Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures

2010
ISBN: 978-0-387-78666-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 4447 Seiten, Book + Online Access, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Springer Reference

This handbook features in-depth reviews of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), quality of life and financial measures for over 120 diseases and conditions. Its editors have organized this critical information for maximum access and ease of use, with abstracts, definitions of key terms, summary points, and dozens of figures and tables that can enhance the text or stand alone.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Preedy, Victor R.

Watson, Ronald R.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Lebensqualitätsforschung (med.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefacePart 1: Instruments Used in the Assessment of Disease Impact Accuracy of Death Certifications and the Implications for Studying Disease BurdensCalculating QALYs and DALYChinese Quality of Life Measurement Form-35 ItemsIntegration of Quality of Life and Survival for Comparative Risk/Outcome Assessment in Healthcare IndustryComparison of Three Quality of Life Questionnaires in Urinary IncontinenceKeele Assessment of Participation (KAP)Patient-Reported SQOR-V Quality of Life Questionnaire in Venous DisordersPostoperative Quality of Life Assessment in the Over 80's after Cardiac SurgeryQuality of Life Measures in DentistryQuality of Life Measures in Patients with Oesophageal CancerThe Application of the ICF for the Classification and Measurement of the Burden of Disease and Quality of LifeThe BOMET-QoL QuestionnaireThe EQ-5D Quality of Life Questionnaire The Global Person Generated Index (GPGI)The Impact of Weight on Quality of Life (IWQOL) QuestionnaireThe Japanese Version of the EORTC Quality of Life QuestionnaireThe Quality of Life in Later Life (QuiLL) QuestionnaireThe Uniscale Assessment of Quality of LifeThe University of Washington Quality of Life  (UW-QoL) ScalePart 2: Disease Burdens, Disability-Adjusted Life Years and Other Measures of Harm or Disease Alcohol and Burden of Disease in Germany and SwitzerlandAlcoholic Beverage Preference and MortalityAtherosclerotic Burden and MortalityBurden of Cancer in SerbiaBurden of Cerebrovascular Diseases in Serbia Burden of Chlamydia TrachomatisBurden of Disease and Years Lived with Disability Associated with Musculoskeletal PainBurden of Disease Attributable to Obesity and Overweight: Korean FocusBurden of Disease Due to Alcohol and Alcohol Related ResearchBurden of Disease in Elderly Mexican PeopleBurden of Ischaemic Heart Diseases in Serbia Burden of Maternal Mortality and MorbidityBurden of Stroke in Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslandersBurden of Stroke: Indian PerspectiveBurden of Tuberculosis: Serbian PerspectivesBurdens of Disease Between Two Time Frames: Mexico PerspectivesCompleteness and Accuracy of Death Date and the Implications  for Studying Disease BurdensCost Features of the Mediterranean Diet and the Burden of DiseaseCost-Effectiveness of Dengue Prevention: Vaccines and Vector ControlCost-Effectiveness of Surgery in Low-Income Countries: Examples in Sierra Leone and CambodiaCost-Effectiveness of Treating LeishmaniasisCosts of Psoriasis: German PerspectivesCritical Analysis of DALYs Due to Arsenic ContaminationDALYs and DiarrheaDALYS and Economics of VaccinesDALYS and Public Health Programs for Stroke: Australian PerspectivesDALYS and Under-Diagnosis of Common Chronic DiseasesDisability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) Due to Occupational Airborne ExposuresDisability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) Due to Occupational CarcinogensDisability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) Due to Sexual BehaviourDisability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) in Children and Adolescents in EuropeDisability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) in Occupational Injuries and AccidentsDisability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), Years of Life Lived with Disability (YLDs), and Years of Life Lost in Stroke: Italian PerspectivesDisease Burden and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) Due to Schizophrenia and Psychotic DisordersDisease Burden of Pertussis in InfantsDisease Burdens and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) Due to Meningococcal Meningitis in the African Meningitis BeltDisease Burdens and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal PopulationsDisease Burdens of ArthritisEconomic Burden of Complications