Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Baseline information of 159 patients with above mentioned three intractable diseases registered by two public health centers in Niigata and Fukuoka Prefectures was obtained in 1993-1994, and they were followed to 1995. At the end of follow-up, 124 subjects were interviewed by public health nurses using the 27 item-subjective QOL scale for patients with neurological intractable diseases, previously confirmed for reliability and validity. RESULTS: Low level of ADL at the time of registry and deterioration of ADL after the registry were independently related to low level of subjective QOL. CONCLUSIONS: It may be necessary to minimize the ADL deterioration, in order to maintain a high subjective QOL of patients with neurological intractable diseases.
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Authors | T Iizuka, Y Ogata, M Minowa, T Fujita |
Journal | [Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health
(Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi)
Vol. 46
Issue 8
Pg. 595-603
(Aug 1999)
ISSN: 0546-1766 [Print] Japan |
PMID | 10496028
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Activities of Daily Living
- Aged
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(physiopathology)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Interviews as Topic
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nervous System Diseases
(physiopathology)
- Parkinson Disease
(physiopathology)
- Quality of Life
- Spinocerebellar Degenerations
(physiopathology)
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