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Performance of a new, HIV/AIDS-targeted quality of life (HAT-QoL) instrument in asymptomatic seropositive individuals (1997)

Holmes, W. C. ; Shea, J. A.

Springer

Quality of life research 6 (1997), S. 561-571

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ISSN: 1573-2649

Keywords: QoL ; HIV ; AIDS ; asymptomatic.

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Medicine

Notes: Abstract Objective: to evaluate the psychometric performance of a new human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-targeted quality of life (QoL) instrument in asymptomatic HIV-seropositive individuals. Methods: 201 urban and rural, HIV-seropositive subjects were recruited to complete a 76-item pilot QoL measure developed using content provided in group process by seropositive individuals. Questionnaire responses from the full sample (n=201) were used to identify dimensions and to reduce the number of items to 42. The responses to the retained items were then analysed for the asymptomatic subsample (n=106). Results: 9 multi-item dimensions were identified: overall function (OF), sexual function (SF), disclosure worries (DW), health worries (HW), financial worries (FW), HIV mastery (HM), life satisfaction (LS), medication concerns (MC) and provider trust (PT). The responses by asymptomatic subjects (74% male, 64% non-White and 63% homosexual/bisexual) revealed no substantial floor or ceiling effects, except for the PT dimension (where 44% were found to have scored the highest score). The internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach's alphas) were between 0.80 and 0.89 for six dimensions. The coefficients were lower for the SF (0.52), HM (0.67) and MC (0.48) dimensions. Construct validity assessments, using self-reported HIV disease-severity and sociodemographic variables, revealed some significant relationships (p≤0.05) for all dimensions except SF, MC and PT. Conclusions: the results suggested that five dimensions (OF, DW, HW, FW and LS) from the new instrument have good psychometric properties for asymptomatic HIV-seropositive individuals. These dimensions may be useful in the study of asymptomatic, seropositive individuals' QoL. Four dimensions (SF, HM, MC and PS) require additional refinement for this subpopulation.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018464200708

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Number of nucleoli in various cell types of the mouse (1966)

Shea, J. R. ; Leblond, C. P.

New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell

Journal of Morphology 119 (1966), S. 425-433

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ISSN: 0362-2525

Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology

Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000

Topics: Biology , Medicine

Notes: The nucleoli of cells of the adult mouse were examined by staining with toluidine blue after removal of deoxyribonucleic acid from tissue sections by deoxyribonuclease treatment.The nuclei of each cell type examined contained one or more nucleoli. This was observed even in lymphocytes and neuroglia, although these cells have occasionally been described as anucleolated. In mature spermatids and spermatozoa, however, it was not possible to detect a nucleolus.The distribution of the number of nucleoli in many diploid cells exhibited a mode of two or three nucleoli per nucleus, and a range from 1 to 6 nucleoli.In presumedly diploid hepatic nuclei, the maximum number of nucleoli was six; but in presumedly tetraploid hepatic nuclei, it was 11. Thus, nearly twice as many nucleoli are present when the chromosome number is doubled. In view of this observation, it is suggested that six nucleolar organizers are present in the diploid chromosomal complement of the mouse. However, through failure of some nucleolar organizers or more probably through fusion of nucleoli, the number of these organelles in most nuclei is less than six.

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