During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention  Economic Burden of the Components of Metabolic SyndromeEstimating the Disease Burden of Combat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the United States Military and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical CentersEstimating the Disease Burden of Seasonal Affective DisorderFinancial Burdens and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) in Loss of Vision Due to TrachomatousFinancial Burdens and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) in Polio EradicationFinancial Burdens and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) Los Angeles County Financial Burdens and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYS)  in EchinococcosisFinancial Impact of ObesityFinancial Implications of Pancreas Transplant ComplicationsFlows of Financial Resources in Health ResearchGlobal Burden of Mental HealthHealth Metrics and the East/West Health Divide in Europe: Rates, Expectancies and DALYsHealthy Life Expectancy: A Decade ComparisonIndividual Disability-Adjusted Life Years: A Summary Health Outcome Indicator Used for Prospective StudiesLife Years (LYs) Saved, Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Saved and Cost-Effectiveness of a School-Based Tobacco-Use Prevention ProgramMalarial Burden of DiseaseMeasures of Disease Burdens Due to Japanese Encephalitis and Impact of Immunization Programs in Asia (China, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam)Economic Evaluation of Health Interventions in TanzaniaMeasuring Disease Burdens Associated with Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment - the Role of Quantitative Health Risk Assessment to Inform Policy ChoicesPandemic Influenza: Potential Contribution to Disease BurdensProphylaxis of Healthcare Workers in an Influenza PandemiaQALYs Gained in Antiviral Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C - a Decision-Analytic ApproachQuality of Life in University StudentsSmoking and DALYs: Netherlands PerspectivesThe Burden of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases in Developing CountriesThe Burden of Disease and Injury in SerbiaThe Burden of Lymphoedema: Togo  PerspectivesThe Burden of Neglected Diseases in Developing CountriesThe Burden of Rotavirus Acute Gastroenteritis in EuropeThe Disease Burden Due to Epilepsy in Rural ChinaCancer Nutritional Wasting & Quality of Life: The Value of Early Individualised Nutritional Counselling The Disease Burden of Mastectomy Due to Cancer: Turkish PerspectiveThe Disease Burden of SuicideThe Economic Burden of Malaria in Nigeria and the Willingness to PayThe Economic Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Asian and/or Thailand PerspectivesThe Economic Burden of Rotavirus Diarrhea in TaiwanThe Global Burden of Anxiety and Mood DisordersThe Global Tuberculosis BurdenThe Impact of Infectious Diseases on the Development of AfricaThe Income-Associated Burden of Disease in the United States.The Role of Indirect Effects on Economic Analyses of Vaccine-Preventable DiseasesThe Total Illness Burden IndexThe Use of Pharmacoepidemiological Database to Assess Disease Burdens: Application to DiabetesUsing DALY to Prioritise Health Service Expenditures in a Single Country: IranUtility Scores for Co-Morbid ConditionsWorldwide Burden of Gynaecological CancerYears Life Lost Due to Smoking: A Korean FocusYears of Life Lost (YLL) from Cancer and Applications to Research FundingYears of Life Lost as a Measure of Disease Burden: An Investigation of its Presentation, Meaning and InterpretationYears of Life Lost Due to Air Pollution in Switzerland: A Dynamic Exposure-Response ModelYears of Life Lost from Lung, Stomach, Liver and Cervical Cancers: An Evaluation of the Top Cancer KillersZinc Deficiencies and DALYS and Other Indices of Harm in IndiaPart 3: Quality of Life (QOL), Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALYs) and Financial Measures in Disease Weight Related Stigmatization: Effects on the Quality of Life of Obese AdolescentsAdolescent Quality of Life in AustraliaAlternative Therapies and Quality of LifeAnemia and Quality of Life MeasuresBack Pain and Quality of Life in Elderly WomenBreast Reduction Surgery and Quality of Life and Clinical OutcomesCancer: Association Between Nutrition and Quality of LifeChemosensory Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Cancer PatientsChemotherapy for Brain Metastasis and Quality of LifeChemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting on Health-Related Quality of Life: Italian PerspectivesChildren with Cerebral Palsy, Psychometric Analysis and Quality of LifeChronic Illness and Quality of Life Among