Changes and Interactions of Flourishing, Mindfulness, Sense of Coherence, and Quality of Life in Patients of a Mind-Body Medicine Outpatient Clinic

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Gimpel ◽  
Christel von Scheidt ◽  
Gerald Jose ◽  
Ulrike Sonntag ◽  
George B. Stefano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Mind Body Medicine

scholarly journals There and back again: analyzing the effect of outpatient readmission on the quality of life of patients attending a rheumatology clinic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 1759720X2110348
Author(s):  
Alfredo Madrid-García ◽  
Isabel Montuenga-Fernández ◽  
Judit Font-Urgelles ◽  
Leticia León-Mateos ◽  
Esperanza Pato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Outpatient Setting ◽  
P Value ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Rheumatology Clinic ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
San Carlos

Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of “outpatient readmissions” on the health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) of outpatients from a rheumatology clinic, meaning the effect of the patient’s return to the outpatient clinic after having received care and been discharged. Methods: We conducted an observational longitudinal retrospective study, with patients selected from the Hospital Clínico San Carlos Musculoskeletal cohort, based on having received at least one discharge from the outpatient clinic and having returned (readmission) at least once after the discharge. The main outcomes were the patients’ baseline HR-QoL (measured on the first visit of each episode) and the ΔHR-QoL (difference between the HR-QoL in the last and the first visit of each episode). Successive episodes of admission and readmission were chronologically ordered, paired and analyzed using nested linear mixed models, nested by patients and by admission–readmission tandem. We carried out bivariable and multivariable analyses to assess the effect of demographic, clinical, treatment and comorbidity-related variables in both main outcomes. Results: For the first main outcome, 5887 patients (13,772 episodes) were analyzed. Based on the multivariable level, readmission showed no significant marginal effect on the baseline HR-QoL ( p-value = 0.17). Conversely, when analyzing the ΔHR-QoL, we did observe a negative and significant marginal effect ( p-value = 0.028), meaning that readmission was associated with a lower gain in the HR-QoL during the follow-up, compared with the previous episode. Conclusion: In the outpatient setting, readmission exerts a deleterious effect in patients undergoing this process. Identification of outpatients more likely to be readmitted could increase the value of the care provided.

scholarly journals Personal Strengths and Health Related Quality of Life in Dementia Caregivers from Latin America

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen K. Trapp ◽  
Paul B. Perrin ◽  
Richa Aggarwal ◽  
Silvina Victoria Peralta ◽  
Miriam E. Stolfi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Dementia Caregivers ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

The research literature has begun to demonstrate associations between personal strengths and enhanced psychosocial functioning of dementia caregivers, but these relationships have not been examined in the context of dementia caregivers in Latin America. The present study examined whether personal strengths, including resilience, optimism, and sense of coherence, were associated with mental and physical health related quality of life (HRQOL) in 130 dementia caregivers in Mexico and Argentina. Structural equation modeling found that the personal strengths collectively accounted for 58.4% of the variance in caregiver mental HRQOL, and resilience, sense of coherence, and optimism each had unique effects. In comparison, the personal strengths together accounted for 8.9% of the variance in caregiver physical HRQOL, and only sense of coherence yielded a unique effect. These results underscore the need to construct and disseminate empirically supported interventions based in part on important personal strengths, particularly sense of coherence, for this underrepresented group.

H 021 QUALITY OF LIFE OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS TREATED AT AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A Cavalcante ◽  
M Teresa NB Manzoli ◽  
Luna F Braulio ◽  
Yona A Francisco ◽  
Luigi Brollo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Hypertensive Patients

scholarly journals Sense of coherence as an independent predictor of health-related quality of life among coronary heart disease patients

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 1863-1871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbora Silarova ◽  
Iveta Nagyova ◽  
Jaroslav Rosenberger ◽  
Martin Studencan ◽  
Daniela Ondusova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Independent Predictor ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals “VelaMente?!” - Sailin in a Crew to Improve Self-Efficacy in People with Psychosocial Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Sancassiani ◽  
Alessio Cocco ◽  
Giulia Cossu ◽  
Stefano Lorrai ◽  
Giuseppina Trincas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Waiting List ◽  
Treatment As Usual

Introduction:It has been proposed that sailing can improve quality of life, personal and social skills of people with severe psychosocial disabilities. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of a psychosocial rehabilitative intervention focused on sailing on quality of life, self-efficacy and sense of coherence in people with severe psychosocial disabilities.Methods:The study was a randomized, with parallel groups, waiting-list controlled trial. Participants were 51 people with severe psychosocial disabilities. The intervention was a structured course to learn sailing in a crew lasting three months. A randomized group began the sailing course immediately after a pre-treatment assessment; the waitlist group began the sailing course after a three months period of treatments as usual. Participants were assessed before and after the sailing course, or the waiting list period, on the General Self-Efficacy scale (GSES), Sense Of Coherence scale (SOC) and Health Survey-short form (SF-12).Results:Self-efficacy significantly increased after the sailing course and decreased after treatment as usual (p=0.015). Sense of coherence and the levels of quality of life tended to improve after the sailing course, albeit below levels of statistical significance.Conclusion:When compared to more traditional psychosocial rehabilitative activities, an intervention focused on sailing in a crew positively impacts the sense of coherence and the levels of quality of life and significantly improves self-efficacy of people with severe psychosocial disabilities. Further longitudinal research is required.

Sense of coherence as a determinant of the oral health-related quality of life: a national study in Finnish adults

2005 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarno Savolainen ◽  
Anna-Liisa Suominen-Taipale ◽  
Hannu Hausen ◽  
Paivi Harju ◽  
Antti Uutela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
National Study ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related
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