Health-related quality of life in old age: preliminary report on the male perspective

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Deck ◽  
T. Kohlmann ◽  
M. Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Complex coevolution of depression and health-related quality of life in old age

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 2713-2722 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Hajek ◽  
Christian Brettschneider ◽  
Annette Ernst ◽  
Carolin Lange ◽  
Birgitt Wiese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Low midlife blood pressure, survival, comorbidity, and health-related quality of life in old age

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 1797-1804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arto Y. Strandberg ◽  
Timo E. Strandberg ◽  
Sari Stenholm ◽  
Veikko V. Salomaa ◽  
Kaisu H. Pitkälä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Health-related Quality of Life in Old Age Institutionalized Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S666-S666
Author(s):  
O. Vasiliu ◽  
D. Vasile ◽  
D.G. Vasiliu ◽  
F. Vasile
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Therapeutic Intervention ◽  
Case Manager ◽  
Neurocognitive Disorders ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Institutionalized Patients

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important indicator of how a patient perceives hi/her own physical and mental status. Evaluating this dimension in old age patients which are institutionalized for neurocognitive disorders is useful from several perspectives: (1) determination of an initial value for HRQOL parameters could help the case manager in structuring an individualized therapeutic intervention, adapted for psychological, somatic or psychosocial needs of each patient; (2) monitoring the evolution of HRQOL dimensions could help in improving through feedback the quality of therapeutic intervention(s), especially if the case manager is permanently in contact with the patient, as is usually the case of institutionalized subjects; (3) correlation between HRQOL and other important variables, like therapeutic adherence, regression of comorbidities, daily functioning etc. could modulate the therapeutic intervention. We suggest a plan for HRQOL evaluation in institutionalized patients diagnosed with neurocognitive disorder, consisting in monthly scoring of SF-36 or EuroQoL questionnaire, corroborated with MMSE and ADAS-Cog scoring. Psychotherapeutic interventions tailored to the needs identified through HRQOL periodic evaluations could be useful in this population, for example a perceived isolation could be compensated by increasing the rhythm of social interaction by group therapy under the direction of a counsellor, a reduced self-efficacy could be compensated by activation techniques, music or art-therapy, while dissatisfaction with own memory capacities could be mitigated using reminiscence therapy. Switching from a paternalistic way of perceiving the patient as the object of an intervention, to a more interactive style of communication, involves obtaining feed-back through HRQOL instruments.Disclosure of interestCOI: The presenting author was speaker for Bristol Myers Squibb and Servier, and participated in clinical research funded by Janssen Cilag, Astra Zeneca, Eli Lilly, Sanofi Aventis, Schering Plough, Organon, Bioline Rx, Forenap, Wyeth, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Dainippon Sumitomo.

scholarly journals Comparison of oral-health-related quality of life in patients in the short- and long-term period following lower-facial injury and fractures – preliminary report

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogumił Lewandowski ◽  
Ewa Szeliga ◽  
Ewelina Czenczek-Lewandowska ◽  
Dorota Ozga ◽  
Aldona Kontek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Facial Injury ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Short And Long Term
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