Pulmonary Rehabilitation
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Glossary
moderate-intensity activity of at least 30 min per day) and muscle-strengthening activities (2 or more days a week of activities that maintain or increase muscular strength and endurance incorporate strength training into the routine).
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Definition Programs focused for patients who have a chronic lung problem that is run by health care providers, typically include components such as patient assessment, exercise training focused in improving respiratory muscles, education classes about their medical problems, nutritional intervention, and psychosocial support. All of these activities will help these patients in becoming more active with less shortness of breath.
Purchasing Power Parity Definition PPP is a theory states that the exchange rates between two currencies are equilibrium when the purchasing power of each country is similar. The basis of PPP is the law of one price. PPP may be obtained from the Penn World Table (PWT) or ‘‘the Big Mac Index.’’
conduction through ear phones or sound field, which assesses the outer, middle, and inner ear; or by bone conduction via a bone vibrator placed on the skull, which sends the signal directly to both inner ears. Differences noted between air-conduction and boneconduction thresholds are used to distinguish normal hearing from conductive and sensorineural hearing losses and help determine the need for medical intervention or the use of hearing aids.
PYLL ▶ Potential Years of Life Lost
QALY ▶ Quality-Adjusted Life Year
QLMI Definition Quality of Life after Myocardial Infarction is a specific health-related quality of life instrument used in patients with myocardial infarction.
QLQ C-30 Survey Pure Tone Definition Pure Tones are stimuli generated by an audiometer used to test patients’ hearing; they are characterized by having energy present only at a specified intensity (loudness) and frequency (pitch). For example, normal hearing for pure tones usually covers a range of 20 dB (decibels) or better at frequencies from 250 to 8000 cycles per second at octave intervals. Pure-tone stimuli can be presented by air
Definition A multidimensional 30-item questionnaire for the assessment of self reported QOL created in 1993 by the European organization for research and treatment of cancer (EORTC) quality of life study group. This questionnaire is composed of scales evaluating physical, emotional, cognitive, role and social functions besides the global quality of life. Three symptom scales evaluate nausea and vomiting, pain and fatigue, while six
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