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Levothyroxine Therapy in Elderly Patients With Hypothyroidism by Effraimidis, Grigoris, Watt, Torquil, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla

“…Levothyroxine (L-T4) treatment of overt hypothyroidism can be more challenging in elderly compared to young patients. The elderly population is growing, and…”
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Disease-Specific as Well as Generic Quality of Life Is Widely Impacted in Autoimmune Hypothyroidism and Improves during the First Six Months of Levothyroxine Therapy by Winther, Kristian Hillert, Cramon, Per, Watt, Torquil, Bjorner, Jakob Bue, Ekholm, Ola, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla, Groenvold, Mogens, Rasmussen, Åse Krogh, Hegedüs, Laszlo, Bonnema, Steen Joop

“…Hypothyroidism is often diagnosed, and subsequently treated, due to health-related quality of life (HRQL) issues. However, HRQL following treatment has never…”
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The Thyroid-Related Quality of Life Measure ThyPRO Has Good Responsiveness and Ability to Detect Relevant Treatment Effects by Watt, Torquil, Cramon, Per, Hegedüs, Laszlo, Bjorner, Jakob Bue, Bonnema, Steen Joop, Rasmussen, Åse Krogh, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla, Groenvold, Mogens

“…Background and Purpose: Patient-reported outcomes have become important endpoints in comparative effectiveness research and in patient-centered health care…”
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The effect of dual-release versus conventional hydrocortisone on fatigue, measured by ecological momentary assessments by Boesen, Victor Brun, Borresen, Stina Willemoes, Christoffersen, Thea, Klose, Marianne, Watt, Torquil, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla

“…Purpose Replicating the physiological cortisol secretion is key in the treatment of glucocorticoid insufficient individuals and optimization may enhance…”
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Alexithymia, Emotional Distress, and Perceived Quality of Life in Patients With Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Martino, Gabriella, Caputo, Andrea, Vicario, Carmelo M., Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla, Watt, Torquil, Quattropani, Maria C., Benvenga, Salvatore, Vita, Roberto

“…Emotion-processing impairment represents a risk factor for the development of somatic illness, affecting negatively both health-related quality of life (HRQoL)…”
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Dual-release hydrocortisone improves body composition and the glucometabolic profile in patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency by Jørgensen, Nanna Thurmann, Boesen, Victor Brun, Borresen, Stina Willemoes, Christoffersen, Thea, Jørgensen, Niklas Rye, Plomgaard, Peter, Christoffersen, Christina, Watt, Torquil, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla, Klose, Marianne

“…Purpose Studies have suggested improved metabolic profiles in patients with adrenal insufficiency treated with dual-release hydrocortisone (DR-HC) compared…”
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Validity and reliability of the novel thyroid-specific quality of life questionnaire, ThyPRO by Watt, Torquil, Hegedüs, Laszlo, Groenvold, Mogens, Bjorner, Jakob Bue, Rasmussen, Åse Krogh, Bonnema, Steen Joop, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla

“…BackgroundAppropriate scale validity and internal consistency reliability have recently been documented for the new thyroid-specific quality of life (QoL)…”
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Fatal and non-fatal adverse events of glucocorticoid therapy for Graves' orbitopathy: a questionnaire survey among members of the European Thyroid Association by Marcocci, Claudio, Watt, Torquil, Altea, Maria Antonietta, Rasmussen, Ase Krogh, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla, Orgiazzi, Jacques, Bartalena, Luigi

“…ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to investigate the side effects of glucocorticoid (GC) therapy observed by European thyroidologists during the…”
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Quality of Life in Patients with Hyperthyroidism: Where do we stand? by Roberto Vita, Andrea Caputo, Maria Catena Quattropani, Torquil Watt, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Paola Puleio, Salvatore Benvenga, Gabriella Martino

“…Introduction. Increasing interest exists concerning the physical and mental wellbeing of patients with hyperthyroidism. Aim. This review aims at gathering the…”
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Validity and Reliability of the Thai Version of the Thyroid-Related Patient-Reported Outcome—A Thyroid-specific Quality of Life Questionnaire by Piromchai, Patorn, Chaiudomsom, Supachat, Wijakkanalan, Pattaramon, Watt, Torquil

“…Abstract Introduction  The Thyroid-Related Patient-Reported Outcome (ThyPRO) is a new thyroid-specific quality of life patient-reported outcome measure for…”
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Implementation of thyroid-related patient-reported outcomes in routine clinical practice by Cramon, Per Karkov, Bjorner, Jakob Bue, Groenvold, Mogens, Boesen, Victor Brun, Bonnema, Steen Joop, Hegedüs, Laszlo, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla, Rasmussen, Åse Krogh, Watt, Torquil

