Income and Expenses of the Rural Population of the Republic of Kalmykia as a Quality of Life Indicator

Introduction. The progressive development of peasant farm enterprises requires further improvement of the methods of state financial support to completely fulfil the potential of peasant farm enterprises as the best tool in using budgetary funds allocated to improve the quality of life of the rural population. This article is based on the study conducted and aims to identify the resources of peasant farm enterprises to increase employment and incomes of the population, as well as to develop a system of priority measures for long-term state financial support. Materials and Methods. The study analyzed the official data from the territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service in the Republic of Mordovia and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Mordovia. To process the empirical material, economic and mathematical methods were used, as well as the those of comparison, groupings, and absolute differences. The set of methods used made it possible to characterize the dynamics and main trends in the development of peasant farm enterprises in the Republic of Mordovia, to study changes in their structure and specialization in terms of production concentration and efficiency, and also to assess the correlation between the amount of grants received and the volume of additional production. Results. The analysis of the organizational and economic conditions for the functioning of peasant farm enterprises in the Republic of Mordovia made it possible to assess the effectiveness of their grant support. The necessity of broadening state financial support in the form of grants and agro-startups for peasant farm enterprises, contributing to income growth, expanding consumer demand and increasing employment of the rural population, has been substantiated. Discussion and Conclusion. The proposed recommendations for improving state regulation will contribute to increasing the efficiency of the functioning of peasant farm enterprises in the Republic of Mordovia in order to improve the quality of life of the rural population. The results of the study will be useful to regional and municipal authorities when establishing territorial programs for the development of the agrarian sector of the economy.

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Living with an MPN in Ireland: patients' and caregivers' perspectives

British Journal of Nursing ◽

10.12968/bjon.2021.30.17.s24 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (17) ◽

pp. S24-S30

Author(s):

Geraldine Walpole ◽

Mary Kelly ◽

Joy Lewis ◽

Avril Gleeson ◽

Ann-Marie Cullen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Unmet Needs ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Peer Group ◽

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms ◽

Symptom Burden ◽

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

The Republic ◽

The Impact

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are associated with a high disease burden, reduced quality of life and shortened survival. The aim of this questionnaire was to gain patients' and caregivers' perspectives on the impact of living with an MPN in the Republic of Ireland. An Irish adaptation of the ‘Global MPN Landmark survey’ was conducted. Fifty-one patients and 44 caregivers completed the questionnaire. Patients reported a wide variety of symptoms at the time of questionnaire completion; fatigue, bone pain and pruritus being most frequently reported. Approximately one-third of respondents from each of the groups (patients and caregivers) reported a negative impact of MPNs on their emotional wellbeing and daily lives. The study findings revealed that, despite treatment, symptom burden remains high, and several unmet needs exist, including educational, emotional and peer group support. Interventions that focus on reducing symptom burden and addressing these unmet needs, may improve the quality of life for patients with MPNs and their caregivers.

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Quality of life of the elderly population during the virus Covid-19 pandemic with special reference to agriculturists

Ekonomika poljoprivrede ◽

10.5937/ekopolj2004155r ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 67 (4) ◽

pp. 1155-1167

Author(s):

Pavle Radanov ◽

Ivana Lešević ◽

Pavle Brzaković ◽

Dragan Pajić

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Elderly Population ◽

The Elderly ◽

Special Importance ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

State Of Emergency ◽

The Republic

In the Republic of Serbia, on March 15 th , 2020 Government decided to declare a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the measures was a movement ban for people over 65 in urban areas and those over 70 in rural areas. This research should indicate how people over 65 in urban areas have endured this situation, especially in relation to the same population in rural areas, as well as implications of the movement ban on the quality of life of the elderly population. Special importance is given to the rural population engaged in agriculture. A tool of data collection in this research was anonymous survey. Respondents' answers were statistically processed, which led to clear conclusions about the large negative consequences for the elderly population, including the agricultural activities in rural areas. Covid-19 is still present, which opens further questions related to the quality of life of the elderly population, if necessity for similar measures recurs in the future.

