scholarly journals FROM REHABILITATION TO RECOVERY: A SELF-HELP EXPERIENCE TO REGAIN QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER VIOLENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 85-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franceska Esposito ◽  
Manuela Tomai ◽  
Valentina Nannini ◽  
Lucia Giardinieri ◽  
Pedro Alexandre Costa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Self Help

scholarly journals Guided Self-help Teletherapy for Behavioural Difficulties in Children with Epilepsy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Bennett ◽  
Isobel Heyman ◽  
Sophia Varadkar ◽  
Anna Coughtrey ◽  
Fahreen Walji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Paediatric Hospital ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Behavioural Difficulties

AbstractBehavioural difficulties impact greatly upon quality of life for children with chronic illness and their families but are often not identified or adequately treated, possibly due to the separation of physical and mental health services. This case study describes the content and outcomes of guided self-help teletherapy for behavioural difficulties in a child with epilepsy and complex needs using an evidence-based behavioural parenting protocol delivered within a paediatric hospital setting. Behavioural difficulties and progress towards the family’s self-identified goals were monitored at each session. Validated measures of mental health and quality of life in children were completed before and after intervention and satisfaction was measured at the end of treatment. Measures demonstrated clear progress towards the family’s goals and reduction in weekly ratings of behavioural difficulties. This case demonstrates that a guided self-help teletherapy approach delivered from within the paediatric setting may be one way of meeting unmet need.

Potential of emotional freedom techniques to improve mood and quality of life in older adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 432-435
Author(s):  
Lynn Harbottle
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Moderate Pain ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Rapid Effect ◽  
Emotional Freedom Techniques

Emotional freedom techniques (EFTs) are an innovative combined somatic and cognitive therapy. Derived from key principles within traditional Chinese medicine, they incorporate elements of exposure, cognitive and other conventional psychotherapies. Increasing evidence suggests that EFTs are effective in treating various physical and psychological conditions and across several population groups. Studies indicate that the somatic component is essential to its ease of use, rapid effect and durability of results. EFTs can be used as self-help tools or applied therapeutically in groups or individually. There is a lack of research specifically examining its applicability to older adults, but a ground-breaking project with nurses in France suggests that EFTs may offer significant potential to moderate pain and stress levels and to improve mood, interaction and quality of life among this group, including those with multiple and complex comorbidities.

Relationships Between Psychosocial Factors and Quality of Life for Adults Who Stutter

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Boyle
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Group Participation ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Adults Who Stutter

Purpose In this study, the author examined the relationship of social support, empowerment, self-help support group participation, and group identification to quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Two-hundred forty-nine adults who stutter completed a web-based survey, including measures of social support, empowerment, self-help support group participation, group identification, and quality of life. Results After controlling for demographic and stuttering parameters, both empowerment in the self-esteem/self-efficacy domain and social support from family significantly predicted quality of life in adults in the sample. Conclusions Increased self-esteem/self-efficacy and social support from family relates to improved quality of life in adults who stutter, independent of stuttering severity. Treatments that increase feelings of self-esteem/self-efficacy and strengthen social support from the family should be considered for individuals who struggle to cope with stuttering in order to enhance their quality of life.

scholarly journals Assessment of quality of life in women five years after breast cancer surgery, members of Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups – non-randomized, cross-sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Sowa ◽  
Iwona Głowacka-Mrotek ◽  
Ewelina Monastyrska ◽  
Tomasz Nowikiewicz ◽  
Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cancer Surgery ◽  
Breast Cancer Surgery ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups

A Design Space for Legal and Systems Capability: Interfaces for Self-Help in Complex Systems

Design Issues ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-81
Author(s):  
Margaret Hagan ◽  
F. Kürşat özenç
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Health Care Finance ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Self Help

This article proposes a design space for designers and researchers working on the challenge of building people's capability to navigate complex systems, like the legal one. This capability is necessary for people whose rights, quality of life, and wellbeing necessitate them navigating bureaucratic systems. This design space aims to empower people to understand the system they are operating in, diagnose what paths are open to them, choose among the available paths, and then navigate the chosen path to resolution. We developed this design spaceincluding patterns, strategies, and framesthrough a series of exploratory design workshops, a cross-disciplinary literature review, and refinement with designers working in the domains of legal, health care, finance, insurance, and government services.

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