scholarly journals Subjective quality of life of informal caregivers aged 50–69 in Poland

2018 ◽  
pp. 37-65
Author(s):  
Anita Abramowska-Kmon ◽  
Magdalena Maciejasz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Subjective Quality ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Subjective Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Stress Burden ◽  
The Relationship

Providing informal care to adults, especially elderly people, may affect many aspects of caregivers’ life, such as: physical and mental health, financial situation, social contacts, etc. Supporting dependent seniors is associated to a higher level of stress, burden and depression as well as higher mortality. The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between caregiving for adults and the subjective quality of life among Poles aged 50–69. We took into account not only the fact of providing care to adult people, but also its beginning, continuation and ending between waves. We assumed that subjective quality of life may be expressed by two variables: one describing life satisfaction, and the second one – loneliness. We used the panel subsample from the Generation and Gender Surveys (GGS) carried out in Poland in 2010/2011 and in 2014. We found a negative effect of stopping caregiving between waves on wellbeing of women-carers, which may be related to the loss of a close person. Moreover, providing care for a longer period of time increases loneliness, which confirms that providing support to others may lead to isolation and smaller social networks.

scholarly journals Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Quality of Life among University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Paweł F. Nowak ◽  
Agnieszka Bożek ◽  
Mateusz Blukacz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Subjective Quality ◽  
Subjective Quality Of Life ◽  
And Gender

The aim of our study was to explore the relation between physical activity, sedentary behavior, and the subjective and objective indicators of quality of life as well as life satisfaction among university students, whose education is related to different dimensions on health. Participants (N = 595) were invited to fill in a set of suitable questionnaires. The path analysis and linear regression were used to establish a relationship between the examined constructs. Only some types of physical activity have shown a positive relation with the quality of life; the study also revealed some age and gender regularities. Physical activity in the household was most positively correlated to the quality of life. The amount of leisure and transport physical activity decreased with age, and there were also gender differences regarding the intensity and type of physical activity. Sedentary behavior during the week related positively with the subjective quality of life and its intimacy dimension, but sedentary behavior at the weekends was negatively related to objective and subjective quality of life as well as dimensions including intimacy, safety, and communicative aspect of the quality of life. Neither physical activity nor sedentary behavior demonstrated a significant relation with the level of life satisfaction. The type of physical activity undertaken and its matching to the needs of the young person affected their objective and subjective quality of life. Those findings may have important implications for institutions responsible for promoting active lifestyle.

scholarly journals S237. MODERATORS AND RELATIONSHIPS OF COGNITION AND SUBJECTIVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S129-S129
Author(s):  
Eric Tan ◽  
Susan Rossell ◽  
Stuart Lee
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Subjective Quality ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Positive Symptom ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Subjective Quality Of Life ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background The relationship between cognitive impairments and subjective quality of life (sQOL) in schizophrenia remains indeterminate, relative to studies of objective QOL (oQOL), despite much previous work. This study sought to better characterise the cognition-sQOL relationship in schizophrenia by 1) examining associations between factor analysis-derived cognitive domains and sQOL, 2) investigating if these domains predicted sQOL over other demographic and clinical variables, and 3) exploring if clinical, demographic and functional variables moderated the significant relationships. Methods 47 schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder patients (age: M=43.72, SD=11.35) and 48 healthy controls (age: M=39.82, SD=13.89) were assessed. QOL was measured using the Lehman’s QOL Interview. Composite scores were created to represent oQOL and sQOL, and factor analysis (principal axis factoring with varimax rotation) assessed for latent domains within 14 cognitive tasks. Symptomatology was assessed using the PANSS and MADRS. Pearson’s correlations and a stepwise linear regression were conducted to examine the associations between cognition and sQOL before the moderation analyses. Results Three cognitive domains were derived: visuospatial planning, verbal linguistic and inhibition switching. Only tasks comprising the verbal linguistic cognitive domain were significantly associated with, and predicted, sQOL (p<.05). Moderation analyses revealed that the direction of this relationship differed between patients and healthy controls (p<.05), and was moderated in patients only by positive symptom severity (p<.05). Discussion The relationship between cognition and sQOL in schizophrenia is determined by, and more associated with, meaning-based cognitions. It is affected by symptomatology, notably positive symptoms, which lead to worsening sQOL among those with more intact verbal linguistic processing.

scholarly journals The relationship between experiential deficits of negative symptoms and subjective quality of life in schizophrenia

2016 ◽  
Vol 176 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 387-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Savill ◽  
S. Orfanos ◽  
U. Reininghaus ◽  
T. Wykes ◽  
R. Bentall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Subjective Quality ◽  
Subjective Quality Of Life ◽  
The Relationship

Effects of smartphones on economic and subjective quality of life

First Monday ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Jin Park ◽  
Yu Won Oh
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Subjective Quality ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Subjective Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Smartphone Use

Popular characterizations of smartphones presume the benefits of their use. To test this, we used a national survey data (n = 1,261) and examined smartphone effects on economic and subjective quality of life. Preliminary analyses revealed significant associations between smartphone use and earnings as well as quality of life. Two-stage least square models, however, suggested that those associations are potentially endogenous, or can be better recognized as ‘chicken-and-egg’ causality. Subsequently, we dissected the relationships into mediating steps and found an indirect effect of a certain feature of smartphone use — texting to diverse people — on earning, signaling that benefits of smartphone are rewarded indirectly through diverse social contacts. We also found the persistent power of socio-demographics in explaining a large variance for subjective quality of life. Taken together, this study aims to take a historical snapshot of smartphone effects at its ‘critical mass’ turn and make a fuller description of how smartphones will be utilized, shedding a light on societal nature of technological benefits.

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