scholarly journals The Role of Self-Management Practices as Mechanisms for Re-Establishing Normality in Cancer Survivors

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Henshall ◽  
Sheila Greenfield ◽  
Nicola Gale
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Lifestyle Activities ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Static Concept

This article explores the relationship between cancer survivors’ use of self-management practices and their search for normality. Using Frank’s illness narratives and other theoretical literature on normality in chronic illness, it draws on findings from a qualitative study to explore different ways cancer survivors use self-management practices to re-establish normality in their lives post-cancer. The findings suggest that “normality” represents different things to cancer survivors. We suggest that normality in survivorship is not a static concept but is fluid, and at certain times, cancer survivors may display some or all of these different versions of normality. The findings show that self-management practices can help cancer survivors experiment with different health and lifestyle processes to help support their “normal” daily lifestyle activities, quality of life, and well-being.

Quality of working life and career engagement of cancer survivors: the mediating role of effect of disease and treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Raba’ah Hamzah ◽  
Siti Nur Syuhada Musa ◽  
Zulaiha Muda ◽  
Maimunah Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims at investigating the relationship between the quality of working life and career engagement of cancer survivors and the mediating role of the effect of disease and treatment. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 cancer survivors in Malaysia. The participants, aged between 18 and 40, were Malaysian citizens undergoing follow-up sessions at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital and the National Cancer Institute of Malaysia. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and regression analysis that implemented Baron and Kenny’s method for mediation were used for analyses. Findings The effect of treatment and disease was found to significantly mediate the relationship between quality of work-life and career engagement of cancer survivors. Research limitations/implications The instrument for this study was a self-reported questionnaire, with participants responding to specific items on a five-point Likert scale under the supervision of the researchers. As results from the survey were subjective in nature, the bias in the participants could not be eliminated completely. This study was also limited to the two main parameters, namely, quality of working life and career engagement and a mediator, namely, effects of the disease and treatment. Moreover, as the survey was conducted in only two hospitals in the Klang Valley area, the results cannot be generalized to other cancer survivors in other regions of Malaysia. Practical implications The results of this study indicated that the mediating role of the effects of disease and treatment on the relationship of the quality of working life subscales with career engagement. Practical implications, cancer survivor consciousness of the effects of disease and treatment is very important and should be addressed and could be notable to improve the quality of working life. Originality/value This study gives valuable insight to managers and practitioners by investigating the relationship between the quality of working life and career engagement and mediates by the effects of disease and treatment. The findings highlight the challenges cancer survivors face on their return to working life. The findings also highlight the need for management to take steps to help cancer survivors cope with career engagement for better work performance.

Mindfulness and Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors: The Mediating Role of Self-Kindness and Alexithymia

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 346-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison M. Forti ◽  
Craig S. Cashwell ◽  
Robert Henson
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Significant Variance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship among mindfulness, self-kindness, alexithymia and quality of life in post-treatment breast cancer survivors and to examine whether self-kindness and alexithymia mediate the relationship between mindfulness and quality of life. Results suggested that the overall model accounted for significant variance in quality of life and that alexithymia partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and quality of life. Implications for practice and further research are discussed.

scholarly journals Self-management practice, associated factors and its relationship with Health Literacy and Patient Activation among multi-morbid COPD patients from rural Nepal

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uday Narayan Yadav ◽  
Jane Lloyd ◽  
Hassan Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Kedar Prasad Baral ◽  
Narendra Bhatta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Multivariable Analysis ◽  
Patient Activation ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Copd Patients ◽  
Rural Nepal ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive and debilitating condition that affects individuals' quality of life . COPD self-management and supports provided by carers is key to the quality of life people living with COPD. Health literacy (HL) and Patient Activation (PA) are main drivers of self-management practices (SMPs). However, their contribution remains to be fully explored. This study aimed to examine the level of self-management practices, and the relationship with socio-demographic factors, HL and PA among multi-morbid COPD patients from rural Nepal. Methods This is a cross-sectional study conducted between July 2018 and January 2019. Patients completed a survey, including Self-management Practices questionnaire (SMPQ), five domains of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ), and Patient Activation Measure (PAM). The relationship between HL, PAM, and self-management practice was examined using univariate statistics. Multivariable analysis was conducted to identify the factors associated with self-management practice. Results A total of 238 patients responded to the study. The mean score of SMPQ was 45.31(SD=9.00). The HLQ and PAM scores were positively correlated with the total score of SMPQ. Low level of SMPs were found to be positively associated with being uneducated (β=-0.43, p=.001), having a low family income (β=-5.22, p=.002), and, negatively associated with the presence of more than one co-morbidity (β=3.58, p=0.007) after controlling for other socio-demographic variables in the multivariable analysis. Conclusions The overall SMPs among this sample of Nepalese with COPD were low. Our findings highlight the need of implementation of self-management intervention program involving health literacy-focused activities for COPD, creating a support system for patients from low-income family and having low activation level.

