scholarly journals Self-assessment of Students’ Life Quality in Latgales Region

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Iveta Mietule
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Scientific Opinion ◽  
The Individual

The study of the scientific literature concerning the concept of quality of life makes it possible to draw conclusions on this concept positioning in different sub-sectors of science, the convergence with its concept of standard of living as well as various approaches to quality of life in quantitative and qualitative evaluation. The author entirely supports the scientific opinion, which emphasises the subjective evaluation of quality of life, i.e., quality of life is subjectively expressed in the form of individual's satisfaction with life in general. It consists of certain elements that are important to the individual or affect his quality of life. The aim of the research is to analyse the students' understanding and interpretation of the concept ‘quality of life’, as well as gather and interpret the respondents' subjective evaluation of quality of life. Students are the basis of this study. General elements characterising students’ quality of life are available education services, disposable income, health care, cultural and entertainment events, sense of ‘belonging’ to a family, acquaintances and friends. The author's initial assumptions regarding the fact that most respondents would express dissatisfaction with certain elements of quality of life and quality of life in general, were not confirmed by the study.

scholarly journals Correlates of quality of life in adulthood: Socio-demographic correlates

2018 ◽  
pp. 111-129
Author(s):  
Ivana Davidovic ◽  
Jelica Petrovic
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Demographic Correlates ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Sociodemographic Correlates

The main purpose of this research was testing the quality of life in adults in Serbia. In order to obtain a more detailed picture, the sociodemographic correlates of quality of life were examined. The sample included 153 participants of both genders, aged 30-50 with different professional qualifications. The research involves both objective and subjective evaluation of quality of life in seven domains: material well-being, health, productivity, intimacy, safety, well-being inside a larger community and emotional well-being. For the purpose of the research an adapted version of the instrument ComQol (Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale, Adult, fifth edition, Cummins, 1997) was used. The highest level was estimated in areas such as intimacy, health, safety and productivity whereas the lowest level outcame for material well-being and content with a place in a community. Results also show significant differences in quality of life among certain socio-demographic groups, mainly between younger and older, examinees of different genders, educational degrees and marital statuses. Given results provide guidelines for future researches of quality of life in Serbia, therefore they are practical implications important for designing and implementing of programmess for advancement of weak domains in life quality for adults, beside the preventive programmes which would maintain higher quality levels of life already achieved.

scholarly journals The influence of activeness and independence on the quality of life of senior citizens

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-345
Author(s):  
Edyta Bonk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Successful Ageing ◽  
Full Control ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In this study the author has focused on the impact of activeness and independence on the quality of life of seniors. Activeness is taken to mean the participation in regular everyday tasks. Functional independence is independence in everyday life. Quality of life in old age describes the level of satisfaction with life and indicators of successful ageing. The survey was conducted in October 2013 among four groups of seniors. Two variables determined the distribution of respondents: the level of activeness and the functional independence of the seniors. The study involved 99 seniors from Sopot and Gdansk. Functional independence has a much greater impact on the quality of life of seniors than activeness in as much as independence is influenced by our state of health over which we may always have full control, whereas activeness to a large extent depends on ourselves.

scholarly journals Selected Geographical and Tourist Aspects in the Assessment of the Quality and Standard of Living of Polonia in the Greater Toronto Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (3 (181)) ◽  
pp. 79-100
Author(s):  
Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
The City

The quality of life is commonly referred to as a determinant of well-being, contentment, happiness or a sense of satisfaction with one’s own existence. Often used interchangeably with the level, conditions or standard of living. Quality of life is the satisfaction of meeting all human needs. The main aim of this research is to determine the level and quality of life in terms of tourism by the Polish community living in the Greater Toronto Area, which includes the city of Toronto and four regions: Halton, Peel, York and Durham.The article will present its own model of objective factors (standard of living) and subjective factors (life quality) interacting with each other with a particular emphasis on geographic and tourism aspects. The main aim of this article is to show how the Polish community living in the Greater Toronto Area assesses the aspects related to tourism management in the city. The results of the study will be presented on the basis of a survey questionnaire conducted on 583 respondents. The respondents assessed, among other things, whether they were satisfied with the conditions of rest and relaxation in this city, public transport and the environmental quality. Respondents were also asked to evaluate the activity of Polish travel agencies operating in the Greater Toronto Area. The study will also address matters related to improving the quality of life and tourism development in the city. As indicated by the respondents, such activities as supporting existing tourist activities, expansion of bicycle paths or increasing sports and recreational infrastructure (i.e. construction projects of swimming pools, tennis courts) are the main needs in the city, which could contribute to the higher rated aspects of Toronto related to tourism. Data will be presented showing that in the Polish community in the last twelve months their household had enough income to cover the costs related to leisure, vacations, holidays or school breaks.

scholarly journals Relationship between Needs of Supportive Care with Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Patients in Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Makassar

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muh. Zukri Malik ◽  
Suriyani . ◽  
Nur Fajriani
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Supportive Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Individual