Refugee PopulationsChronic Immune Stimulation Correlates with Reduced Phenylalanine TurnoverCochlear Implant Outcomes and Quality of Life in the ElderlyCochlear Implantation and Quality of Life in DeafnessCognitive Function, Mood and Health-Related Quality of Life in Hepatitis CComparisons of Health-Related Quality of Life in Australian and Japanese Midlife WomenDALYs and Other Measures of Disease Burden in Hypanosomiasis: Congo PerspectivesDepressive Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of LifeDisability and Quality of Life in Systemic SclerosisDisease Burden of Respiratory and Diarrhoeal Disorders in Children: Hong Kong PerspectivesDollars per QALY of Nucleic Acid Blood Screening: USA PerspectivesEffect of Parathyroidectomy on Quality of LifeEffect of Trauma on Quality of Life in Postconflict Displaced EthiopiansEffectiveness of Meditation on Quality of LifeEfficacy of Environmental Interventions on Asthma-Related Quality of LifeExercise and Quality of Life in MenopauseExercise Programs and Quality of Life in COPDHealth-Related Quality of Life after Surgery for Crohn's DiseaseHealth-Related Quality of Life and Priorization Strategies in Waiting Lists: Spanish AspectsHealth-Related Quality of Life in Eating DisordersHealth-Related Quality of Life in Obese Children and Adolescents   Health-Related Quality of Life in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Subjects and their RelativesHealth-Related Quality of Life in Pain MedicineHealth-Related Quality of Life in Parents of Children with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning AutismHealth-Related Quality of Life in PrisonersHealth-Related Quality of Life in Systemic Lupus ErythematosusHealth-Related Quality of Life of Living Kidney DonorsHealthy Lifestyle Habits and Quality of Life in Diabetes Hemoglobin Fluctuations and Correlation with Quality of Life and FatigueHirsutism and Quality of LifeHome Mechanical Ventilation and Quality of Life MeasuresHousing and Quality of LifeImpact of Self-Perceived Bothersomeness, Quality of Life and Overactive Bladder SymptomsImplementing Interventions to Enhance Quality of Life in Overweight Children and AdolescentsInfluence of Age, Sex, and Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence on Quality of Life in Atrial FibrillationIntrauterine Growth Restriction and Later Quality of LifeIschemic Stroke and ThrombolysisIssues in the Assessment of Quality of Life During PregnancyL-Carnitine Supplementation and Quality of Life and Other Health MeasuresLeisure-Time Physical Activity and Quality of LifeLow Testosterone Level in Men and Quality of LifeMalnutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease and Relationship to Quality of LifeMeasuring Quality of Life in Macular DegenerationNutrition and Quality of Life in HaemodialysisNutritional Wasting in Cancer and Quality of Life: The Value of Early Individualised Nutritional CounsellingObesity's Final Toll: Influence on Mortality Rate, Attributable Deaths, Years of Life Lost, and Population Life ExpectancyOral Health Related Quality of Life Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Quality of Life in Female VictimsPremenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Issues of Quality of Life, Stress, and ExerciseProbiotics and Quality of LifePulmonary Disease, Lung Function and Quality of Life in Middle-Aged ChineseQuality of Life After Arterial Revascularization or Major AmputationQuality of Life After Laser Surgery for Eye DisordersQuality of Life Among Diabetic Subjects: Indian PerspectivesQuality of Life Among Japanese Oral Contraceptive Users Quality of Life and Age Urinary Incontinence Severity: Turkish Perspectives Quality of Life and Alcoholism: A Nursing PerspectiveQuality of Life and Clinical Status of Children Operated on for Intractable EpilepsyQuality of Life and Costs in Atopic DermatitisQuality of Life and Depression in Patient-Giver Scenarios: Reference to Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisQuality of Life and Depression of Police Officers: Chinese in Taiwan PerspectivesQuality of Life and Drug Abuse: Iranian  PerspectivesQuality of Life and Financial Measures in HIV/AIDS in Southern AfricaQuality of Life and Financial Measures in Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatments in Emphysema Quality of Life and Functional Outcome in Paediatric Patients Requiring Surgery: Italian PerspectivesQuality of Life and Hearing AidsQuality of Life and Infertility Quality of Life and Low Back PainQuality of Life and other Measures of Health Polymyalgia RheumaticaQuality of Life and Postoperative Anesthesia in Gastrointestinal SurgeryQuality of Life and PruritusQuality