Conference Program (PDF) - ISOQOL

Thursday
3:30 – 3:45 pm
Break
West Wing Lobby
3:45 – 5:15 pm
Concurrent Oral Sessions
Scale Selection
Chair: Cindy Gross, PhD
Hilton Meeting Rooms 1-6
1207/Reaching the right decision: Proposal of a scale selection strategy in stroke research
Karen Baker, Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK, E Diane Playford, Brain Repair and
Rehabilation, UCL Insitute of Neurology, London, UK, Stefan J. Cano, Clinical Neurology, Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, UK
1205/Selecting patient reported outcomes in glaucoma studies: which instrument?
Jemaima Che Hamzah, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Jennifer M. Burr, Craig
R. Ramsay, Augusto Azuara-Blanco, Maria Prior, for Glaucoma Screening Platform Study (GPS), Health Services Research Unit,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
1228/The need for a new Hepatitis C Virus-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life measure
Martin Duracinsky, Andrew R. Armstrong, Christophe Lalanne, Olivier Chassany, Department of Clinical Research and Development,
Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
1018/Inter-rater Reliability of the COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement
Instruments) Checklist
Lidwine B. Mokkink, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Heealth and Care Research, VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
Caroline B. Terwee, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUmc, Amsterdam,
Netherlands, Elizabeth Gibbons, Public Health, Patient-reported Outcome Measurement, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Paul
W. Stratford, School of Rehabilitation Science, Clinical Epidemiol, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Jordi Alonso, Health
Services Research Unit, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain, Donald L. Patrick, Health Services, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington, Dirk L. Knol, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research,
VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Lex M. Bouter, Executive Board, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Henrica C. De Vet,
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Heealth and Care Research, VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Geriatrics & End of Life
Chair: Sara Ahmed, PhD
Sovereign Suite
1120/Enjoying Old Age: Perceptions of Older Adults Regarding Quality of Life
Sofia v. Humboldt, Isabel P. Leal, Research Unit in Psychology and Health, I&D, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA),
Lisboa, Portugal
1101/Improving quality of care in geriatrics, Sweden
Ewa Wressle, Geriatrics, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
1435/Quality of Life of Elders with Dementia and Their Caregivers: Use of Multiple Measures for Community-
Based Translational Research
Betty S. Black, Deirdre M. Johnston, Peter V. Rabins, Constantine G. Lyketsos, Quincy M. Samus, Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1242/Health, attitudes to ageing and quality of life across cultures
Gail Low, Anita E. Molzahn, Donald Schopflocher, Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Fatigue
Chair: Jane Scott, PhD
Balmoral Suite
1339/Malaise/weakness/fatigue a relevant symptom cluster for persons living with HIV: maybe, maybe not
Karen H. Sousa, Nursing, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, Soyoung Lee, Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona
1681/Exploring fatigue from the perspective of the individual with Post Polio Syndrome (PPS): A thematic analysis
Samantha M. Wong, Clinical Trials Unit, Anne-Marie C. Quincey, Clincial Trials Unit, Carolyn A. Young, Neurology, Walton Centre
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