Background: The need of supportive care is a care to be given in order to enhance the life quality of the patients with a serious life-threatening disease such as breast cancer. Generally, the patients are really worried and have severe anxiety related to their disease. The quality of life becomes really important in curing the breast cancer. The life quality is the ability to have normal life in accordance with the individual perception about the objective and hope of the breast cancer patients. Method: Thisis anobservationalresearchwithcross-sectionalstudydesign.Thestudywasconducted in 2019 and required as many as 40 respondents. The samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The data were gathered by questionnaire then processed by SPSS and analyzed by statistical test of Chi-square with the significance degree of 95% (α=0,05). Result: The result showed that there was significant correlation between the need of supportive care (p<0,000) and the life quality of the breast cancer patients. Conclusion: There was association of the supportive careandthelifequalityofthebreastcancerpatientswiththevalueofp=0,000<α0.05.

scholarly journals THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF STUDENTS WHO STUDY IN UKRAINE AND POLAND

2017 ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
Olga Andriychuk ◽  
Vasyl Pantik ◽  
Volodymyr Kovalchuk ◽  
Serhii Savchuk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
European Union ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Substantial Improvement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Individual

The current relevance of the research. The study of the quality of life is a core issue both at the scientists’ level and the level of government workers in the world. The main goal is not only to extend lifetime, but to improve its quality too. Ukraine’s desire to enter the European Community and the European Union is impossible without substantial improvement of the quality of life. However, the quality of life depends on the quality of labor potential, and hence on the prospects for the development of the country. Since the 70s of the XXth century, the state of the quality of life has begun to attract the attention of many researchers and practitioners in various fields of researches. The Council of the European Union adopted a development strategy in 2010 – ‘Europe 2020: A Strategy for smart, stable and inclusive growth’ based on the analysis of monitoring the quality of life of the European Union. The aim was to study the students’ components of the quality of life, depending on the place of study (countries) and the origin (nationality). Methods: synthesis and analysis of the current scientific and methodological studies on self-assessment of the quality of life using the SF-36 questionnaire and the methods of mathematical statistics. Results. Analyzing the students’ answers, we revealed the regularity among indicators of the physical and mental (psychological) components of the quality of life and the sex of the respondents, the year of study, self-evaluation of their study achievements, conditions of life. Besides, the main components that play the leading roles in shaping the overall picture of the quality of life and those that reduce the quality of students’ lives were found out. Due to the analysis of the correlations between indicators of the physical and mental (psychological) components of the quality of life, the interdependent components that form the basis of the students’ quality of life were highlighted. Conclusions. The study makes it possible to compare both the generalized results of the quality of the Ukrainian and Polish students’ lives and the individual components that form the physica l and mental (psychological) basis for the quality of life.

scholarly journals BIOMECHANICAL ABDOMINOPLASTY TECHNIQUES AND LIFE QUALITY OF PATIENTS WITH COSMETIC DEFECTS OF ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
V.S. Drabovsky
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Abdominal Wall ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Anterior Abdominal Wall ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Self Assessment

Investigating life quality is remaining high in the context of healthcare reforming processes and in modern medicine. An increase in the number of surgical operations for cosmetic defects of the anterior abdominal wall, an increase in the requirements for treatment results, forced surgeons to look for alternative methods of treatment that would significantly reduce aesthetic defects and improve the quality of life by examining the effect of surgical treatment on the mental and physical components of health. This predetermined the purpose of this study. To achieve the goal, the results of a comprehensive clinical examination and correction of 81 patients with cosmetic defects of the anterior abdominal wall, who took the treatment at the clinic of the Department of Surgery No. 3, Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, from 2012 – 2019, were analyzed. The main group (41) was operated on by using the biomechanical methods of abdominoplasty worked up by the author, taking into account the best angle of direction of the stress vectors in the tissue of the upper transverse skin-fat flaps in the postoperative period during stress relaxation. The comparison group consisted of 40 people operated on by standard techniques of mobilization and fixation of skin-fat flaps. Quality of life was assessed the day before the operation and 6 months after, according to the EUROQol-5S-5D questionnaire system. Based on the analysis of the results, the following conclusions have been drawn: surgical correction of cosmetic defects of anterior abdominal wall causes psycho-emotional and physiological prerequisites for growing physical activity of patients, and in 6 months in positively effects the self-assessment of patients’ health status. Overweight patients demonstrate a statistically significant decrease in body mass index during the year, which is inversely correlated with an improvement in the scores on the rating scale and a weak correlation with a change in the average scoring and self-assessment of body weight. This integrated technique for performing abdominoplasty in patients with cosmetic defects of the anterior abdominal wall has been proven as effective means, which can improve the quality of life of surgical patients.

