Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Valued (Life Activities = VLA)

English answer:

important, missed when no longer possible

Added to glossary by Jack Doughty
Jun 18, 2010 06:59
14 yrs ago
English term

valued

English Medical Medical (general) RA
Short Form of Valued Life Activities
[what meaning has 'valued' in this context? Does it mean 'important' or activities 'to be valued" (assessed)?]
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Jun 22, 2010 06:42: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry

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important, missed when no longer possible

Seems to be quite a common expression, often abbreviated to VLA.

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Subclinical disability in valued life activities among individuals ...

by P KATZ - 2008 - Related articles
disability in valued life activities (VLAs) among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), identified characteristics of individuals with VLA subclinical ...
www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121425838/articletext?DOI=10...
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Disability in Valued Life Activities Among Individuals With COPD ...

CONCLUSIONVLA disability is common among individuals with COPD. Obligatory activities are less affected than committed and discretionary activities.
www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID... - Cached
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Prevalence and predictors of disability in valued life activities ...

by PP Katz - 2006 - Cited by 23 - Related articles
Why is it important to consider disability in valued life activities? The impact of disability is likely to vary according to the value that individuals ...
ukpmc.ac.uk/articlerender.cgi?artid=1761137
Peer comment(s):

agree BdiL
1 hr
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agree kmtext
4 hrs
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agree Anna Herbst
5 hrs
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agree Rolf Keiser
6 hrs
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agree MMUlr : it's a specific questionnaire (there are L-VLA and S-VLA -> short form) see: http://acr.confex.com/acr/2009/webprogram/Paper9019.html
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Fulltext article by Patricia Katz et al.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2754406/pdf/nihm...

See exp. description of the LVA scale (-> Variables, page 2, bottom).

HTH :-)

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Note added at 1 day59 mins (2010-06-19 07:58:26 GMT)
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... and see especially Table 1 - page 9 of the pdf file.
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