scholarly journals Academic or Functional Life Skills? Using Behaviors Associated with Happiness to Guide Instruction for Students with Profound/Multiple Disabilities

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonna L. Bobzien
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Quality Of Life Indicators ◽  
Multielement Design ◽  
Profound Multiple Disabilities

The field of special education has begun to concentrate its efforts on developing objectives and procedural strategies that promote a positive quality of life for students with profound multiple disabilities, while determining which educational strategies are the most appropriate. A multielement design was used to compare the effects of two educational conditions, academic skills instruction and functional life skills instruction, on the quality of life indicators of four students with profound multiple disabilities. Results indicated that all four students demonstrated a greater number of behaviors associated with happiness while receiving academic skills instruction. Implications for current educational practices are addressed and directions for future research are discussed.

Assessing a Microswitch-Based Stimulation Procedure for Eye-Blinking Responses in a Young Woman with Profound Multiple Disabilities

2005 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 212-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Lancioni ◽  
N. N. Singh ◽  
M. F. O'Reilly ◽  
D. Oliva ◽  
L. Severini
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
Stimulation Condition ◽  
Profound Multiple Disabilities

We applied a new microswitch-based stimulation procedure for eye-blinking responses with a young woman with profound multiple disabilities, and compared effects of this procedure on the eye-blinking responses and smiling with the effects of a caregiver-based stimulation condition. Analysis showed that the microswitch-based stimulation procedure, with stimulation occurring contingent on eye-blinking responses, increased the frequencies of these responses significantly above the levels recorded in baseline and caregiver-based stimulation conditions. No changes in smiling frequencies occurred. Implications of the findings in terms of alertness, learning, and quality of life are discussed.

scholarly journals Utilization Barriers and Medical Outcomes Commensurate With the Use of Telehealth Among Older Adults: Systematic Review

10.2196/20359 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. e20359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens Kruse ◽  
Joanna Fohn ◽  
Nakia Wilson ◽  
Evangelina Nunez Patlan ◽  
Stephanie Zipp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Medical Outcomes ◽  
Quality Of Life Indicators ◽  
Meta Analyses

Background Rising telehealth capabilities and improving access to older adults can aid in improving health outcomes and quality of life indicators. Telehealth is not being used ubiquitously at present. Objective This review aimed to identify the barriers that prevent ubiquitous use of telehealth and the ways in which telehealth improves health outcomes and quality of life indicators for older adults. Methods This systematic review was conducted and reported in accordance with the Kruse protocol and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Reviewers queried the following four research databases: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed (MEDLINE), Web of Science, and Embase (Science Direct). Reviewers analyzed 57 articles, performed a narrative analysis to identify themes, and identified barriers and reports of health outcomes and quality of life indicators found in the literature. Results Reviewers analyzed 57 studies across the following five interventions of telehealth: eHealth, mobile health (mHealth), telemonitoring, telecare (phone), and telehealth video calls, with a Cohen κ of 0.75. Reviewers identified 14 themes for barriers. The most common of which were technical literacy (25/144 occurrences, 17%), lack of desire (19/144 occurrences, 13%), and cost (11/144 occurrences, 8%). Reviewers identified 13 medical outcomes associated with telehealth interventions. The most common of which were decrease in psychological stress (21/118 occurrences, 18%), increase in autonomy (18/118 occurrences, 15%), and increase in cognitive ability (11/118 occurrences, 9%). Some articles did not report medical outcomes (18/57, 32%) and some did not report barriers (19/57, 33%). Conclusions The literature suggests that the elimination of barriers could increase the prevalence of telehealth use by older adults. By increasing use of telehealth, proximity to care is no longer an issue for access, and thereby care can reach populations with chronic conditions and mobility restrictions. Future research should be conducted on methods for personalizing telehealth in older adults before implementation. Trial Registration PROSPERO CRD42020182162; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020182162. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR2-10.2196/15490

scholarly journals Utilization Barriers and Medical Outcomes Commensurate With the Use of Telehealth Among Older Adults: Systematic Review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens Kruse ◽  
Joanna Fohn ◽  
Nakia Wilson ◽  
Evangelina Nunez Patlan ◽  
Stephanie Zipp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Medical Outcomes ◽  
Quality Of Life Indicators ◽  
Meta Analyses

BACKGROUND Rising telehealth capabilities and improving access to older adults can aid in improving health outcomes and quality of life indicators. Telehealth is not being used ubiquitously at present. OBJECTIVE This review aimed to identify the barriers that prevent ubiquitous use of telehealth and the ways in which telehealth improves health outcomes and quality of life indicators for older adults. METHODS This systematic review was conducted and reported in accordance with the Kruse protocol and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Reviewers queried the following four research databases: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed (MEDLINE), Web of Science, and Embase (Science Direct). Reviewers analyzed 57 articles, performed a narrative analysis to identify themes, and identified barriers and reports of health outcomes and quality of life indicators found in the literature. RESULTS Reviewers analyzed 57 studies across the following five interventions of telehealth: eHealth, mobile health (mHealth), telemonitoring, telecare (phone), and telehealth video calls, with a Cohen κ of 0.75. Reviewers identified 14 themes for barriers. The most common of which were technical literacy (25/144 occurrences, 17%), lack of desire (19/144 occurrences, 13%), and cost (11/144 occurrences, 8%). Reviewers identified 13 medical outcomes associated with telehealth interventions. The most common of which were decrease in psychological stress (21/118 occurrences, 18%), increase in autonomy (18/118 occurrences, 15%), and increase in cognitive ability (11/118 occurrences, 9%). Some articles did not report medical outcomes (18/57, 32%) and some did not report barriers (19/57, 33%). CONCLUSIONS The literature suggests that the elimination of barriers could increase the prevalence of telehealth use by older adults. By increasing use of telehealth, proximity to care is no longer an issue for access, and thereby care can reach populations with chronic conditions and mobility restrictions. Future research should be conducted on methods for personalizing telehealth in older adults before implementation. CLINICALTRIAL PROSPERO CRD42020182162; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020182162. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-10.2196/15490

Toward an Assessment of Quality of Life Indicators as Measures of Destination Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 004728752110267
Author(s):  
Adiyukh Berbekova ◽  
Muzaffer Uysal ◽  
A. George Assaf
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Performance Variables ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Quality Of Life Indicators

This study tests a reciprocal relationship between objective quality of life indicators and traditional destination performance measures over time. A set of 16 quality of life indicators (covering economic, social, and environmental domains) and a set of five destination performance variables of tourist arrivals and spending proxies were used to perform a canonical correlation analysis. This panel data represents observations from 105 countries during the period of 1995–2018. The findings confirmed that a reciprocal link exists between the two sets. Specifically, the results showed that economic factors, along with education, and health indicators are strongly associated with performance measures of the tourism industry. The article concludes with implications for destination managers and avenues for future research.

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