scholarly journals Fuzzy Logic Methods to Evaluate the Quality of Life in the Regions of Ecuador

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Martin ◽  
Christian Stalin Viñán
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Health System ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
City Government ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The Social

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The aim of this paper is to propose a methodological framework that calculates a synthetic indicator of satisfaction of citizens of the nine geographical areas of planning and development of Ecuador (zones).</p><p><strong>Methodology/Approach:</strong> The methodology is based on fuzzy logic and the degree of similarity to ideal solutions. The information is obtained through the application of a structured survey based on the European Social Survey to the Ecuadorian society. The analysis is based on eight different dimensions of satisfaction, namely: (1) Life; (2) Economy; (3) City Government; (4) Transparency; (5) Education; (6) Health System; (7) Roads; and (8) National Government.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> The results obtained help different stakeholders to have important insights about how the citizens’ quality of life and satisfaction depend to some extent on important public services that form the pillars of the social welfare, education and health system. However, our results also suggest that other areas of Ecuador can also benefit from the improvement of the policies developed by the local governments.</p><p><strong>Research Limitation/implication:</strong> An important research limitation is based on the limited number of segment variables used in the study, the geographical zones. Thus, an important venue for future research can be envisaged including other interesting traits analyzed by other scholars, like access to the internet, the social class or the size of the city.</p><p><strong>Originality/Value of paper:</strong> The analysis of individual satisfaction and citizens’ quality of life is paramount by the existing interdependence with social cohesion that exists nowadays in Ecuador.</p>

scholarly journals Dignity-conserving care for persons with palliative care needs — identifying outcomes studied in research: An integrative review

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 722-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Söderman ◽  
Ulrika Östlund ◽  
Carina Werkander Harstäde ◽  
Karin Blomberg
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Study Protocols ◽  
The Social ◽  
Palliative Care Needs

AbstractObjectivesWith people living longer, palliative care may be required for lengthier periods of time. This puts demands on healthcare organizations to provide optimal palliative care. Maintaining dignity is central for any person's health and quality of life, but especially for a person with palliative care needs. Dignity-conserving care needs to be evaluated to increase knowledge about outcomes and how to assess these. The purpose of this integrative review was to identify outcomes studied within dignity-conserving care and how these have been operationalized.MethodsAn integrative review was conducted in 26 quantitative or mixed-method studies and study protocols. Thematic synthesis with an abductive approach was used for analysis.ResultsSeven themes of studied outcomes were identified, as well as four cluster themes: themes related to Illness-Related Concerns, themes related to the Dignity-Conserving Repertoire, themes related to the Social Dignity Inventory, and themes regarding Overarching Dignity Issues. Most outcomes studied dealt with Illness-Related Concerns within the themes of “Performance, symptoms and emotional concerns” and “End-of-life and existential aspects”. Themes linked to the Social Dignity Inventory had the lowest number of outcomes studied. Outcomes regarding overarching dignity issues such as “Dignity-related distress” and “Quality of life” were common. However, the results lacked concrete communication outcomes.Significance of resultsThe results will underpin future research in which dignity-conserving care is implemented and evaluated, and contribute to the provision of evidence-based palliative care. A greater focus on outcomes within cluster themes related to the Dignity-Conserving Repertoire and the Social Dignity Inventory is needed, as is more focus on communication outcomes.

scholarly journals Microfinance in Argentina: a sistematic literature review

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-49
Author(s):  
Sofía Orazi ◽  
Lisana Belén Martinez ◽  
Hernán Pedro Vigier
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The Subject ◽  
National Libraries

Microfinance is a set of services specially designed to meet the demands of the population with less economic resources. The most important aim is focused on improving the quality of life of people and increasing their income and investment in education and health. As area of study, a remarkable increase can be identified from the beginning of the twenty-fist century, gaining importance over the years given that microfinance has achieved the recognition of international organizations in the fight against poverty. The present work carried out a Systematic Literature Review on microfinance, analyzing the volume of publication and the main countries and journals that address the subject of study, in Scopus and SciELO databases. At the same time, we detected the books available for consultation in different national libraries that refer to microfinance in Argentina. Finally, we summarized those works that focus on the economic situation of Argentine microfinance market and which are published in these databases. The aim was to identify the main characteristics of this market, its state of development and to obtain an overview of the possible obstacles it faces to expand in a sustainable manner. In addition, we sought to explore the key gaps in the literature and provide some suggestions for future research.

