New Directions in Rehabilitation Counseling Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-209
Author(s):  
Phillip D. Rumrill ◽  
James L. Bellini ◽  
Lynn C. Koch
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Rehabilitation Outcomes ◽  
New Directions

The purpose of this article is to examine future directions in rehabilitation counseling research that will build on prior investigations to improve rehabilitation outcomes and enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities. The authors discuss the role of theory in guiding future research and implementing evidence-based practices. Next, they recommend topics to be further investigated in future inquiry. The article concludes with an exploration of emerging research approaches and techniques that are either beginning to be used by rehabilitation researchers or, if not being used, have the potential to contribute to the rehabilitation counseling knowledge base.

scholarly journals Beauty and Elegance: Value Co-Creation in Cosmetic Surgery Tourism

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402093253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salman Majeed ◽  
Zhimin Zhou ◽  
Haywantee Ramkissoon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Emotional Attachment ◽  
Mediating Role

This study presents an emerging trend in medical tourism, cosmetic surgery tourism (CST). We explore tourists’ perceptions of CST for medical service quality as an antecedent to tourists’ emotional attachment, trust, and intentions to visit, which is underexplored in CST. This study examines the mediating role of value co-creation in influencing behaviors of CST-seeking tourists to experience a better quality of life. Using a sample drawn from 279 tourists, comprised of Australian, Japanese, and Chinese nationalities at two international airports in China, findings show that perceived medical service quality positively influences tourists’ emotional attachment, trust, and intentions to visit directly and through the mediating role of value co-creation across the three nationalities. CST-seeking tourists’ inputs in value co-creation may positively influence their behaviors, which are vital antecedents to promoting CST business. Implications for future research are discussed.

Anxiety Disorders

2021 ◽  
pp. 338-344
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Nelson ◽  
Chelsea S. Rapoport ◽  
Lara Traeger ◽  
Joseph A. Greer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mental Health Clinicians ◽  
Patient Centered

The focus of this chapter is on the clinical manifestation of anxiety disorders in patients diagnosed with cancer. We review the prevalence and correlates, presenting characteristics, assessment methods and recommendations, and evidence-based pharmacologic and psychosocial treatments of anxiety in this population. Cancer-related considerations that may impact care and treatment planning are highlighted. Close collaboration between oncology and mental health clinicians as well as between the patient and their multidisciplinary team is essential for developing a patient-centered approach for managing anxiety, improving quality of life, and supporting participation in cancer care. The chapter concludes with discussion of key directions for future research on anxiety disorders in the oncology setting.

scholarly journals The Impact of Malocclusion/Orthodontic Treatment Need on the Quality of Life

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijian Liu ◽  
Colman McGrath ◽  
Urban Hägg
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Treatment Need ◽  
Methodologic Quality ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objective: To assess the current evidence of the relationship between malocclusion/orthodontic treatment need and quality of life (QoL). Materials and Methods: Four electronic databases were searched for articles concerning the impact of malocclusion/orthodontic treatment need on QoL published between January 1960 and December 2007. Electronic searches were supplemented by manual searches and reference linkages. Eligible literature was reviewed and assessed by methodologic quality as well as by analytic results. Results: From 143 reviewed articles, 23 met the inclusion criteria and used standardized health-related QoL (HRQoL) and orthodontic assessment measures. The majority of studies (18/23) were conducted among child/adolescent populations. Seventeen of the papers were categorized as level 1 or 2 evidence based on the criteria of the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. An observed association between HRQoL and malocclusion/orthodontic treatment need was generally detected irrespective of how they were assessed. However, the strength of the association could be described as modest at best. Key findings and future research considerations are described in the review. Conclusions: Findings of this review suggest that there is an association (albeit modest) between malocclusion/orthodontic treatment need and QoL. There is a need for further studies of their relationship, particularly studies that employ standardized assessment methods so that outcomes are uniform and thus amenable to meta-analysis.

scholarly journals Investigating the Mediatory Role of Hope and Shame in the Relationship between Caregiver Burden and Quality of Life of Patients with Cancer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Touraj Shahvand ◽  
Mehdi Reza Sarafraz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
World Health ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Caregiving Burden ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective Patients suffering from cancer need to receive care from their family; however, their family caregivers do this without preparation or training, so their involvement in patients’ care results in a caregiving burden that may affect patient’s hope and quality of life (QOL). Methods This study examines the effect of caregiving burden on the QOL of cancer patients (n = 100) with the mediatory role of hope and shame. To achieve this, Persian versions of Zarit Burden Interview, the World Health Organization QOL, Herth Hope Index, and Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale were used. Meanwhile, path regression analysis was implemented to analyze the relationship between caregiving burden and QOL. Results The results implied a relation among caregiver burden, hope, and QOL of patients diagnosed with cancer. It was found that there is a direct and negative relationship between caregiver burden and hope. In addition, there was an indirect and positive relationship between caregiver burden and QOL. Hope and QOL also had a high correlation. Besides, it was shown that there was a negative relationship between the shame experienced by patients and their hope and QOL. Conclusion caregiver burden was proved to be influential and negatively affected the factor for the QOL. Besides, patients’ hope decreases while caregiving burden increases; this will in turn affect patients’ recovery and their physical, mental, and cognitive functions. This study provides a foundation for future research in this critical area for oncology.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Family Function in Quality of Life in Elderly Patients: An Evidence Based Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sobri Maulana
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Literature Searching ◽  
Family Function ◽  
Based Medicine

