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T1  - Why Does the Health-Related Quality of Life in Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus Fail to Improve Despite the Favorable Clinical Outcome? 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/298143 
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A1  - Junkkari, Antti; Roine, Risto P.; Luikku, Antti; Rauramaa, Tuomas; Sintonen, Harri; Nerg, Ossi; Koivisto, Anne M.; Hayrinen, Antti; Viinamaki, Heimo; Soininen, Hilkka; Jaaskelainen, Juha E.; Leinonen, Ville 
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Y1  - 2017 
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AB  - OBJECTIVE: Occasionally, a favorable clinical diseasespecific outcome does not reflect into improved generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) at 1 year after the installation of a cerebrospinal fluid shunt. Our aim was to identify factors causing this discrepancy. METHODS: The 1-year HRQoL outcomes of 141 patients with iNPH were evaluated with the generic 15D instrument, in which the minimum clinically important change/differ... 
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KW  - 15D; Comorbidity; Discrepancy; Health-Related Quality of Life; iNPHGS; Normal-pressure hydrocephalus; Patient-reported outcome; MINI-MENTAL-STATE; SPINAL SURGERY; SHUNT SURGERY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE; INSTRUMENTS; VALIDATION; SCORES; SCALES; 3112 Neurosciences; 3124 Neurology and psychiatry; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology 
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