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G Yang

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The international phase 4 validation study of the EORTC QLQ-SWB32: A stand-alone measure of spiritual well-being for people receiving palliative care…

2017

The EORTC Quality of Life Group has just completed the final phase (field‐testing and validation) of an international project to develop a stand‐alone measure of spiritual well‐being (SWB) for palliative cancer patients. Participants (n = 451)—from 14 countries on four continents; 54% female; 188 Christian; 50 Muslim; 156 with no religion—completed a provisional 36‐item measure of SWB plus the EORTC QLQ‐C15‐PAL (PAL), then took part in a structured debriefing interview. All items showed good score distribution across response categories. We assessed scale structure using principal component analysis and Rasch analysis, and explored construct validity, and convergent/divergent validity with …

AdultMalePalliative careAdolescentEmotionsmeasureIslamChristianityspiritualYoung Adult03 medical and health sciencesInterpersonal relationship0302 clinical medicineQuality of life (healthcare)NeoplasmsSurveys and QuestionnairesHumansMedicineInterpersonal RelationsSpirituality030212 general & internal medicineAgedAged 80 and overRasch modelbusiness.industryquestionnaireDebriefingPalliative CareReligion and MedicineDiscriminant validityReproducibility of ResultsConstruct validityMiddle AgedEORTCOncologyinternational030220 oncology & carcinogenesisWell-beingQuality of LifeFemalebusinessClinical psychologyEuropean journal of cancer care
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DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A CROSS-CULTURAL EORTC MEASURE OF SPIRITUAL WELLBEING (SWB) FOR PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS WITH CANCER

2014

Introduction Spiritual care and spiritual wellbeing (SWB) are central to palliative care, but no measures of SWB have yet been developed cross-culturally. Aim(s) and method(s) In 2002 the EORTC Quality of Life (QL) Group began international development of an SWB measure for palliative patients. Three domains of SWB were initially hypothesised, and items developed accordingly. Data for Phase IV field-testing and validation of the measure were collected from January 2012 to July 2013. Participants completed the 36-item provisional SWB measure and a structured debriefing interview. EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL, socio-demographic and clinical data were also collected, and a sub-set of test-retest data. Th…

Palliative careRasch modelOncology (nursing)business.industryDebriefingEthnic groupMedicine (miscellaneous)General MedicineDifferential item functioninghumanitiesMedical–Surgical NursingQuality of life (healthcare)MedicineCross-culturalSpiritual carebusinessClinical psychologyBMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
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Associations between sex, age and spiritual well-being scores on the EORTC QLQ-SWB32 for patients receiving palliative care for cancer: A further ana…

2019

Objective: The EORTC QOL Group has recently completed the cross-cultural development and validation of a standalone measure of spiritual well-being (SWB) for cancer patients receiving palliative care: the EORTC QLQ-SWB32. The measure includes four scales: Relationships with Others, Relationship with Self, Relationship with Someone or Something Greater, and Existential, plus a Global-SWB item. This paper reports on further research investigating relationships between sex, age and SWB for patients receiving palliative care for cancer—adjusting for other socio-demographic, clinical and function variables, including WHO performance status and EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL emotional and physical function sc…

MaleValidation studyPalliative careExistentialismEmotionsEmotional functioningPhysical function03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineSex FactorsNeoplasmsSurveys and QuestionnairesMedicineHumansInterpersonal RelationsSpiritualityAgedPerformance statusbusiness.industryPalliative CareAge FactorsCancerMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseSelf ConcepthumanitiesCross-Sectional StudiesOncologySocioeconomic FactorsVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800030220 oncology & carcinogenesisWell-beingMultivariate AnalysisQuality of LifeFemaleIncurable cancerbusinessClinical psychologyEuropean Journal of Cancer Care
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Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: A comparative risk a…

2014

High blood pressure, blood glucose, serum cholesterol, and BMI are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and some of these factors also increase the risk of chronic kidney disease and diabetes. We estimated mortality from cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes that was attributable to these four cardiometabolic risk factors for all countries and regions from 1980 to 2010.

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What Does Spiritual Wellbeing Mean to You? Understandings of International Participants in the Validation Study for the EORTC QLQ-SWB32: An EORTC Mea…

2018

Validation studyAnesthesiology and Pain MedicinePalliative careNursingbusiness.industryMeasure (physics)MedicineNeurology (clinical)businessGeneral NursingSpiritual wellbeingJournal of Pain and Symptom Management
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countrie…

2015

Summary Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, and national health policies. In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013), we estimated these quantities for acute and chronic diseases and injuries for 188 countries between 1990 and 2013. Methods Estimates were calculated for disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and YLDs using GBD 2010 methods with some important refinements. Results for incidence of acute disorders and prevalence of chronic disorders are new additions to the analysis. Key improvements include expansion to the cause an…

MaleGerontologyNutrition and DiseaseEpidemiologyyears lived with disability Global burden of disease acute and chronic diseases countriesPrevalenceDiseaseGlobal HealthMedical and Health SciencesConduct disorderOtitis-mediaCost of IllnessResidence CharacteristicsVoeding en ZiekteEpidemiologyPrevalence80 and overGlobal health2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment2.1 Biological and endogenous factorscountriesAetiologyChildAged 80 and overMedicine(all)education.field_of_studyATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERIncidenceMortality rateIncidence (epidemiology)Pain ResearchNeglected DiseasesAlcohol dependenceGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedGlobal burden of diseaseGlobal Burden of Disease Study 2013 CollaboratorsMental HealthInfectious DiseasesAttention deficit/Hyperactivity disorderBurden of IllnessChild PreschoolAcute DiseaseFemaleLife Sciences & BiomedicineAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentGBD 2013Populationacute and chronic diseasesYoung AdultMental-disordersAge DistributionMedicine General & InternalWeightsGeneral & Internal MedicinemedicineHumansLife ScienceDisabled PersonsSex DistributionPreschooleducationDeveloping CountriesVLAGAgedScience & Technologybusiness.industryDeveloped CountriesCutaneous LeishmaniasisInfant NewbornInfantHealth outcomesNewbornmedicine.diseaseComorbidityBrain Disordersyears lived with disabilityGood Health and Well BeingDisease injury incidence prevalence YLDs GBD 2010Chronic DiseaseWounds and Injuriesbusiness2.4 Surveillance and distributionIron-deficiencyDemography
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