scholarly journals THE INTEGRATION OF DENTAL DETERMINANTS IN THE ACTIVE LONGEVITY PROGRAM

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
R. Sh Gvetadze ◽  
V. D Wagner ◽  
G. E Amanaliti ◽  
Lyudmila E. Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

According to the World Health Organization, the elderly are the fastest-growing age group in the world. Scientists addressing the aging issue have put forward a theory of active longevity, based on improving the quality of life of the elderly. Most authors believe that the basis of a long life is an active and mobile lifestyle, a healthy diet, abstinence from bad habits, constant communication and affordable quality health care. Recently, in our country, government officials began to pay attention to the problems of longevity and improving the quality of life of senior and elderly people. The Government of Moscow adopted a decision of December 18, 2018 No. 1578-GO “On the implementation of the Moscow Longevity Project in the city of Moscow”, which provides for a permanent basis to create a system of organizing active leisure activities for senior citizens, expanding forms of social communications, further enhancing their life and longevity. Recent studies show that the quality of life of people in the elderly and senile age is closely related to their health and cannot be limited to biomedical parameters. It depends on an assessment of one’s life course, internal standards, and on effective social activity. Also, quality of life is correlated with factors such as the diet and nutrition quality, the ability to perform physical activities that help reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases and mortality. At the same time, the importance of dental health remains underestimated, despite the fact that healthy mouth organs and tissues are the main factors contributing to quality nutrition, performing an aesthetic role and serving as a symbol of a person’s well-being.

scholarly journals Estudo de prevalência de Desordens Temporomandibulares (tmd) e qualidade de vida em uma população de idosos institucionalizados

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Daniela Disconzi Seitenfus Rehm ◽  
Patricia Saram Progiante ◽  
Denise Munaretto Ficht ◽  
Betina Carapeto ◽  
Marcio Lima Grossi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Temporomandibular Disorder ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health ◽  
The North

Purpose: This multidisciplinary prevalence study had the objective of identifying the prevalenceof TMD, chronic pain and quality of life in institutionalized elderly patients in Southern Brazil,including depression and somatization levels. Methods: Forty subjects (55% women, meanage=75 years±S.D., 80% Caucasian) in need of dental treatment were selected from twolong-term elderly institutions in the city of Porto Alegre. The World Health Organization Qualityof Life (WHOQOL) questionnaire was used for assessing quality of life, the Research DiagnosticCriteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) for TMD signs and symptoms as well asdepression and somatization levels, and the North York Dental Health Survey (NYDHS ) for theoral health status. Result s: Approximately 60% completed elementary school. It was also a lowincome population (85%, $75 to $500 American dollars per month). Most (56.4%) were bornin the countryside. Ten percent had high intensity pain, with 2.5% accompanied by moderatelimitation. These severe signs and symptoms of TMD were associated with significant disabilityin daily functions and had a negative impact in the level of psychological stress and qualityof life in institutionalized patients. In addition, almost 97.5% of the elderly has shown somedegree of depression, and 57.5% had moderate to strong somatization levels. Conclusions:The proportion of elderly with severe TMD signs and symptoms was low; however, the greatfrequency of depression and somatization, with a good number of them in actual treatmentneed, highlights the importance of evaluating the elderly in all aspects.Keywords: temporomandibular disorder; orofacial pain; depression; somatization; quality of life; elderly.

Good Hearing for Ensuring Healthy Aging

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
S. Boucher ◽  
G. Duval ◽  
C. Annweiler
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Functional Ability ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Care For Older People

«Healthy aging», defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as « the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being » (1), needs the involvement of various physicians. The WHO-ICOPE (Integrated Care for Older People) approach was developed to early identify, diagnose and treat older adults’ frailties defined as impairments of at least one of the six intrinsic capacities (i.e., hearing, vision, mood, cognition, mobility and nutrition), which could precipitate functional loss and alter the quality of life (2). Among these intrinsic abilities, hearing is the sense of communication and socialization, and may influence the quality and accuracy of the medical examination and interview. Hearing impairment usually develop insidiously and is unrecognized or insufficiently self-reported by older patients. However, by 2050, the number of people with hearing loss will increase to over 900 million worldwide, mainly due to aging population.

scholarly journals Quality of Care and Quality of Life: Convergence or Divergence?