STRATEGI PENINGKATAN KUALITAS HIDUP MELALUI PROGRAM TAHU PANAS (TAK TAKUT KEHUJANAN, TAK TAKUT KEPANASAN) OLEH DINAS SOSIAL KOTA SURABAYA

Publika ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 295-306
Author(s):  
Filandita Ananda Kusuma Pratama ◽  
Fitrotun Niswah
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Service ◽  
City Government ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Social Empowerment ◽  
The Village

Pemerintah Kota Surabaya menggandeng Dinsos Kota Surabaya untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup warga. Salah satu upaya dilakukan dengan  membuat suatu program inovasi yang berfokus pada hunian yang layak untuk masyarakat miskin. Program tersebut yaitu Tahu Panas, program ini dimaksudkan untuk memperbaiki rumah yang tidak layak huni. Karena masih adanya warga Surabaya yang rumahnya belum layak huni, dengan adanya program ini diharapkan masyarakat miskin yang memiliki rumah tidak layak huni mendapatkan rumah yang layak dan meningkatkan kualitas hidupnya lebih baik lagi. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui strategi peningkatan kualitas hidup melalui program tahu panas oleh Dinsos Kota Surabaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan cara observasi,wawancara,dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data dengan pengumpulan data, Reduksi data,Penyajian data, hingga penarikan kesimpulan atau verifikasi. Fokus penelitian terdiri dari tiga indikator yaitu Goal Directed Actions yaitu organisasi dan bagaimana mengimplementasikannya, mempertimbangkan semua kekuatan internal (sumber daya dan kapabilitas), serta memperhatikan peluang dan tantangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam pelaksanaanya program ini : Dinsos bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan dan kualitas hidup warga surabaya dalam memliki rumah sederhana dan sehat melalui program Tahu Panas. Dalam pelaksanaanya juga dibantu oleh UPKM atau Pokmas yang sudah dipilih oleh lurah dimana UPKM ini bertugas untuk memanage segala urusan pembangunan. Dari pihak Dinsos ada pendampingan sebanyak 31 orang yang berada dibidang pemberdayaan sosial dan 1 pendamping memegang 4-5 kelurahan dengan total 154 kelurahan yang ada di Surabaya dalam pelaksanaan program Tahu Panas. Dalam pelaksanaannya sering mengalami kendala terutama pada UPKMnya. Kata Kunci: Strategi,Program Tahu Panas,Kualitas hidup   The Surabaya City Government is collaborating with the Surabaya City Social Service to improve the quality of life of its citizens. One of the efforts is to create an innovation program that focuses on decent housing for the poor. The program, namely Tahu Panas, is intended to repair houses that are unfit for habitation. Because there are still residents of Surabaya whose houses are not yet livable, with this program it is hoped that the poor who have houses that are not suitable for habitation will get decent houses and improve their quality of life to be even better. The purpose of this study was to determine the strategy for improving the quality of life through the Tahu Panas program by the Surabaya City Social Service. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection techniques by means of observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis techniques with data collection, data reduction, data presentation, to drawing conclusions or verification. The research focus consists of three indicators, namely Goal Directed Actions, namely the organization and how to implement it, considering all internal strengths (resources and capabilities), and paying attention to opportunities and challenges. The results showed that in implementing this program: Dinsos aims to improve the welfare and quality of life of Surabaya residents in having a simple and healthy house through the Tahu Panas program. In its implementation, it is also assisted by the UPKM or Pokmas who have been selected by the village head where the UPKM is in charge of managing all development matters. From the Social Agency, 31 people are assisted in the field of social empowerment and 1 assistant holds 4-5 urban villages with a total of 154 villages in Surabaya in implementing the Hot Tofu program. In its implementation, there are often obstacles, especially in the UPKM. Keywords: Strategic ,Tahu Panas Program, quality of life

scholarly journals Smart City Collaboration: A Review and an Agenda for Establishing Sustainable Collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9189
Author(s):  
David E. Mills ◽  
Iman Izadgoshasb ◽  
Steven G. Pudney
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Smart City ◽  
City Government ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
City Governments ◽  
The Public

Collaboration is problematic in the public sector, yet many smart city theorists advocate relationships fully dependent upon collaboration to address the intense complexity encountered by city governments and achieve city objectives of quality of life, efficiency, effectiveness, and economic and environmental sustainability. Skeptical, we inductively drew together the widely dispersed theoretical tenets of smart city collaboration into a framework of collaborative relationships and tested this framework using secondary evidence as to practice in greater Amsterdam. Mostly authentic collaborative relationships were explicated. Theory is extended by clarifying the roles of actors, especially the role of city government as actor and steward of the collaborative ecosystem. Future research should unpack the factors that impact the sustainability of smart city collaborations.