of Life and Psychiatric Symptomatology in Alcohol Detoxification Quality of Life and Sexuality (Sexual Dysfunction and Sexual Practice)Quality of Life and StigmaQuality of Life and Stress in Wheelchair Users Quality of Life and Tryptophan DegradationQuality of Life Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease PatientsQuality of Life at the End of LifeQuality of Life for Crohn's DiseaseQuality of Life for Patients Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy: Japanese PerspectivesQuality of Life in Basal Ganglia DisordersQuality of Life in Bipolar DisordersQuality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients: A Minireview of the Literature Quality of Life in Childhood Brain Tumor SurvivorsQuality of Life in Children with AsthmaQuality of Life in Children with Cerebral Palsy and their SiblingsQuality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Japan PerspectivesQuality of Life in Conservatively Treated Lumbar Disc d´DiseaseQuality of Life in Dementia Patients and their Proxies: A Narrative Review of the Concept and Overview of Appropriate Measurement Scales and MethodsQuality of Life in Different Voice Restoration Methods After LaryngectomyQuality of Life in Elderly Dyspnea PatientsQuality of Life in Elderly Patients Requiring Intensive Care AdmissionQuality of Life in Group-Based Intervention Program in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseQuality of Life in HaemophiliaQuality of Life in HIV Positive Injection Drug UsersQuality of Life in Icelandic School ChildrenQuality of Life in Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: China PerspectivesQuality of Life in Liver CirrhosisQuality of Life in Men Undergoing Radical ProstatectomyQuality of Life in Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis  Quality of Life in Myeloproliferative Disorders (MPDs)Quality of Life in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea/HypopnoeaQuality of Life in Oligomenorrhea and Amenorrhea Quality of Life in Patients with Diabetic Foot UlcersQuality of Life in People with Lower-Limb AmputationQuality of Life in Primary Caregivers of Rheumatic Patients - a South American ExperienceQuality of Life in Renal Cancer: Effect of Treatment with DrugsQuality of Life in Renal TransplantationQuality of Life in Schizophrenia in NigeriaQuality of Life in Sex Offenders with Intellectual DisabilityQuality of Life in Spinal Cord InjuryQuality of Life in Sporadic Adult-Onset AtaxiaQuality of Life in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: Northeastern Brazil  PerspectivesQuality of Life in Toenail OnychomycosisQuality of Life in UrticariaQuality of Life in War Veterans Quality of Life Issues in Chronic Fatigue SyndromeQuality of Life Measures During the MenopauseQuality of Life Measures for the Blind: Sub-Saharan AfricaQuality of Life Measures in Acute Coronary SyndromeQuality of Life Measures in AdolescentsQuality of Life Measures in Caregivers of Patients with CancerQuality of Life Measures in Children with CancerQuality of Life Measures in FibromyalgiaQuality of Life Measures in Head and Neck CancerQuality of Life Measures in HIV Low Income WomenQuality of Life Measures in Liver DonorsQuality of Life Measures in Lower Limb IschaemiaQuality of Life Measures in the DeafQuality of Life Measures in the Elderly and Later LifeQuality of Life Measures in the Elderly and the Role of Social Support in Elderly ChineseQuality of Life Measures in the Mentally IllQuality of Life of Relatives of Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderQuality of Life of Urban Slum ResidentsQuality of Life with Localized Prostate Cancer: Japanese PerspectivesQuality of Life, Drugs and Diet in Hypertensive PatientsRelationship Between Pain and Quality of LifeRisk Perception and Relationships with Quality of Life MeasuresSchizophrenia and Quality of LifeSpa Therapy and Quality of Life MeasuresSubjective Quality of Life Measures - General Principles and ConceptsThe Correlations Between the Presence of Comorbidities and Psychological Distress and Health-Related Quality of LifeThe Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS-QOL in ChinaThe MacDQoL Individualized Measure of the Impact of Macular Degeneration on Quality of LifeTotal Gastrectomy: Quality of Life and Other Health MeasuresPart 4: Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Victor R. Preedyis currently Director of the Genomics Centre and  Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London. Ronald Ross Watson is a Professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, Tucson.  He is a former Director of a National Institutes of Health funded Alcohol Research Center.