Perceptions on the effect of physical activity on quality of life, overall survival, and fatigue in palliative cancer patients.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (31_suppl) ◽  
pp. 198-198
Author(s):  
Karmugi Balaratnam ◽  
Graham McFarlane ◽  
Peter Selby ◽  
Shabbir Alibbhai ◽  
M. Catherine Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Overall Survival ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Palliative Patients

198 Background: Physical activity is an important lifestyle recommendation for all patients’ wellbeing. With better cancer treatments and palliative patients living longer, maintaining physical activity is becoming an important survivorship goal, even in the palliative setting. We assessed cancer patient’s perception of the effect of physical activity on their quality of life, overall survival, and fatigue. Methods: In a cross-sectional survey across all cancer sites, patient perception of the effect of physical activity on three outcomes: quality of life, overall survival, and fatigue. Palliative status was determined by chart review and primary oncologist assessments. Regression-based estimates of the odds ratios and confidence intervals (CI) described any differences in perception between palliative and non-palliative patients. Results: Of 1283 patients recruited, 1080 completed the entire survey; median (range) age was 58 (18-98) years; 54% were female; 15% were palliative. Palliative patients were less likely than non-palliative patients to believe that physical activity improved overall survival, with an odds ratio of 0.53 (95%CI 0.34-0.83; P = 0.006). Palliative patients were less likely to perceive that physical activity improved fatigue, with odds ratio 0.68 (95%CI: 0.47-0.97; P = 0.04). Although not statistically significant, palliative patients also perceived less of a positive effect of physical activity on quality of life with an odds ratio of 0.65 (95% CI 0.47-0.97; P = 0.12). Results were similar regardless of whether patients were asked to perceive the effect of physical activity on themselves or in the general cancer patient. Conclusions: Palliative patients were more likely to believe that physical activity did not improve their overall survival and fatigue compared to the curative counterparts. Also, there was no significant difference in the perception of the effect of physical activity on the quality of life among the two groups of cancer survivors. Since palliative patients are living longer, future research can focus on implementing exercise recommendations and following up so the actual benefits can be seen.

Quality of Life, Physical Activity Level and Psychological Profile of Nigerians with Serious Mental Illness and Healthy Psychotropic Naive Subjects (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Arinze Okonkwo ◽  
Peter Olarenwaju Ibikunle ◽  
Izuchukwu Nwafor ◽  
Andrew Orovwigho
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Psychological Profile ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Apparently Healthy

BACKGROUND Quality of life (QoL), physical activity (PA) level and psychological profile (PF) of patients with serious mental illness have been neglected during patient’s management OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of selected psychotropic drugs on the QoL, PA level and PF of patients with serious mental illness METHODS A cross sectional survey involving one hundred and twenty-four subject [62 Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and 62 apparently healthy subjects as control] using purposive and consecutive sampling respectively .Questionnaires for each of the constructs were administered to the participants for data collation. Analysis of the data was done using non parametric inferential statistics of Mann-Whitney U independent test and Spearman’s rho correlation with alpha level set as 0.05. RESULTS Significant difference was recorded in the QoL (p<0.05) of patient with SMI and apparently healthy psychotropic naive participants. There was a significant correlation between the QoL (p<0.05) and PF of participants with SMI. Participants with SMI had significantly lower QoL than apparently healthy psychotropic naive subject. QoL of the healthy psychotropic naive group was better than those of the participants with SMI. Female participants with SMI had higher PA than their male counterparts CONCLUSIONS Psychological profiles of male participants with SMI were lower than male healthy psychotropic naive participants. Clinicians should take precaution to monitor the QoL, PA level and PF because the constructs are relevant in evaluation of treatment outcome.

scholarly journals Comparison of Quality of Life between Active and Inactive Workers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hassan Dashty Khavidaki ◽  
Mahmood Kamali Zarch ◽  
Naser Mohammadi Ahmadabadi ◽  
Haider Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Cement Manufacturing

Introduction: Numerous important factors such as physical and mental condition affect the quality of life Job stress is one of the key factors in decreasing productivity in organizations. Given the positive effects of physical activity on quality of life, this study aimed to compare the quality of life between active and inactive workers (case study). Methods: This study was a cross-sectional comparative study.190 tile and cement-manufacturing workers who were eligible for the study were selected completely voluntarily, based on a convenience sampling. Of these, according to Beck questionnaire, 88 were selected in inactive and 64 in active groups; Weir and Sherborn questionnaire was used for assessing the quality of life (SF-36). For analysis the data, independent T-test and SPSS 23 software were used for analysis (P≤0.05). Results: The results showed that physical, psychological and quality of life components in the active group of cement factory workers were (p = 0.012) (p = 0.001) (p = 0.005) and tile workers (p = 0.012) (P = 0.005) (p = 0.014) was a significant and more compare to the inactive group, but there was no significant difference between active and inactive workers of the two tile and cement factories. Conclusion: The results of this study showed the positive role of exercise and physical activity on the quality of life of people working in cement and tile factories. It seems easier physical activity and sports are related to the quality of life of workers and have nothing to do with the workplace.  

scholarly journals QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROGENIC COMMUNICATION DISORDER

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-189
Author(s):  
Humaira Shamim Kiani ◽  
◽  
Adeela Riaz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Communication Disorder ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
One Way Anova

