAA1- - .zo . A IIOZ U77 7MC - zo Accepted 08 November 2005 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005 3 68 doi 1477-7525-3-68 This article is available from http content 3 1 68 2005 Chen et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The Rhinosinusitis Disability Index RSDI is a validated measure of health-related quality of life HRQL in rhinitis. Responsiveness of the RSDI to changes in health status over time has not been described. Methods We studied adults with a self-reported physician diagnosis of rhinitis identified through a national telephone survey. HRQL was assessed at baseline and at 24 months using the RSDI. Symptom severity physical health status SF-12 PCS psychological mood CES-D and perceived control of symptoms were also assessed at the time of each interview. In addition we ascertained specific health outcomes attributed to rhinitis including days of restricted activity job effectiveness number of physician visits and medication costs. .