Determinants of subjective health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for patients with schizophrenia

2014 ◽  
Vol 154 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Yeh Chou ◽  
Mi-Chia Ma ◽  
Tsung-Tsair Yang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Health-Related Quality of Life in Multimorbidity

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Eunmi Lee ◽  
Sunkyung Cha ◽  
Geun Myun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Unmet Medical Needs

We investigated the effect of predisposing, enabling, need factors, and health behaviors on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with multimorbidity according to Andersen’s model. This study is a secondary analysis of population-based cross-sectional surveys. Data from 328 patients with multimorbidity (≥3 co-occurring chronic diseases) from the 6th/7th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys were analyzed using logistic regression. Patients ≥65 years, without private insurance, with poor subjective health, unmet medical needs, and/or limited activity were more likely to experience mobility problems. Self-care problems were more likely among those without private insurance and/or with limited activity. Patients lacking living security, with poor subjective health, limited activity, and/or who smoked were more likely to experience problems performing usual activities. Pain/discomfort was more likely among females, Medicaid beneficiaries, and patients with limited activity and/or with poor subjective health. Patients with poor subjective health, limited activity, and/or unmet medical needs were more likely to experience anxiety/depression. The investigation of HRQoL in multimorbidity should consider predisposing, enabling, need factors, and health behaviors. Interventions addressing movement restrictions and personalized care based on HRQoL domains should be prioritized.

Assessing health-related quality of life in hand osteoarthritis: a literature review

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 921-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Michon ◽  
E Maheu ◽  
F Berenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Common Disease ◽  
Hand Osteoarthritis ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Broad Concept ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

BackgroundHand osteoarthritis (HOA) is a common disease that affects up to 40% of adults and may severely impair their health-related quality of life (HRQL).ObjectivesTo assess how HRQL has been evaluated in HOA, focusing on a comparison of HRQL impairment in HOA and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), differences between erosive and non-erosive HOA and differences between OA of the thumb base (TB) and interphalangeal (IP) OA.MethodsA systematic review of the literature.ResultsThe authors screened 167 articles and retained 33. The outcome subsets usually reported were pain, function and stiffness. Overall HRQL was rarely assessed and the tools used differed greatly. Aesthetic damage was never studied in published articles, although this is a major complaint in daily practice. Three articles compared symptomatic HOA and RA; whereas pain and subjective health did not differ significantly, there is conflicting evidence of the difference between disability and stiffness between these groups. Two papers compared erosive and non-erosive HOA and found divergent elements concerning functional impairment; patients with erosive HOA reported more aesthetic damage. Three papers compared TB and IP OA with divergent results in terms of pain and function.ConclusionOverall HRQL is a broad concept involving domains beyond pain, function and stiffness. Few data are presently available on HOA, but it seems to have almost as great an impact as RA on HRQL. Further studies on HRQL in patients with HOA are required. Aesthetic damage should also be assessed with specifically designed tools.

The need for cardiac follow-up in adults with mild congenital cardiac disease

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 474-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mascha Kamphuis ◽  
Hubert W. Vliegen ◽  
Ton Vogels ◽  
Koos H. Zwinderman ◽  
Ernst E. van der Wall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cardiac Disease ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
Congenital Cardiac Disease ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Objective: To discuss the need for continuing cardiac surveillance in adults with hemodynamically insignificant congenital cardiac disease. Methods: In 82 patients with mild congenital cardiac malformations, aged from 17 to 32 years, we investigated the subjective health status, the health-related quality of life, any difficulties encountered in daily life, the regularity of follow-up, current diagnosis, and antibiotic prophylaxis. Results: The subjective health status, and the health-related quality of life, did not differ from those of the general population. Nevertheless, patients experienced unnecessary difficulties with choice of sport, obtaining insurance cover, and education. After clinical re-evaluation, diagnosis and antibiotic regimes had to be changed in 9 patients (11%). Conclusions: Patients with a mild congenital cardiac malformation consider themselves to be in good health. So as to fine tune the diagnosis, and update the information supplied to the patients, we suggest that at least a cardiological assessment be carried out at the age of 16 to 18 years. In this way, patients might be protected from unnecessary difficulties, such as restrictions for sport or the charging of unjustifiably high rates for insurance.

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