scholarly journals KUALITAS HIDUP MANTAN PECANDU NARKOBA YANG SEDANG MENJALANI TERAPI METADON

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gede Indra Surya Lasmawan ◽  
Tience Debora Valentina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Methadone Treatment ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Diversion Programs ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Phenomenological Design

Over time, drugs abuse in various parts of the world increase widely. Similarly in Indonesia, the results of a survey conducted by the National Narcotics Agency revealed that there are 3.8 million people in Indonesia are drugs user in 2013. Various cases showed that the impact of drugs abuse seen in the loss of materials and non-materials, and can even cause death. Therefore, people who addicted to drugs should immediately stop consuming and required to undergo a recovery process. Therapeutic method with medical approaches recognized until now are diversion programs to substitute drugs or other substance called methadone therapy (Puspita, 2008). Although there are many positive benefits that make the patient to function normally, but methadone therapy also cause side effects and dependence that can psychologically affect the quality of life of patients (Maeyer, 2011). This makes the researcher interested in studying the quality of life of former drugs addicts undergo methadone treatment.   This study used a qualitative method with a phenomenological design with interview and observation as data collection techniques. Respondents were four patients who involve in methadone therapy. Results of the study shows that methadone helps individuals in various aspects of quality of life such as physical health aspect, where the individual can return to normal activities. In the psychological aspects, the individual has motivation to reach higher accomplishment and not mired in regret. Relate to aspects of social relations, family members give support and motivation. Furthermore, environmental aspect showed that individuals have their own work to fulfill their necessary.   Keywords: quality of life, former drugs addicts, methadone therapy  

scholarly journals Effectiveness of individual and group interventions for people with type 2 diabetes

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Fernanda Manoel Imazu ◽  
Barbara Nascimento Faria ◽  
Guilherme Oliveira de Arruda ◽  
Catarina Aparecida Sales ◽  
Sonia Silva Marcon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

OBJECTIVE: to compare the effectiveness of two educational interventions used by a healthcare provider in the monitoring of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), regarding knowledge of the disease, impact on quality of life and adoption of self-care actions. METHODS: comparative, longitudinal, prospective study performed with 150 subjects with type 2 diabetes, analyzed according to the type of participation in the program (individual and/or group). Participants of the individual intervention (II) received nursing consultations every six months and those of the group intervention (GI) took part in weekly meetings for three months. Data were collected through four questionnaires: Identification questionnaire, Problem Areas in Diabetes Questionnaire (PAID), Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Questionnaire (SDSCA) and the Diabetes Knowledge Scale (DKN-A). Data were analyzed using the Friedman and Mann Whitney tests, considering a statistical significance of p ≤ 0.05. RESULTS: there was an increase in knowledge about the disease in the II (p<0.003) and GI (p<0.007), with reduction of the impact on the quality of life in the II (p<0.007) and improvement in self-care actions in the GI (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: in both intervention models improvements were observed in the indicators, over the six month monitoring period.

scholarly journals SOCIAL COHESION IN UKRAINE (THE EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION OF BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG METHOD TO EUROPEAN SOCIAL SURVEY DATA)

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 58-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bondarenko ◽  
S. Babenko ◽  
O. Borovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Quality Of Life ◽  
The Individual

The present article highlights the results of social cohesion study fulfilled on datasets collected during the sixth wave of the European Social Survey. The conducted study involved the explanation of the importance of social cohesion as a social phenomenon, caused by a paradigmatic shift of approaches to measuring the quality of life of societies. This involved the consideration of social cohesion as an important factor to measure the "social quality" of life. For this purpose, a technique implemented by Bertelsmann Stiftung was used, which was applied to available sixth wave of European Social Survey data, the latter, which included Ukraine, and further certified through the analysis of other additional sources. The study allowed to make a number of substantive conclusions about the level of social cohesion in Ukraine comparing to European countries and other countries of the world. Some recommendations for further research on social cohesion also have been given. The said phenomenon is important because it once can cover a wide range of socially important issues, being simultaneously at both the individual and the collective (macro) level of consciousness. The research of social cohesion highlights "problematic social spheres", so-called weak points of social relations, and conclusions provide knowledge about the direction, to which the efforts to improve the life of the society should be primarily directed.

scholarly journals The Impact of Tourism on the Quality of Life of Communities in Tourist Destination Areas: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (F) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
Ni Made Sri Nopiyani ◽  
I Md Ady Wirawan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND: Tourism development can have a positive or negative impact on the lives of local communities. AIM: This systematic review aims to determine the impact of tourism on the quality of life (QoL) of people in tourist destination areas. METHODS: The search was conducted on the Science Direct database, Taylor Francis, EBSCO Host, Wiley Online Library, and Google Scholar. The keywords used were “residents’ QoL” AND impacts of tourism. Inclusion criteria were articles that focus on the QoL of people in tourist destination areas, published from 2015 to 2019 in peer-reviewed journals, in English. Articles were excluded if they were qualitative studies, literature reviews, and if full papers were unavailable. The review was conducted on 18 articles selected from 673 articles obtained in the initial search. RESULTS: Tourism has an impact on the QoL of local communities. In general, the domains that are perceived as being positively affected are the improvement of the economy, employment opportunities, community pride, cultural exchanges, and increased facilities availability. Meanwhile, the domains that are negatively affected in most of the studies are health, safety, quality of the physical environment, cost of living, accessibility to public facilities, and social relations. Apart from that, there is also dissatisfaction with the types of jobs available and the low level of community involvement in tourism development. CONCLUSIONS: Tourism can have both positive and negative impacts on the QoL of local communities. Efforts to minimize the negative impacts of tourism should be undertaken to improve community support for tourism development.

