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W M Gill

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PubMed1993

Oral and facial movements in the aged.

Orofacial movements are often outward manifestations of many generalized organic processes. When muscle weakness and hyperactivity are present, tumors and lesions at the base of the skull should be ruled out. Treatments involving myotomies and denervations are drastic, but can be effective even if disfiguring. Botulinum toxin offers short-term (weeks to months) relief, and when used sparingly the muscles involved are only modestly impaired. Since the etiology of many of these movements is unknown, treatments are usually only palliative and remissions rare.

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PubMed1984

Subjective well-being: properties of an instrument for measuring this (in the chronically ill).

Present measures of the quality of life, or psychological well-being, of the chronically or terminally ill patient are either subjective and impressionistic , or else objective and very coarse. There exists no technique which enables a clinician to assess routinely the subjective well-being of his patient in such a way that he can make rational decisions about alternative treatments as these may relate to both the quantity and quality of the patient's life. This paper describes an instrument which does measure subjective well-being, which does so with high reliability and demonstrated validity, which is easy to administer and score, and can be used routinely without subject intrusion.

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