Effects of Combined Intrathecal Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Schwann Cells Transplantation on Neuropathic Pain in Complete Spinal Cord Injury: A Phase II Randomized Active-Controlled... by Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Roozbeh Tavanaei, Maede Hosseinpoor, Reza Heidari, Ida Mohammadi, Mohsen Chamanara, Melika Hosseinpour, Alireza Zali, Reza Mosaed, Saeed Oraee-Yazdani

“…Study outcome measures were International SCI Pain Basic Data Set (ISCIPBDS) and World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of Life Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-BREF). A total of 37 (55.2%) and 30 (44.8%) patients in the treatment and control groups were followed up for 6 months, respectively. …”
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Insomnia, cardiorespiratory function and quality of life in individuals with post-COVID-19 fatigue by Nathalea Spode de Arruda, Alessandra Hofstadler Deiques Fleig, Charles Rech, Carine Cristina Callegaro

“…The 6-min walk test (6MWT) was used to evaluated functional capacity, while the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire assessed quality of life. Results: Individuals with post-COVID-19 fatigue demonstrated a higher prevalence of insomnia (80% vs. 49%) and excessive daytime sleepiness (45% vs. 7%), as well as lower MIP, shorter distance covered in the 6MWT, and lower FEV1/FVC (forced expired volume in the first second divided by forced vital capacity), and FEV1/FVC% of predicted. …”
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Developing a Prototype Machine Learning Model to Predict Quality of Life Measures in People Living With HIV by Mercadal-Orfila G, Serrano López de las Hazas J, Riera-Jaume M, Herrera-Perez S

“…Additionally, the model demonstrated strong reliability in maintaining standardized prediction errors below 0.2 for most instruments, with probabilities of achieving this threshold being 96.43% for WHOQoL HIV Bref and 88.44% for ESTAR, while lower probabilities were observed for TSQM (44%) and WRFQ (51%).Conclusion: The results from our machine learning algorithms are promising for predicting PROMs and PREMs in AIDS settings. …”
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Comparison of Functioning, Quality of Life, and Cognition between Lithium and Sodium Valproate Combination Therapy and Sodium Valproate Monotherapy in Euthymic Bipolar Patients: A... by M Ashwini, R Jhamuna, V Jaikumar

“…The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale and the World Health Organisation Quality of Life Brief (WHOQoL-BREF) version scale were applied to both groups. …”
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Bases cérébrales de la motivation chez le singe rhésus : études pharmacologiques et neurophysiologiques by Chiara Varazzani, Aurore San‑Galli, Caroline Jahn, Nicolas Borderies, Sébastien Bouret

“…La motivation regroupe l’ensemble des processus qui sous-tendent le comportement, en bref, pourquoi on fait ce que l’on fait ? Que ce soit en termes de choix entre plusieurs actions ou de quantité d’énergie dépensée pour une action donnée, les comportements du rapport entre les bénéfices attendus et les coûts escomptés. …”
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Disease-Related Knowledge, Stress, and Quality of Life of Parental Caregivers of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate in a Selected Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Phung Le Thi Kim, Leonora Collantes, Phuong Lam Hoai, An Phan Huynh, Nghia Le Trung, Tu Nguyen Thanh, Anh Nguyen Viet, Kieu Nguyen Thi Thanh, Truc Pham Thanh Luu, Phi Duong Nguyen

“…Data were collected using three validated instruments: the Disease-Related Knowledge Scale, Stress Scale for Parents of Children with CLP, and WHOQOL-BREF. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data; Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression were used to examine the relationships between knowledge, stress, and QoL. …”
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Reactive agility training to prevent frailty in older adults – a randomized controlled trial. by Eric Lichtenstein, Martin Keller, Ralf Roth, Sebastian Ludyga, Oliver Faude

“…Psychosocial health was evaluated using surveys such as CES-D, WHO-QoL-Bref, ISI, FES-I, and PSS. Data analysis was performed using linear mixed-effects models, examining group×time interactions standardized to baseline standard deviation. …”
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Factors influencing the quality of life and mental health of Brazilian Federal Education Network Employees: An epidemiological cross-sectional study by Isabela Fernanda Rodrigues de Oliveira, Nicolli Godoi Pereira, Luís Fernando Monteiro, Leonardo Mateus Teixeira de Rezende, Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira, Manuel Monfort-Pañego, Woska Pires da Costa, Priscilla Rayanne E. Silva Noll, Matias Noll

“…This cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted in 2022, with 1563 participants. We used the WHOQOL-bref, DASS-21, BackPEI, PeNSE, and a self-developed sociodemographic questionnaire. …”
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Acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD-NET): a naturalistic pilot trial during the COVID-... by Elisabeth Kohls, Sabrina Baldofski, Julia Scholl, Oskar Flygare, Lina Lundström, Ursula Beyrich-Kolbus, Marc Steinbrecher, Christian Rück, Christine Rummel-Kluge

“…No significant differences were observed in quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) or psychological distress (Mini-SCL GSI) scores between baseline and post-treatment, in either the ITT or completer analyses. …”
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Robert Creeley’s Refusals by Will Montgomery

“…L’auteur de Pieces s’est fait un nom durant cette période grâce à des poèmes concis aux vers très brefs, ce qui a pour effet d’accroître considérablement la pression sur la brisure du vers, de même que sur les moindres méandres et écarts syntaxiques des poèmes. …”
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