Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Co-morbidity and visual acuity are risk factors for health-related quality of life decline: five-month follow-up EQ-5D data of visually impaired older patients | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Open Access Co-morbidity and visual acuity are risk factors for health-related quality of life decline five-month follow-up EQ-5D data of visually impaired older patients Ruth MA van Nispen 1 2 Michiel R de Boer3 Janneke GJ Hoeijmakers1 Peter J Ringens1 and Ger HMB van Rens1 2 4 Address 1VU University Medical Center Department of ophthalmology PO Box 7057 1007 MB Amsterdam the Netherlands institute for Research in Extramural Medicine VU University Medical Center Amsterdam the Netherlands institute of Health Sciences VU University Amsterdam the Netherlands and 4Elkerliek Hospital Department of ophthalmology Helmond the Netherlands Email Ruth MA van Nispen - Michiel R de Boer - mboer0@ Janneke GJ Hoeijmakers - jgjhoeijmakers@ Peter J Ringens - Ger HMB van Rens - Rens@ Corresponding author Published 25 February 2009 Received 15 August 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 18 doi l477-7525-7-l8 Accepted 25 February 2009 This article is available from http content 7 l l8 2009 van Nispen et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Co-morbidity is a common phenomenon in the elderly and is considered to be a major threat to quality of life QOL . Knowledge of co-existing conditions or patient characteristics that lead to an increased QOL decline is important for individual care and for public health purposes. In visually impaired older adults it remains unclear which co-existing conditions or other characteristics influence their health-related QOL. Our aim was to present a risk profile of characteristics and conditions which predict deterioration of QOL in .
