Quality of life measurements in patients with osteoporosis and fractures

To review all specific questionnaires regarding quality of life in osteoporosis and to describe their distinctive indications, we searched Medline, the Scientific Electronic Library Online database, and the Latin-American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature database. Nine specific questionnaires related to osteoporosis quality of life were found: 1) the Women's Health Questionnaire, 2) Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire, 3) Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire, 4) Osteoporosis Functional Disability Questionnaire, 5) Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis, 6) Osteoporosis-Targeted Quality of Life Questionnaire, 7) Japanese Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire, 8) the 16-item Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Osteoporosis, and 9) the Quality of Life Questionnaire in Osteoporosis (QUALIOST TM). The Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis is the osteoporosis-specific questionnaire most commonly used in the literature. The Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire are targeted more toward fracture assessment, and the Osteoporosis Functional Disability Questionnaire can be used for longitudinal studies involving exercise. In the present study, the authors summarize all of the specific questionnaires for osteoporosis and demonstrate that these questionnaires should be selected based on the objectives to be evaluated. Osteoporosis-specific quality of life questionnaires should be validated in the language of the country of origin before being used.

Preliminary study of the assessment of health-related quality of life in orthognathic patients / 重庆医科大学学报

Objective:To assess the health-related quality of life in orthognathic treatment by questionnaires,investigate the ef-fect of orthognathic surgery to orthognathic health-related quality of life,and provide reference for clinical orthognathic treat-ment.Methods:58 patients receiving orthognathic treatment were assessed with reformed orthognathic quality of life questionnaire(OQLQ)at three times,which were one week before orthodontic appliance implantation(T1),one week before surger(yT2),and one week after treatment(T3).All the results were statistically analyzed with PEMS3.1 software package.Result:Factors of HRQOL score,facial esthetics,oral function,social aspects in T3 were significantly lower than in T1 and T2(P