Skindex-29

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Skindex-29 Definition The 29-item version of Skindex, a selfadministered survey instrument to measure the effects of skin disease on patients’ quality of life.

SLE â–¶ Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Sleep Apnea Definition Cessation of breathing during sleep for at least 10 s. It may be associated with drops in oxygen. There are different types of sleep apneas, including obstructive apneas, central apneas, and mixed apneas. The obstructive one is due to the collapsing of an airway. The central one happens when the brain does not order the body to breathe. The mixed one starts central and ends obstructive.

Sleep Disturbances Definition Patients with disease may have a longer sleep latency and take sleep medication more frequently than healthy individuals. Sleep efficiency and sleep quality are reduced in comparison with healthy controls.

operation with results comparable to gastric bypass. Gastrointestinal continuity is preserved with this operation.

SLEQOL Definition The SLEQOL is a 40-item disease-specific HRQOL measure developed in Singapore. It was then evaluated in 275 out-patients and demonstrated good internal reliability, moderate to good test-retest reliability and poor concurrent validity with the SF-36. The SLEQOL was also poorly correlated to disease activity and damage. Recently the SLEQOL has been cross-culturally adapted for use in Chinese speaking SLE patients in Singapore and this version remains to be fully psychometrically evaluated.

Slum Definition An area that to various extents combines the following characteristics: inadequate access to safe water; inadequate access to sanitation and other infrastructure; poor structural quality of housing; overcrowding; and insecure residential status.

Smoking Prevalence Definitions The proportion of smokers in a particular population at a given time.

Sleeve Gastrectomy Smoking Progression Definition Weight loss surgery formally performed as part of a two-stage procedure whereby the greater curve of the stomach is removed. This is now being done as a single-stage

Definition Progression from nonsmoking to experimentation with smoking and to established smoking.

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