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. HSI.S13283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wadi B. Alonazi ◽  
Shane A. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study was to explore the impact of quality of care (QoC) on patients’ quality of life (QoL). In a cross-sectional study, two domains of QoC and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref questionnaire were combined to collect data from 1,059 pre-discharge patients in four accredited hospitals (ACCHs) and four non-accredited hospitals (NACCHs) in Saudi Arabia. Health and well-being are often restricted to the characterization of sensory qualities in certain settings such as unrestricted access to healthcare, effective treatment, and social welfare. The patients admitted to tertiary health care facilities are generally able to present themselves with a holistic approach as to how they experience the impact of health policy. The statistical results indicated that patients reported a very limited correlation between QoC and QoL in both settings. The model established a positive, but ultimately weak and insignificant, association between QoC (access and effective treatment) and QoL ( r = 0.349, P = 0.000; r = 0.161, P = 0.000, respectively). Even though the two settings are theoretically different in terms of being able to conceptualize, adopt, and implement QoC, the outcomes from both settings demonstrated insignificant relationships with QoL as the results were quite similar. Though modern medicine has substantially improved QoL around the world, this paper proposes that health accreditation has a very limited impact on improving QoL. This paper raises awareness of this topic with multiple healthcare professionals who are interested in correlating QoC and QoL. Hopefully, it will stimulate further research from other professional groups that have new and different perspectives. Addressing a transitional health care system that is in the process of endorsing accreditation, investigating the experience of tertiary cases, and analyzing deviated data may limit the generalization of this study. Global interest in applying public health policy underlines the impact of such process on patients’ outcomes. As QoC accreditation does not automatically produce improved QoL outcomes, the proposed study encourages further investigation of the value of health accreditation on personal and social well-being.

scholarly journals The Needs of Islamic Health-Related Quality of Life Instrument: A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Najwa Haneem Binti Mohamad ◽  
Harmy Mohamed Yusoff ◽  
Rahmah Mohd Amin ◽  
Wan Mohd Yusof Wan Chik ◽  
Mahadzirah Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Population ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Related Qol ◽  
Health Related

One of the best ways to evaluate persons’ health quality is through measuring their Quality of Life (QoL). The QoL concept gained rapid popularity over the last four decades in assessing health. It has been used as the sole endpoint in studies designed specifically to develop a positive physical or mental well-being of sick people. The purpose of this review is to address the needs of a new Islam-specific health-related QoL instruments for Muslim patients. A literature search was conducted using electronic databases. For the purpose of the review, QoL domains from WHOQOL SRPB instrument was referred. The identified QoL instruments were then reviewed for their domains and dimensions included in it. At present, there is no specific QoL instrument to assess health-related QoL among Muslim patients’ despite being fastest-growing religion and contribute 23% of the world population. Muslims believes that Islam is a comprehensive way of life which puts religiosity and spirituality as an essential part of life. In addition, QoL is regarded as an important aspect in health care by the World Health Organization (WHO) and spiritual well-being is one of the WHO QoL dimensions. To date, no instrument has been developed to measure QoL specifically according to Islamic perspective. Hence a specific assessment tool of health-related QoL for this growing world population is highly needed. Islam is not only a religion but it’s a way of life and QoL should be beyond the religion perspectives. Therefore, this paper will present the gap found in the review of the existing QoL instruments. Identifying this gap will enable us to develop a tool which is more sensitive to the Muslim population.

The quality of childhood: problems and approaches to resolving them

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Anna Yu. Kuznetsova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
General Description ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
The World ◽  
Childhood Problems

Childhood problems need to be studied to timely identify and resolve them at an early stage, with the interaction of both the state and society. The author gives a general description of the main approaches to assessing the quality of childhood. The author considers the world experience of comparative analysis of child well-being, which is reflected in the concept of social exclusion suggested by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); it is based on parameters similar to the Child Well-being Index developed in 2004 by the United States Child Development Fund. We also examine the approach proposed by the World Health Organization to the specifics of the population’s quality of life. The essence of this approach relates to the individual’s perception of position in life in the context of the cultural environment and the value system in which this individual lives, considering his/her goals, expectations, standards, and views. The article mentions both the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches in the context of protecting the interests and rights of minors. It is noted that due to the lack of common criteria for understanding the well-being and quality of life of children, there is a variability in the proposed definitions, within which researchers mainly focus on two approaches: the first uses the category of «well-being», the second - the category of «quality». In public discourse, the category of «well-being» is mainly applied to families of certain type or to deviant behavior of adolescents. At the same time, terminological blurring and evaluative character are observed, which translate the discussion into a moral and ethical plane. The author sees the reason for this shift in the absence of legal definition for the «well-being of childhood.» The quality of life, and childhood in particular, can be determined through integrated approach that combines an objective assessment based on official data and a subjective one that reflects the opinion of the people themselves. Taking into account the existing practical experience in the protection of the rights and freedoms of minors, the author proposes her own multidimensional model of “Quality of childhood”. It is a system for structural assessment of state policy in the sphere of childhood to create conditions for the realization of rights and legitimate interests of minors in the Russian Federation, which also considers objective and subjective indicators in this sphere.