scholarly journals Friendship Quality, Friendship Quantity, and Social Participation in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (05) ◽  
pp. 416-426
Author(s):  
Bilge Mutlu ◽  
Melissa Duff ◽  
Lyn Turkstra ◽  
Margaret Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Friendship Quality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Severe Tbi

AbstractAdults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often report reduced social participation and loss of friends, but little is known about quality of friendship after TBI. Our objective was to characterize social participation, friendship quantity, and friendship quality of adults with TBI and a comparison group of uninjured adults. Participants included 18 adults with moderate to severe TBI and 16 of their informant friends; and 18 uninjured adults and 11 of their informant friends. The main measures used were the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective, the Social Network Questionnaire, and the McGill Friendship Questionnaire. Participants with TBI reported significantly less social participation and had fewer total friends, although this difference was not statistically significant. Adults with TBI differed from their friends on one measure of friendship quality, but reports for friendship quality were high in both groups. Adults with TBI reported overall high levels of friendship quality despite having lower levels of social participation compared with uninjured adults. Future research should investigate how the balance of quantity and quality of friendships relates to satisfaction with social participation and overall quality of life.

Toward an Assessment of Quality of Life Indicators as Measures of Destination Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 004728752110267
Author(s):  
Adiyukh Berbekova ◽  
Muzaffer Uysal ◽  
A. George Assaf
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Performance Variables ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Quality Of Life Indicators

This study tests a reciprocal relationship between objective quality of life indicators and traditional destination performance measures over time. A set of 16 quality of life indicators (covering economic, social, and environmental domains) and a set of five destination performance variables of tourist arrivals and spending proxies were used to perform a canonical correlation analysis. This panel data represents observations from 105 countries during the period of 1995–2018. The findings confirmed that a reciprocal link exists between the two sets. Specifically, the results showed that economic factors, along with education, and health indicators are strongly associated with performance measures of the tourism industry. The article concludes with implications for destination managers and avenues for future research.

scholarly journals Third-Generation Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateja Mihinjac ◽  
Gregory Saville
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Basic Infrastructure

This paper advances crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) theory and practice by introducing a holistic and integrated crime prevention theory called Third-Generation CPTED. We use Third-Generation CPTED to expand both the situational focus of traditional CPTED and the social ecology/neighbourhood focus of Second-Generation CPTED, by creating a new theory that integrates human motivation and aspirations within a neighbourhood Liveability Hierarchy. Central to our theory is the planning concept of liveability and, because safety from crime, fear, and victimization is such an integral part of quality of life, we present two underlying themes on which liveability depends: public health and sustainability. We propose some theoretical assumptions and propositions that underpin the theory and suggest areas for future research. Our contention is that a holistic and integrative Third-Generation CPTED elevates liveability from the role of basic infrastructure and habitat to providing residents with opportunities to enhance their own personal aspirations and improve their quality of life.

scholarly journals Quality of Life of Children and Adolescents with Multiple Sclerosis—A Literature Review of the Quantitative Evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8645
Author(s):  
Slávka Mrosková ◽  
Eleonóra Klímová ◽  
Ľudmila Majerníková ◽  
Ľubomíra Tkáčová
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Generic Module

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system that also develops in patients under 18 years of age. The disease negatively affects the quality of life (QoL) of children and adolescents. We conducted a literature review. The aim of the review was to identify the QoL of pediatric patients with MS and assess the factors determining their QoL. Methods: We analyzed studies published between 2000 and 2020 in PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, Web of Science, and EBSCO databases. Results: In all, 17 studies were included in the review. The most common tool in assessing QoL was the generic module PedsQL. The range of mean/median global score of QoL was 53.8–81.7. The worst QoL was dominantly reported in the school and emotional spheres, on the contrary, the disease’s least determined area of QoL was the social and physical dimension. In particular, disability and fatigue were important predictors of QoL. Conclusions: MS negatively affects the school and emotional spheres in particular, so it is important to pay greater attention to these spheres of life of MS patients. As the review studies pay insufficient attention to the analysis of positive factors and their impact on the QoL of MS patients, research should integrate these phenomena. The use of MS-targeted tools in future research in the pediatric MS population is also appropriate.

Self-Compassion and Quality of Life in Adults Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Adults Who Stutter ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.

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