Browsing NTNU Open by Journals "Health and Quality of Life Outcomes"
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Quality of life and fear of COVID-19 in 2600 baccalaureate nursing students at five universities: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in the implementation of programs across educational institutions. Nursing students, being both young adults and by practical training, part of the health ... -
Quality of Life as reported by children and parents: a comparison between students and child psychiatric outpatients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: During the recent decade, a number of studies have begun to address Quality of Life (QoL) in children and adolescents with mental health problems in general population and clinical samples. Only about half of ... -
Quality of Life as reported by school children and their parents: a cross-sectional survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Background: Comprehensive evidence exists regarding the discrepancy between children's reports and parents' by proxy reports on emotional and behavioural problems. However, little is yet known about factors influencing the ... -
Responsiveness to change in health status of the EQ-5D in patients treated for depression and anxiety
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background The EQ-5D is a commonly used generic measure of health but evidence on its responsiveness to change in mental health is limited. This study aimed to explore the responsiveness of the five-level version of the ... -
Self- and proxy reports of quality of life among adolescents living in residential youth care compared to adolescents in the general population and mental health services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Child welfare services are aimed at providing care and protection, fostering well-being and prosocial behaviour. Thus, Quality of Life (QoL) should be an important outcome measure in Residential Youth Care ... -
Self-report measurement of pain & symptoms in palliative care patients: a comparison of verbal, visual and hand scoring methods in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Despite a high incidence of life-limiting disease, there is a deficit of palliative care outcome evidence in sub-Saharan Africa. Providers of end of life care call for appropriate measurement tools. The objective ... -
Simple imputation methods were inadequate for missing not at random (MNAR) quality of life data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Objective: QoL data were routinely collected in a randomised controlled trial (RCT), which employed a reminder system, retrieving about 50% of data originally missing. The objective was to use this unique feature to ... -
Validation of the WHOQOL-Bref: psychometric properties and normative data for the Norwegian general population
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-Bref ) is a frequently used instrument to assess the quality of life in both healthy and ill populations. Inquiries of the psychometric properties of ...