scholarly journals Pending Issues on Professionals’ Well-Being: The Living and Working Together in Organization Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6868
Author(s):  
Diletta Gazzaroli ◽  
Caterina Gozzoli
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Effectiveness ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Modeling Methodology ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The Relationship

Evolving research has increasingly recognized the crucial role of workers’ well-being in contributing to organizational effectiveness and survival, also studying the different factors that can influence it. This paper explores how the construct of living and working together in organizations (LWTO) can face two current organizational challenges in terms of well-being: 1. keeping a balance between performance and organizational quality of life; 2. managing the relationship with others’ differences. Thus, LTWO is understood as the possibility (or absence) of a good exchange between workers (identity and otherness), related to a clear and shared work purpose within a specific organizational culture of difference that allows diversity of expression through generative conflict. We tested our model using the exploratory structural equation modeling methodology with EQS-6.3. Our results show how well-being is in fact influenced by LWTO and highlights in particular the central role played by work purpose.

scholarly journals Effect of Performance Management on Employees Well-Being via Perceived Job Control

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Hooria Sattar ◽  
Lubna Khaliq ◽  
Mattiullah Butt
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Job Control ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The significant amount of research attention was given to the association among HRM and well-being; but how the attention driving performance management influences well-being and what variables explain their relation has not been well discussed yet. This study investigates the relationship between performance management practices and employees well being when perceived job control is playing the role of mediator. The Present research study addresses this relation in, educating employees working in different sectors in Lahore city as the city recruits employees from different areas of the country (Pakistan). Data was gathered from 250 employees and results show that performance management significantly influences our mediator and well-being and also the mediator (perceived job control) significantly influences the relationship between performance management practices and well-being. For future research purposes, limitations as well as future directions are also discussed in this research.

scholarly journals ‘When the stomach is full we look for respect’: perceptions of ‘good work’ in the urban informal sectors of three developing countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 816-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Monteith ◽  
Lena Giesbert
Keyword(s):  
Informal Sector ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Work ◽  
Class Relations ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
The Relationship

There is growing interest in the ability of the informal sector to provide gainful work in much of the developing world. However, the literature on work in the informal sector remains dominated by resource- and rights-based approaches, which fail to consider the features of work valued by informal workers themselves. This article investigates perceptions of ‘good work’ based on focus group discussions with informal workers in the capitals of Uganda, Burkina Faso and Sri Lanka. Using the capability approach as a framework, it reveals that informal workers value a combination of instrumental features of work, such as income and working hours, and intrinsic aspects, such as relationships and recognition. The article’s findings contribute to debates on quality of work in formal and informal contexts by illustrating the role of social and environmental conversion factors, including gender and class relations, in mediating the relationship between work and well-being.

scholarly journals The Effect of Quality of the Relationship Between Mothers and Adult Children With Schizophrenia, Autism, or Down Syndrome on Maternal Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Optimism.

2004 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Steven Greenberg ◽  
Marsha Mailick Seltzer ◽  
Marty Wyngaarden Krauss ◽  
Rita Jing-Ann Chou ◽  
Jinkuk Hong
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Quality of Life and Health: Influence of Preparation for Retirement Behaviors through the Serial Mediation of Losses and Gains

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hurtado ◽  
Topa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Recent Approach ◽  
Gains And Losses ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Better Than

The dynamic theory of resources is a recent approach that provides a theoretical framework for understanding, forecasting, and examining the relationships between people’s resources and their adaptation to retirement. This article focuses on the transition to retirement in order to better understand how retirees’ perceptions of their gains and losses when they approach retirement significantly explain their well-being after retirement. Moreover, we explore the relationship between people’s preparation behaviors before retirement (T1) and their quality of life and health after retirement (T3), taking into consideration the mediating role of perceived gains and losses in retirement (T2). This study was carried out with a sample of Spanish workers (N = 244) who were employed at T1 and had retired at T2 and T3. The results support the assertion that losses explain well-being better than gains. In addition, some specific losses showed a greater explanatory power for quality of life and health than others. The implications are discussed with a view to understanding retirement and the design of interventions.

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