Background: neurogenic communication disorders e.g. Dysarthria, aphasia and Voice disorders impacts the quality of life of individuals. A comprehensive picture for an intense understanding of different dimensions, that affecting QOL in neurogenic communication disorder is needed. Objectives: to determine the Quality of life in patients with neurogenic communication disorders Method: The Study design was comparative Cross-sectional survey. A total of n=100 participants were included through Conventional sampling technique. The data was collected from speech therapy department of Pakistan Railway Hospital (PRH) and NESCOM hospital Islamabad. The male and females both were included in the study. The older adults with age range 50-75 years with neurogenic conditions like dysarthria, aphasia and voice disorders related to stroke, Bell’s palsy Parkinson’s disease and triatic brain injury were included in the study The quality of life was assessed through Stroke Aphasia Quality of Life questionnaire. One Way ANOVA was used for comparison between the different conditions regarding quality of life (QOL). Results: the Mean±SD of age was 61.4 + 7.9 years. A total of n=63 participant were male and remaining n-37 were female. The result of One Way ANOVA can be seen in Table 1, which shows that there no significant difference (p≥0.05) in neurogenic communication disorders regarding QOL. Conclusion: It was concluded that quality of life was compromised equally in +neurogenic communication disorders like dysarthria, aphasia and voice disorders

scholarly journals Quality of Life and Nutrition During Pregnancy

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 428-441
Author(s):  
Mitra Mirsanjari
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nutritional Habits

A communitys transition towards modernity and urbanization leads to lifestyle changes that influence an individuals health through modifications in physical activity and nutritional habits. Women of childbearing age, particularly during pregnancy require special attention with regards to nutrition because their health potentially affects the well being of the entire community beside herself and the fetus. The aim of this study was to explore the association between quality of life and the nutrition knowledge and dietary intake among a group of pregnant women in Malaysia. A cross sectional survey was carried out to explore the association of knowledge, attitudes and healthy nutritional practices with quality of life during the second and third trimester of pregnancy. In this study, nutritional habits during pregnancy were significantly associated with social functioning, vitality and physical functioning. A basic understanding of the influence a healthy lifestyle has on physical and emotional well being during pregnancy helps the mother and family members to have a positive attitude towards the need for healthy behaviors in regard to nutrition and physical activity. The findings of this study show the importance of nutritional intake and behavior with respect to their effects on dimensions of health quality.

scholarly journals GERIATRIC POPULATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 1474-1482
Author(s):  
Sana Bashir ◽  
Faryal Naweed ◽  
Saira Akhter Cheema ◽  
Sobaina Hussain ◽  
Furqan Ahmad Siddiqi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Body ◽  
Male Participant ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Geriatric Population ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Aging is an inevitable process which has to take place at any costand is experienced by all of us, as a true reality of life. So, this stage of life; is quite pleasurablefor some elderly people whereas for some it becomes miserable. They become more fragileand prone towards diseases which greatly impact their health and limits activities of daily living.This decline increases day by day and becomes a cause of death. Objectives of Study: Toevaluate the relationship of physical activity on quality of life of elderly people. To determinewhether how many of them are still active and to find the reasons that makes an elderly personresponsible for being active or inactive which directly impacts the quality of life of an individual.Design: A Descriptive Cross Sectional survey. Period: It was 6 months of duration from January2014 till June 2014. Setting: A Descriptive Cross Sectional survey was conducted in elderlypopulation. This study was conducted from elderly people living in Rawalpindi, Islamabad.For these OPDs of the hospitals of Rawalpindi, Islamabad had been visited. Methods: Thesample size was 700 elderly individuals including males & females of ages 65 years & above.A structured questionnaire was designed and finalized after peer review. This questionnairewas “The Lawton Instrumental Activities of daily living Scale” that consisted of 15 questions,out of which 7 were close ended questions & 8 questions taken from the scale. Then, thedata had been be analyzed on SPSS-20 software. Results: The results of Lawton’s scale(which measures the level of effectiveness of physical activity) show that out of 700 total elderlypopulations, 564(80.5%) participants are physically active whereas 136 (19.4%) participants arethe ones who are not at all active. Among elderly population of 439 male participant 283(64.4%)of them are active that is they achieved the score 5/5 which is maximum independent scoreas described by Lawton for males. Whereas out of 261female participants 84 (32.2%) of themare independent and active as their score is 8/8. The result regarding diseases of our geriatricpopulation show that 200 (28.6%) of them are the ones having no disease at all. Whereas inthe case of diseased population, 119 (17%) of them are having cardiovascular & Hypertension,128 (18%) among them have the diseases present in combination of two. 76 (10.9%) amongthem are having Arthritis, which cannot be ignored. Conclusion: Physical activity has shownto have extremely positive benefits on health, mind, body & quality of life of an individual. Thesame implies with the elderly population because physical activity is a very powerful tool todelay the degenerative process which inevitably take place in the body. As the process ofaging is delayed, it produces many beneficial effects on almost all the systems of the body.Physical activity is proved to be extremely cardio protective in elders. Delay the disease process& protect them against many harmful effects of aging which would otherwise make elderly bedstrickenfrom the very beginning of aging process in geriatric population.

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