Assessment of life quality in disabled individuals

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-162
Author(s):  
Tatyana V Malikova ◽  
Dmitry G Pirogov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Professional Athletes ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Positive Assessment ◽  
Locomotor Disorders

This article presents the study of the features of the subjective evaluation the quality of life of disabled people. The article contains a comparative analysis of Paralympians and persons with locomotor disorders and a comparison of Paralympian and professional athletes. The study describes the features of perception of the life in a time perspective and considers some characteristics of the quality of life (self-attitude, coping strategies, values). Within the framework of the presented research which was revealed Paralympians' positive assessment of their quality of life, unlike the comparison group (athletes and persons with locomotor disorders). An orientation to the future and positive assessment of the present tense are typical for paralimpians. They demonstrate a high level of satisfaction with social relationships, positive view of their own health, and the harmonic type of relationship to the disease, which allows adequate distribute their own strength and to determine their capabilities. Paralympians confront to their physical defect by overcoming the difficulties that they face in everyday life, and through sports. The structure of the Paralympians' attitude to yourself indicates the importance of the self-development indicators and orientation to overcome the difficulties. Thus, Paralympians show less interest in the others assessment of their capabilities and achievements as opposed to professional athletes. Sport is a life that allows Paralympians feel full member of society. Sport helps Paralympians to exclude from their behavior destructive forms of responses in stressful situations, which are typical for people with disorders of the musculoskeletal system, who also not involved in sports and don't take active part in a social relations.

Efficacy of Pilates Based Mat Exercise on Quality of Life, Quality of Sleep and Satisfaction with Life in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Deepika Sharma ◽  
Jaspreet Kaur ◽  
Monika Rani ◽  
Arpit Bansal ◽  
Manoj Malik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Quality Of Sleep

Abstract Background and Aims: Diabetes Mellitus may affect the patient’s quality of life and sleep that lead to reduced satisfaction of life. Aim of study was to improve quality of life and sleep along with satisfaction of life by giving physical therapy (pilates based on mat exercise) intervention. Material and Methods: Study design: experimental study, same subject design (pre-post). Sample size: 30 individuals (13 males,17 females) with mean age 46.05±9.01, mean weight 70.48±12.11 and mean duration of diabetes mellitus 7.88±4.49. Intervention: Pilates based mat exercises were given in experimental group. Duration of treatment:30-40minutes.Number of session:5 sessions/week. Total duration: 4 weeks. Outcomes measures: Final Qolid Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Satisfaction with Life Scale. Statistics: descriptive statistics used to measure mean± standard deviation and inferential statistics related t-test used to compare pre and post reading. Results: The results showed highly significant effect of exercise on quality of life and quality of sleep and significant result was found on satisfaction with life. Conclusion: Pilates based mat exercises shows positive effect on all parameters (quality of life, quality of sleep and satisfaction with life) of patients having type 2 diabetes mellitus.

scholarly journals Whole-Body Vibration Exercise: A Possible Intervention in the Management of Post COVID-19 Complications?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5733
Author(s):  
Danúbia C. Sá-Caputo ◽  
Ana Carolina Coelho-Oliveira ◽  
Juliana Pessanha-Freitas ◽  
Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos ◽  
Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Muscle Weakness ◽  
Whole Body Vibration ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Body Vibration ◽  
Vibration Exercise ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Clinical Conditions

COVID-19 infection frequently leaves the infected subjects with impairments of multi-organs, the so-called post COVID-19 syndrome, which needs to be adequately addressed. The perspective of this narrative review is to verify the possible role of whole-body vibration exercise in the post-COVID-19 rehabilitation of these patients. Publications reporting the use of WBV exercises to counteract fatigue, muscle weakness, neurological manifestations, pain, quality of life, quality of sleep, lung commitments, and mental conditions in different clinical conditions were selected. Considering all the findings described in the current review, it seems that WBV exercise might be potentially useful and effective in the rehabilitation of post COVID-19 syndrome, being able to positively influence fatigue, muscle weakness, and quality of life without any side-effects. Controlled studies are mandatory to define the best protocols to be proposed, which need to be tailored to the individual and clinical characteristics.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training on Anxiety Reduction as well as Improvement of Life Quality and Perceived Academic Control of Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-76
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Anxiety Reduction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Perceived Academic Control ◽  
Academic Control ◽  
The Individual

Background and Aims: Student life has its challenges although it offers new opportunities for the individual. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness training on reducing anxiety and improving the quality of life as well as perceived academic control of students. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted based on a pretest and posttest design with a control group. The population of this study consisted of 40 students who were identified through anxiety, quality of life, and perceived academic control questionnaires. They were then randomly assigned to the case (n=20) and control (n=20) groups. The experimental group was subjected to eight 2-h mindfulness training sessions for two months. On the other hand, the control group received no pieces of training. It should be mentioned that the posttest sessions were administered for both groups. The data were analyzed using covariance analysis. Results: The results showed that the implementation of mindfulness training sessions had a significant effect on reducing anxiety (P<0.001) and improving quality of life (P<0.001) as well as perceived academic control (P<0.001) in students. Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, it is recommended that mindfulness training be provided to develop and promote students` psychological health

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