“…Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly used in clinical practice to improve clinical care. Multiple studies show that systematic use of PROs can…”
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Reduction of Pressure Pain Sensitivity as Novel Non-pharmacological Therapeutic Approach to Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial by Faber, Jens, Eldrup, Ebbe, Selmer, Christian, Pichat, Caroline, Hecquet, Sofie Korsgaard, Watt, Torquil, Kreiner, Svend, Karpatschof, Benny, Gyntelberg, Finn, Ballegaard, Søren, Gjedde, Albert

“…Autonomic nervous system dysfunction (ANSD) is known to affect glucose metabolism in the mammalian body. Tradition holds that glucose homeostasis is regulated…”
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Severity of hypothyroidism is inversely associated with impaired quality of life in patients referred to an endocrine clinic by Larsen, Camilla B, Winther, Kristian Hillert, Cramon, Per Karkov, Rasmussen, Ãse Krogh, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla, Groenvold, Mogens, Bjorner, Jakob Bue, Hegedüs, Laszlo, Watt, Torquil, Bonnema, Steen Joop

“…Abstract Purpose We investigated the association between health-related quality of life (HRQL) and the severity of hypothyroidism at diagnosis in patients…”
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Determining minimal important change for the thyroid-related quality of life questionnaire ThyPRO by Nordqvist, Selma Flora, Boesen, Victor Brun, Rasmussen, Åse Krogh, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla, Hegedüs, Laszlo, Bonnema, Steen Joop, Cramon, Per Karkov, Watt, Torquil, Groenvold, Mogens, Bjorner, Jakob Bue

“…Objective ThyPRO is the standard thyroid patient-reported outcome (PRO). The change in scores that patients perceive as important remains to be ascertained…”
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Selenium supplementation and placebo are equally effective in improving quality of life in patients with hypothyroidism by Larsen, Camilla, Winther, Kristian Hillert, Cramon, Per Karkov, Rasmussen, Åse Krogh, Feldt-Rasmusssen, Ulla, Knudsen, Nils Jakob, Bjorner, Jakob Bue, Schomburg, Lutz, Demircan, Kamil, Chillon, Thilo Samson, Gram, Jeppe, Hansen, Stinus Gadegaard, Brandt, Frans, Nygaard, Birte, Watt, Torquil, Hegedus, Laszlo, Bonnema, Steen Joop

“…We investigated whether selenium supplementation improves quality-of-life (QoL) in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis (ID:NCT02013479). We included 412…”
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Establishing Construct Validity for the Thyroid-Specific Patient Reported Outcome Measure (ThyPRO): An Initial Examination by Watt, Torquil, Bjorner, Jakob Bue, Groenvold, Mogens, Rasmussen, Åse Krogh, Bonnema, Steen Joop, Hegediis, Laszlo, Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla

“…Objective To establish a reliable and valid scale structure of a patient-reported outcome measuring thyroid-specific quality of life. Methods The 98-item…”
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Psychometric properties of the thyroid-specific quality of life questionnaire ThyPRO in Singaporean patients with Graves’ disease by Liew, Huiling, Watt, Torquil, Nan, Luo, Tan, Alvin W. K., Chan, Yiong Huak, Chew, Daniel Ek Kwang, Dalan, Rinkoo

“…Background Graves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. It results in accelerated tissue metabolism with multi-organ involvement ranging from…”
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Interrelations between mental health, generic and thyroid-related quality of life in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis receiving levothyroxine replacement by Gabriella Martino, Andrea Caputo, Carmelo Mario Vicario, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Torquil Watt, Roberto Vita, Maria Catena Quattropani, Salvatore Benvenga

“…The assessment of health-related quality of life (QoL) in chronic conditions is considered as relevant, especially in patients with hypothyroidism where a high…”
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Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with benign non-toxic goitre by Watt, Torquil, MD, PhD, Cramon, Per, MD, Frendl, Daniel M., MSc, Ware, John E., PhD

“…Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessments are increasingly used to evaluate treatment effects and to shape the delivery of value based care. Valid…”
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Predictors of Improvement in Quality of Life When Treating Hypothyroidism by Medici, Bjarke Borregaard, Lerche la Cour, Jeppe, Knop, Filip Krag, Krakauer, Martin, Michaelsson, Luba Freja, Faber, Jens, Watt, Torquil, Nygaard, Birte

“…Background. Primary hypothyroidism is characterized by reduced quality of life (QoL). Although thyrotropin (TSH) is utilized as the primary indicator of…”
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