Background: Geriatric care is an important part in healthcare and are sometimes neglected.  Family caregivers figures assume a key role in postponing and potentially forestalling standardization of chronically ill elderly patients. The role of family function in depression has been demonstrated from earlier studies, however, the part of family function in quality of life the elderly has not concentrated widely. Objective: To evaluate the connection between family function and quality of life. Methods: Literature searching was conducted through PubMed, Science Direct and Embase. Critical appraisal using appraisal sheet for prognosis from Oxford Center for Evidence Based Medicine in 2011. Results: One article was found with good validity showed that direct relationship between family function and quality of life is not associated. However, if depression is present it plays as a strong mediator between family function and quality of life. Conclusion: Family function mediated with depression plays an important role in quality of life in elderly patients.

Inclusion of Aging in Rehabilitation Counseling Journals 2000–2012: A Content Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amani A. Kettaneh ◽  
Benson Kinyanjui ◽  
John R. Slevin ◽  
Barbara Slevin ◽  
Debra A. Harley
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Rehabilitation Counseling ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Sociopolitical Context ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
Counseling Literature

Purpose:To conduct a content analysis of the rehabilitation counseling literature to identify articles published on aging.Method:To determine the number of articles that were published on aging in rehabilitation counseling journals, a content analysis of articles from 2000 through 2012 was performed. For purposes of this review, only full-length, peer-reviewed articles (i.e., research studies, literature reviews, and program descriptions) with abstracts were included for analysis.Results:The prevalence of articles addressing aging in the mainstream rehabilitation counseling literature is limited over a 13-year period. Since 2000, only 24 (l.3 %) articles in rehabilitation journals account for content on aging.Conclusion:Several facts are clear regarding older individuals, including their increased life expectancy, extended stay in the workplace, and living with a disability. Given those realities, the field of rehabilitation counseling must be poised to respond with evidence-based research to address the needs and demands of the aging population with disabilities in the workplace, around quality of life issues, and within a sociopolitical context of globalization.

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 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 QoE in IoT: a vision, survey and future directions

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaneez Fizza ◽  
Abhik Banerjee ◽  
Karan Mitra ◽  
Prem Prakash Jayaraman ◽  
Rajiv Ranjan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autonomic Function ◽  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
The Internet Of Things

AbstractThe rapid evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) is making way for the development of several IoT applications that require minimal or no human involvement in the data collection, transformation, knowledge extraction, and decision-making (actuation) process. To ensure that such IoT applications (we term them autonomic) function as expected, it is necessary to measure and evaluate their quality, which is challenging in the absence of any human involvement or feedback. Existing Quality of Experience (QoE) literature and most QoE definitions focuses on evaluating application quality from the lens of human receiving application services. However, in autonomic IoT applications, poor quality of decisions and resulting actions can degrade the application quality leading to economic and social losses. In this paper, we present a vision, survey and future directions for QoE research in IoT. We review existing QoE definitions followed by a survey of techniques and approaches in the literature used to evaluate QoE in IoT. We identify and review the role of data from the perspective of IoT architectures, which is a critical factor when evaluating the QoE of IoT applications. We conclude the paper by identifying and presenting our vision for future research in evaluating the QoE of autonomic IoT applications.

Evidence-Based Behavior Management Strategies for Students With or At Risk of EBD: A Mega Review of the Literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 074193252110479
Author(s):  
Benjamin S. Riden ◽  
Skip Kumm ◽  
Daniel M. Maggin
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
And Behavior

Evidence-based practices (EBPs) are strategies shown through rigorous experimentation to be effective when implemented as designed by educators in the field. The purpose of this review is to (a) describe the state and quality of evidence-based reviews and meta-analyses of studies on classroom and behavior management interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs) and (b) summarize practices which can be deemed evidence-based. We identified 50 meta-analytic or systematic reviews, encompassing 20 interventions implemented solely or in part with students with EBD. In total, our review identified eight interventions classified as EBPs for supporting students labeled with EBD in the meta-analytic literature. Implications for future research are presented.

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