[HTML][HTML] Translating the science of quality of life into practice: what do dermatology life quality index scores mean?

Y Hongbo, CL Thomas, MA Harrison, MS Salek… - Journal of Investigative …, 2005 - Elsevier
This study's aim was to determine the relationship between Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)
scores and a Global Question (GQ) concerning patients' views of the overall …

Non-clinical influences on clinical decision-making: a major challenge to evidence-based practice

FM Hajjaj, MS Salek, MKA Basra… - Journal of the Royal …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews an aspect of daily clinical practice which is of critical importance in
virtually every clinical consultation, but which is seldom formally considered. Non-clinical …

The impact of patients' chronic disease on family quality of life: an experience from 26 specialties

CJ Golics, MKA Basra, MS Salek… - International journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background Previous studies have assessed family quality of life in individual disease areas
and specialties. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of disease on family …

Cyclosporine in severe childhood atopic dermatitis: a multicenter study

…, MJ Cork, SS Bleehen, MS Salek… - Journal of the American …, 1996 - Elsevier
Background: Severe atopic dermatitis (AD) remains difficult to treat. Cyclosporine is effective
in adults but has not previously been investigated in children with AD. Objective: The aims …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping of the DLQI scores to EQ-5D utility values using ordinal logistic regression

…, V Piguet, J Kupfer, F Dalgard, MS Salek - Quality of Life …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and the European Quality of Life-5
Dimension (EQ-5D) are separate measures that may be used to gather health-related quality of …

Measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the quality of life of the survivors, partners and family members: a cross-sectional international online survey

R Shah, FM Ali, SJ Nixon, JR Ingram, SM Salek… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study aimed to measure the impact of COVID-19 on the quality of life (QoL) of
survivors and their partners and family members. Design and setting A prospective cross-…

Evaluating alignment between Canadian Common Drug Review reimbursement recommendations and provincial drug plan listing decisions: an exploratory study

…, SR Walker, L Liberti, C Sehgal, MS Salek - … Open Access Journal, 2016 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The CADTH Common Drug Review was established in 2002 to prepare national
health technology assessment reports to guide listing decisions for 18 participating drug …

PFI-14©: a Rasch analysis refinement of the psoriasis family index

…, P Kamudoni, AM Eghlileb, AY Finlay, MS Salek - Dermatology, 2015 - karger.com
Objective: We aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Psoriasis Family Index (PFI),
a disease-specific instrument, to measure the secondary impact of psoriasis on the quality …

[HTML][HTML] The psychological burden of skin diseases: a cross-sectional multicenter study among dermatological out-patients in 13 European countries

…, SE Marron, IK Altunay, AY Finlay, SS Salek… - Journal of Investigative …, 2015 - Elsevier
The contribution of psychological disorders to the burden of skin disease has been poorly
explored, and this is a large-scale study to ascertain the association between depression, …

[HTML][HTML] Do patient-reported outcomes have a role in the management of patients with cystic fibrosis?

MS Salek, S Jones, M Rezaie, C Davies… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a rapidly growing area of expertise
and the most commonly used patient-reported outcome (PRO). The impact of cystic fibrosis (CF) …