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Eliciting a value set for the Swedish Capability-Adjusted Life Years instrument (CALY-SWE)

contributed the largest capability gains, followed by occupation, security, and political and civil rights. We elicited a value set for CALY-SWE for use in economic evaluations of interventions with broad ... capability approach that emphasizes context-specificity [ 24 ]. The six attributes are health, social relations, financial situation and housing, occupation, security, and political and civil rights (with

A process-based approach to health-related quality of life as a “way of living”

secure aspirational life goals while striving to accept the reality of declining health. Given this difference in HRQL themes we used a meta-philosophical approach, based on Hadot’s idea of philosophy as a ... Centre, and Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, University Health Network , 6N-618NU, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M2N 7A2 , Canada 1 Department of Philosophy, Deakin University , Melbourne, VIC

Preference-based measures of health-related quality of life in Indigenous people: a systematic review

, include, and partner with Indigenous people, aiming to address historic harms. The increasing number of studies in this review involving or reporting Indigenous people may be a result of this political and ... other Indigenous contexts should be explored to support future systematic reviews and assessment of research. Future research is not without ethical and political obligations for western researchers to

Philosophy of voltage-gated proton channels

In this review, voltage-gated proton channels are considered from a mainly teleological perspective. Why do proton channels exist? What good are they? Why did they go to such lengths to develop several unique hallmark properties such as extreme selectivity and ΔpH-dependent gating? Why is their current so minuscule? How do they manage to be so selective? What is the basis for our...

The structure of well-being: a single underlying factor with genetic and environmental influences

of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Oslo , Norway 1 Ludvig Daae Bjørndal 2 Department of Philosophy, Classics, and History of Arts and Ideas, University of Oslo , Oslo ... early, yet still influential, inquiry into the structure of well-being [ 1 ]. Well-being is also an important theme in stoic [ 2 ] and Confucian (R. [ 3 ] philosophy. These different traditions

Implications of response shift for micro-, meso-, and macro-level healthcare decision-making using results of patient-reported outcome measures

philosophy, and micro-, meso-, and macro-level healthcare decision-making informed our theoretical analysis. At the micro-level, patients’ self-reported health needs to be interpreted via dialogue with the ... philosophy, and healthcare decisionmaking. From a measurement validity point of view, the impact of response shift on healthcare decision-making ultimately pertains to whether the inferences we make are valid

Conspiracy mentality among informal caregivers as a risk factor for caregiver burden, mental health, perceived loneliness and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings of a representative online study from Germany

decreasing perceived social isolation and loneliness. Believing in conspiracy theories is also associated with less normative, legal political engagement but higher willingness to engage in illegal, non ... -normative political actions and in general lower intentions to go along with socially accepted and desired behaviors [ 37, 59 ]. Conspiracy beliefs and mentality are also associated with more (real and

Unsupervised item response theory models for assessing sample heterogeneity in patient-reported outcomes measures

. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal , 14 ( 1 ), 26 - 47 . 35. Vermunt , J. K. ( 2010 ). Latent class modelling with covariates: Two improved three-step approaches . Political Analysis

The impact of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental and social health of children and adolescents

that should be brought to the forefront of political decision-making and mental healthcare policy, intervention, and prevention. ... health of children and adolescents should be taken into consideration when imposing new governmental regulations and should thus be brought to the forefront of political decision making and mental health

Caught between pity, explicit bias, and discrimination: a qualitative study on the impact of stigma on the quality of life of persons living with sickle cell disease in three African countries

cultural contexts such as personal values, customs, laws, socioeconomic status, and political climate [ 36 ]. Bronfenbrenner’s socio-ecological theory has been applied to a similar study on caregiver’s

Hungarian population norms for the 15D generic preference-accompanied health status measure

decades ago. Over the past 25 years, the population’s health status has likely changed due to various political, social, economic, technological and public health events, which include significant

Quality of life in a broader perspective: Does ASCOT reflect the capability approach?

focus is specifically on older adults, but ASCOT and the CA can also be relevant for a broader population. Central issues of the CA The CA has been developed within political philosophy, as a reaction ... ), 93 - 114 . 29. Robeyns , I. ( 2006 ). The capability approach in practice . The Journal of Political Philosophy , 14 ( 3 ), 351 - 376 . 30. Stolk , E. A. , & van Nooten , E. ( 2005 ) Values for

Moving towards patient-reported outcomes in routine clinical practice: implementation lessons from the BREAST-Q

addition, modifications may be necessary to apply these methods to other institutions. However, the central philosophy of using PROMs as a routine clinical tool is likely highly generalizable and will allow ... institutions, but we believe that the central philosophy of using PROMs as a routine clinical tool is likely highly generalizable and can be a driving force for successful implementation of PROMs in many

Profiles of subjective well-being among people living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic

. Political Analysis , 18 , 450 - 469 . https://doi.org/10.1093/pan/mpq025 42. Vermunt , J. K. , & Magidson , J. ( 2016 ). Technical guide for Latent GOLD 5.1: Basic, advanced, and syntax . Statistical

Response shift in results of patient-reported outcome measures: a commentary to The Response Shift—in Sync Working Group initiative

more willing to change their initial opinion than were members of homogeneous teams. The second lesson (“alternative hypotheses”) resonated philosophy of science lectures. Those taught us the importance ... numerate individuals use their reasoning competence selectively to conform their interpretation of research data most consistent with their political convictions [ 48 ]. This may a fortiori hold for

Ethical and practical considerations related to data sharing when collecting patient-reported outcomes in care-based child health research

Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, University Hall , 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 , Canada 6 Newborn Screening Ontario, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario , Ottawa , Canada 7 School of

Comparative study of life satisfaction among patients with psoriasis versus healthy comparison group: the explanatory role of body image and resource profiles

the patients possessed several resources, such as hedonistic and vital resources, spiritual resources, family resources, economic and political resources, and power and prestige resources. Particular ... . Spiritual resources 3. Family resources 4. Economic and political resources 5. Power and prestige 6. Appearance evaluation 7. Appearance orientation 8. Fitness evaluation 9. Fitness orientation 10. Health

Correction to: Response shift in patient-reported outcomes: definition, theory, and a revised model

Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina , Columbia, SC , USA 4 University of Amsterdam, Research Institute of Child Development and Education , Amsterdam , The Netherlands 5 Harborview Medical

Machine learning models for 180-day mortality prediction of patients with advanced cancer using patient-reported symptom data

problems . American Economic Review, 105 ( 5 ), 491 - 495 . https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151023 64. Hume , D. ( 2008 ). An enquiry concerning human understanding . Seven masterpieces of philosophy (p. 94

Mental health, quality of life and optimism during the covid-19 pandemic: a comparison between Brazil and Portugal

political factors [ 14, 15 ]. Pre-pandemic information from the World Health Organization (WHO) [16] has already documented differences concerning mental health issues between both countries. Although the ... already noted by previous studies, which showed that low socioeconomic status is related to greater barriers to physical distancing [37] and higher death rates [ 38 ]. Third, the political scenario in