scholarly journals Measuring the individual quality of life of patients with prostate cancer

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
P C Stone ◽  
R F Murphy ◽  
H E Matar ◽  
M Q Almerie
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life ◽  
The Individual

Quality of life of people with schizophrenia in the supported group homes: assessing the individual

Pflege ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virpi Hantikainen ◽  
Konrad Koller ◽  
Diana Grywa ◽  
Jaana Niemi ◽  
Maritta Välimäki
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Group Homes ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life ◽  
The Individual

Das Ziel dieser Studie war es, die individuelle Lebensqualität von schizophrenen Menschen in Wohnheimen zu untersuchen. Befragt wurden BewohnerInnen (N = 40) von sieben Wohnheimen mit der Diagnose Schizophrenie. Die Untersuchungspersonen wurden mit dem Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life: A Direct Weighting Procedure Instrument (SEIQoL-DW) interviewt. Die Befragten hatten die Möglichkeit, die individuellen Lebensqualitätsdimensionen selbst zu definieren, sowie deren Bedeutung und Wichtigkeit mittels Visueller-Analog-Skala (VAS 0-100) zu beurteilen. Der durchschnittliche Lebensqualitätswert lag bei 64,71 (Standardabweichung 19,05, Min. 6,81, Max 93,49). Von den 200 individuell genannten LQ-Bereichen konnten 18 Gruppen gebildet werden, von denen «Beziehung», «Soziales Leben», «Arbeit/Beschäftigung», «Freizeit/Beschäftigung», «finanzielle/materielle Wünsche», «Wohnen», «Autonomie» und «Gesundheit» am häufigsten vorkamen. Die Studie zeigt weiter auf, dass eine längere Aufenthaltsdauer im Heim einen höheren Lebensqualitätswert ergab. Die BewohnerInnen mit einer längeren Aufenthaltsdauer im Heim beurteilen die Bereiche «Autonomie», «Arbeitssituation» und «Sinnfindung» besser als Personen mit kürzeren Heimaufenthaltsdauern. Es zeigte sich klar, dass LQ-Bereiche für jeden Heimbewohner in seiner aktuellen Situation eine individuelle Bedeutung haben und dass auch die Zufriedenheit und Gewichtung der verschiedenen Bereiche individuell beurteilt wurden. Die befragten Personen konnten auf reliable und valide Weise ihre Lebensqualität einschätzen. Sie fühlten sich ernst genommen und zeigten großes Interesse, ihre Lebensqualität selbst beurteilen zu können. Diese Studie zeigte auch, dass das Instrument eine therapeutische Bedeutung für psychisch behinderte Menschen haben könnte.

scholarly journals Assessing the quality of life of the individual: the SEIQoL with a healthy and a gastroenterology unit population

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 749-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah M. McGee ◽  
Ciaran A. O'Boyle ◽  
Anne Hickey ◽  
Kevin O'Malley ◽  
C. R. B. Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Value System ◽  
Ulcer Disease ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life ◽  
Irritable Bowel ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Gastroenterology Unit

SYNOPSISCurrent methods of measuring quality of life (QoL) impose an external value system on individuals, rather than allowing them to describe their lives in terms of those factors which they consider important. The Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL) was developed to overcome such limitations. The QoL of 42 healthy attenders at an international immunization clinic was assessed using SEIQoL. Judgement reliability was high (r = 0·74) and individuals' judgement policies accounted for a large percentage of the variance in overall QoL (R2 = 0·75) demonstrating the construct validity of judgement analysis in this context.In a second study of QoL of out-patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (N = 20) or peptic ulcer disease (PUD) (N = 20) was assessed using SEIQoL. Judgement reliability was lower (r = 0·54) although statistically highly significant (P < 0·01), and the variance in overall QoL judgements explained was high (R2 = 0·74).SEIQoL is an acceptable, reliable and valid technique for measuring individual QoL that takes greater account of individual perspectives than traditional measurement approaches.

Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life--Direct Weight

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Browne ◽  
Ciaran A. O'Boyle ◽  
Hannah M. McGee ◽  
Nicholas J. McDonald ◽  
C. R. B. Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life

scholarly journals Assessment of individual quality of life using the SEIQoL-DW in older medical patients

QJM ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 97 (8) ◽  
pp. 519-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.A. Mountain ◽  
S.E. Campbell ◽  
D.G. Seymour ◽  
W.R. Primrose ◽  
M.I. Whyte
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life

Psychological factors influencing motivation, cooperation, participation, satisfaction, self appraisal, and individual quality of life in adolescents and adults undergoing Orthodontic treatment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Oshin Pawar ◽  
Purva Joneja ◽  
Deepak Singh Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
The Self ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Patients Satisfaction ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life

Introduction: To bring the best outcome from both the sides i.e. the orthodontist and the patient , it is of prime importance to understand certain psychological factors, and to treat every patient with an individualistic approach. The need was to study all such psychological factors and to find a method to deal with the same; to evaluate the psychological factors that influences the self appraisal and individual Quality of life. To compare psychological factor affecting the self appraisal and individual quality of life before treatment and after treatment, to study psychological factors of patients which influences the treatment outcome and to find a method to manage them. Materials and Method: This In-vivo study, includes case study and survey. Two separate sets of questionnaires (before and after undergoing orthodontic treatment) were given to patients. The study also included psychological test scales like OHIP-14 and 12-CSES. The sample size of patient was 150. Result: The study revealed that esthetics (95%) is the main concern for getting treatment especially for female (56%). There is improvement in OHIP and CSES (interval of 12.63, 14.66) score of patients before and after treatment. Patients’ satisfaction (94.7%) increases on having healthy orthodontist-patient relationship. Conclusion: Esthetics is the main concern. Most patients wants improvement in smile. Lack of awareness and lack of financial supports is the main reason for delay in getting treatment. The main discomfort about the treatment reported by participants was pain after activation appointments, ulcers and change in food eating habit. The orthodontic therapy improves confidence, satisfaction, individuals’ appraisal and quality of life. There were no variations in response for patients’ satisfaction by gender, age, education or by treatment duration.

scholarly journals Levodopa infusion in Parkinson's disease: Individual quality of life

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-254
Author(s):  
Claas Ehlers ◽  
Jonathan Timpka ◽  
Per Odin ◽  
Holger Honig
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life

scholarly journals Individual quality of life in spousal ALS patient-caregiver dyads

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Galvin ◽  
Tommy Gavin ◽  
Iain Mays ◽  
Mark Heverin ◽  
Orla Hardiman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Individual Quality ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Individual Quality Of Life ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background Quality of life is a basic goal of health and social care. The majority of people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) are cared for at home by family caregivers. It is important to recognize the factors that contribute to quality of life for individuals to better understand the lived experiences in a condition for which there is currently no curative treatment. Aim To explore individual quality of life of people with ALS and their informal caregivers over time. Methods Over three semi-structured home interviews, 28 patient-caregiver dyads provided information on a range of demographic and clinical features, psychological distress, caregiver burden, and individual quality of life. Quality of life data were analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods with integration at the analysis and interpretation phases. Results Individual Quality of Life was high for patients and caregivers across the interviews series, and higher among patients than their care partners at each time point. Family, hobbies and social activities were the main self-defined contributors to quality of life. The importance of health declined relative to other areas over time. Friends and finances became less important for patients, but were assigned greater importance by caregivers across the illness trajectory. Psychological distress was higher among caregivers. Caregiver burden consistently increased. Conclusion The findings from this study point to the importance of exploring and monitoring quality of life at an individual level. Self-defined contributory factors are relevant to the individual within his/her context. As an integrated outcome measure individual quality of life should be assessed and monitored as part of routine clinical care during the clinical encounter. This can facilitate conversations between health care providers, patients and families, and inform interventions and contribute to decision support mechanisms. The ascertainment of self-defined life quality, especially in progressive neurodegenerative conditions, mean health care professionals are in a better position to provide person-centred care.

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