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THE IMPACT OF THE PERSONALITY TYPE OF ADOLESCENTS ON QUALITY INDICES OF THEIR LIFE

Российский педиатрический журнал ◽

10.18821/1560-9561-2018-21-2-93-96 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 93-96

Author(s):

Elena G. Vikhareva ◽

A. A. Baranov ◽

I. V. Vinyarskaya ◽

T. V. Tretyakova ◽

V. V. Chernikov

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

School Performance ◽

Personality Type ◽

Quality Indices ◽

Adaptive Technique ◽

Integral Characteristics ◽

Regional Centers ◽

The Republic ◽

The Impact

Currently, the assessment of the quality of life is one of the most important criteria, describing integral characteristics of the children’s health. The article presents an analysis of the results of the research of the influence of personality type indices on the quality of life. PedsQL was calculated for each child’s physical, emotional, social spheres, as well as school performance and overall score accordingly to the questionnaire data. The study involved 2292 children aged from 13 to 18 years: 1164 girls and 1128 boys. The survey was executed by interviewing teenagers in the Izhevsk schools and 24 regional centers of the Republic of Udmurtia. To determine the type of the person of teenagers there was used an adaptive technique by K. Ung. As a result, 3 groups were formed. The first group was formed by 960 students with a predominance of personality traits of an introvert, the second group included 1258 extrovert cases. The same group of children (n = 74) was allocated among teenagers having symptoms as well extroverts as introverts (group “intro-extrovert”). As a result of the comparison, the quality of life and the type of the person of teenagers were found to be related to each other. According to the values of the “total score”, “social functioning” and “emotional functioning” the most harmonious quality of life indices were identified in children from the mixed group appeared to be a part of the personality of the best qualities of extroverts and introverts.

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Micro Finance in Manipur

Ushus - Journal of Business Management ◽

10.12725/ujbm.5.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 8-17

Author(s):

Robita S

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Rural Development ◽

Financial Institutions ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Rural Population ◽

Total Population ◽

Development Planning ◽

Rural People ◽

Self Reliance

Manipur lives in villages. The rural population contributes to about 76.12% of the total population. Enhancement in the quality of life of the economically weaker section of the society has been one of the basic objectives of development planning of the State. Rural development, by empowering the rural masses through economic self-reliance, is one of the priority areas of the Central and State Govts. To bring about development in rural areas, the govts. and banks/financial institutions have formulated various programmes and schemes. Micro Finance is one such scheme adopted for the development of rural people.

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Assessment of the Quality of Life of the Population of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Proceeding of the International Science and Technology Conference "FarEastСon 2020" - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies ◽

10.1007/978-981-16-0953-4_83 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 857-867

Author(s):

I. Danilova ◽

I. Ammosov ◽

K. Postnikova

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

The Republic

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City of Hope Quality of Life-Ostomy Questionnaire Validity and Reliability Assessment on a Croatian Sample

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17030768 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 768

Author(s):

Vesna Konjevoda ◽

Marko Zelić ◽

Radenka Munjas Samarin ◽

Davorina Petek

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Temporal Stability ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Telephone Conversation ◽

The Republic ◽

High Level

The aim of this study was to validate City of Hope Quality of Life-Ostomy Questionnaire (CoH-QoL-OQ) for assessing the quality of life (QoL) of ostomy patients in the Republic of Croatia. The CoH-QoL-OQ is widely used, but has not been translated or validated so it can be used in the Republic of Croatia. This cross-sectional study encompassed 302 surgery patients with colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy (182 (60.3%) male and 120 (39.7%) female), whose average age is 59 (M = 59.3, SD = 15.8). The CoH-QoL-OQ was translated into Croatian language using accepted guidelines for translation. Patients were recruited in a telephone conversation, followed by mail containing the CoH-QoL–OQ delivered to the home addresses of the patients who agreed to participate. The collected data were analyzed to verify psychometric properties of the questionnaire on the Croatian sample. All subscales showed high level of internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.73–0.89). The test-retest reliability indicated a very satisfactory temporal stability (r = 0.99). The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), showed that the originally established model was not adequate for the data (χ2 = 4237.88, p < 0.01, CFI = 0.540, NNFI = 0.481, RMSEA = 0.113). However, after modification that excluded problematic items, the data showed a better fit with the theoretical model (except for the LR chi-square test that remained statistically significant: χ2 = 1144.28, p < 0.01, CFI = 0.869, NNFI = 0.855 RMSEA = 0.077). We conclude that the CoH-QoL-OQ is a valid, reliable, and reducible instrument for measuring the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Croatian patients with ostomy in clinical research and clinical practice.

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Social factors influencing the differences between developed and less developed regions

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/975-agricecon ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 53 (No. 11) ◽

pp. 513-517

Author(s):

V. Majerová

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Development ◽

Social Factors ◽

Rural Population ◽

Social Groups ◽

Development Programs ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Negative Factors

The aim of the rural development programs is the stabilisation of rural population and forming the perspectives for increasing the quality of life for all social groups in the communities as well as in the region. Less developed areas suffer for a long term from the cumulated negative factors of economic and social development. Their detailed identification which is theoretically considered in this paper can help to improve the particular measures towards the removal of the most urgent problems.

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