scholarly journals PROSPERITY INDEX AS A MEASURE OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN MACEDONIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1557-1562
Author(s):  
Tatjana Dimoska ◽  
Slavica Dimoska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
Better Life Index ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Prosperity Index

Quality of life is an exceptionally complex concept which is the object of interest of different scientific disciplines such as: medicine, sociology, psychology, economics, philosophy, environment, sport, recreation, architecture etc. This concept is a very broad and multidimensional concept covering all spheres of society i.e. the overall well-being of people and society. Quality of life has objective and subjective dimension and can be measured at the level of individuals or society in global. This concept is a difficult concept to define, widely used, but with little consistency, enjoying a wide variety of definitions. There is no single fully agreed definition of quality of life, although a working group of the World Health Organization (WHO) has defined the concept with emphasis on the personal evaluation of functioning in relation to individual and/or cultural standards, values, expectations and goals.Nowadays, many indicators are used for measuring the quality of life concept. These composite indicators are significantly different from each other according to: components that make them, sources of data, methodology of calculation, development aspects they focus on, their coverage etc. Some of those indicators are: Happy Planet Index (HPY), Human Development Index (HDI), Better Life Index, Where to be Born Index, Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI), etc.One of these indicators is Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI), a relative new and comprehensive indicator, which explains in a unique way the level and the dynamics of prosperity of the countries in the world. The Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI) captures the breadth of prosperity of the country across nine pillars of prosperity: economic quality, business environment, governance, safety and security, education, health, and natural environment. This index is based on 104 different variables analyzed across 149 nations around the world, covering more than 96% of the world’s population and 99% of the world’s GDP. The analyzed country is given a score for each pillar. This score is based on the country’s performance with respect to each of the indicators in that pillar. Each pillar contains around 12 indicators. The mean of nine pillar scores yields a country’s overall Prosperity score. The overall Prosperity Index rankings are based on this score.In This paper firstly will be explained the concept of quality of life and the index of prosperity as an index for measuring the quality of life, its construction and calculation, as well as its application in calculating the quality of life in Macedonia for the period 2007-2018.

scholarly journals Quality of life of patients after a myocardial infarction

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 178-185
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Wawryniuk ◽  
Katarzyna Kopeć ◽  
Robert Jan Łuczyk ◽  
Kamil Sikora ◽  
Marta Łuczyk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Health ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Treatment Techniques

IntroductionA Latin adage says that "good health is better than the greatest wealth." [3] It has been known for a long time that the heart is the most important organ that works continuously throughout life to properly nourish all tissues, and thus determines the proper functioning and health of the entire human body. Meanwhile, despite the development of science, the advancement of diagnosis and treatment techniques, cardiovascular diseases, often leading to a heart attack, are the leading cause of death in most developed countries. [4]. Estimates of the National Centre For Heart Statistic say that 143 million people worldwide suffer from ischemic heart disease. [6]. A past of myocardial infarction, despite the high mortality, also affects the quality of life of patients. According to the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO), quality of life is an individual way in which an individual perceives his or her position in life in relation to the culture and value system in which he or she functions, as well as in the context of expectations, tasks and standards set by environmental determinants. [5]. The medical approach to the quality of life consists in identifying the patient's problems related to his physical, mental and social activity resulting from the disease and the treatment used, as well as describing his views on health and subjective well-being.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown Measures on Quality of Life among Italian General Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Stella Epifanio ◽  
Federica Andrei ◽  
Giacomo Mancini ◽  
Francesca Agostini ◽  
Marco Andrea Piombo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
World Health ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world in the year 2020 has put a strain on our ability to cope with events and revolutionized our daily habits. On 9 March, Italy was forced to lockdown to prevent the spread of the infection, with measures including the mandatory closure of schools and nonessential activities, travel restrictions, and the obligation to spend entire weeks in the same physical space. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures on quality of life (QoL) in a large Italian sample, in order to investigate possible differences in QoL levels related to both demographic and pandemic-specific variables. A total of 2251 Italian adults (1665 women, mainly young and middle adults) were recruited via a snowball sampling strategy. Participants were requested to answer to an online survey, which included demographic and COVID-related information items, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). The results showed statistically significant differences in QoL depending on a number of variables, including sex, area of residence in Italy, and being diagnosed with a medical/psychiatric condition. To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess QoL during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, therefore the present findings can offer guidelines regarding which social groups are more vulnerable of a decline in QoL and would benefit of psychological interventions.

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