scholarly journals Psoriasis – the impact on an individual´s mental state and quality of life

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-195
Author(s):  
Šárka Vévodová ◽  
Filip Havelka ◽  
Jiří Vévoda ◽  
Bronislava Grygová
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Healthy Population ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease characterized by scaly patches affecting approximately 2-5% of the population. The disease has a negative impact on quality of life and, therefore, psoriatic patients often develop depression. Our work deals with quality of life and depression in psoriasis sufferrers and strives to determine the correlation between their quality of life and depression. Methods: The research took place in the University Hospital Olomouc in 2017 and used questionnaires WHOQOL-BREF and BDI-II. 50 patients with psoriasis were chosen randomly. To process the data we used Mann-Whitney test (the level of significance = 5%) and Spearman´s correlation coefficient (the level of significance = 1%). Results: The results proved that psoriasis has a significant impact on quality of life. The scores for the overall life quality as well as for individual domains were significantly lower in psoriatic patients than in the control group (p&lt;0.001). The degree of depression in patients with psoriasis showed statistically significant correlation in all domains of the quality of life. We proved negative correlation in the overall quality of life (rs =- 0.691**), physical condition (rs =-0.499**), social relations (rs =-0.546**), overall health (rs =-0.396**), and environment (rs =-0.386**). Conclusion: With regard to the ascertained negative correlation between psoriasis and depression and lower quality of life of the sufferers compared to the healthy population, it is essential for healthcare professionals to pay attention not only to somatic manifestations of the disease but also to the patients´ mental health.

scholarly journals TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DYSFUNCTION AND THE IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE: A LITERATURE REVIEW

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Letícia Alves Novaes ◽  
Tamires de Sá Barreto Dantas ◽  
Viviane Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders ◽  
English Studies ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Temporomandibular Dysfunction ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Temporomandibular dysfunction has been frequent in the population, so chronic pain is directly related to the state of the quality of life; so it is necessary to understand the interference in the quality of life of individuals with the dysfunction. The objective of this study was to review the literature about quality of life of patients with temporomandibular dysfunction, emphasizing the different indexes to evaluate the quality of life. The databases for searching the literature were Pubmed, Bireme, Lilacs, Scielo. The keywords used in the literature search were epidemiology, temporomandibular joint disorders, quality of life, present in Health Desc. The literature reviewed was selected based on abstracts. The inclusion criteria were epidemiological and clinical studies; systematic review and meta-analysis; literature in portuguese and english; studies evaluating the TMD and quality of life indexes; while the exclusion criteria were literature review, clinical case, letter to the editor; literature addressing TMD and quality of life in children; studies that did not address the variables under study. The temporomandibular dysfunction according to the reviewed literature has an impact on the quality of life of the individual with dysfunction, several are the questionnaires to measure how much the TMD interferes in the daily activities of the patients, nevertheless the association of instruments is favorable to evaluate different categories as to quality of life of patients with dysfunction.

scholarly journals Path Analysis on the Children’s Characteristics and Environmental on the Quality of Life of Children Aged 2-4 Years

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Heni P. Wahyuningsih ◽  
Bhisma Murti ◽  
Eny Lestari ◽  
Reviono Reviono
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Safe Water ◽  
Retrospective Cohort Studies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

OBJECTIVE: Quality of life is a person&#39;s self-perception of the enjoyment and satisfaction of life. Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is multidimensional, which is the individual&#39;s perception of the impact of a person&#39;s health. Data from US News shows the quality of life of Indonesia is ranked at 40 from the 80 countries in the survey. The quality of life of children can be influenced by factors such as foster patterns, immunization status, breast feeding, no smoking area, and safe water. This research aims to determine the influence of exclusive feeding, immunization, foster patterns, no smoking are, and safe water to the health status and quality of life of children. METHOD: This research is a quantitative observational study with a research design of retrospective cohort studies. Population of this study is all toddlers aged 2-4 years old who reside in the village worthy of children (exposed groups) and ordinary villages (unexposed groups) in the region of Sleman regency. The large sample in this study was 350 respondents with multistage random sampling data retrieval techniques. FINDINGS: The quality of life of the children was directly affected by health status (b=0.006; SE=0.054; p&lt;0.001), foster pattern (b=0.079; SE=0.055; p&lt;0.001), and safe water (b=0.004; SE=0.145; p&lt;0.001). Health status was affected by exclusive breast feeding, foster pattern, and safe water. Foster pattern was affected by safe water (b=0.056). CONCLUSION: The quality of life of the children is directly affected by health status, foster patterns, and safe water. The quality of life is indirectly affected by exclusive breast feeding.

scholarly journals Risk reflections as a factor for choosing forms of political participation (results of the all-Russian survey)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 847-863
Author(s):  
A. V. Aleinikov ◽  
G. P. Artemov ◽  
A. G. Pinkevich
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Internet Studies ◽  
The Impact

The article focuses on the populations perception and understanding of their vulnerability to dangers, assessment of risks, threats and environmental security in the context of all these factors influence on political and social relations. The authors consider a number of issues related to the influence of social-demographic characteristics, political attitudes, level and quality of life on the perception of risks; identify social, institutional and political grounds of risk perception. The article aims at identifying the relationship between risk reflections of different social groups in the Russian society and practices of political participation. The article is based on the data of the all-Russian survey conducted in November 2019 with the support of the Resource Center of the Science Park of the Saint Petersburg State University Sociological and Internet Studies. The authors show the attitude of Russians to real actual threats, their willingness to participate in mass protests and various forms of political action. Based on the analysis of z-values, the authors show a possible relationship between the structure of real threats and the willingness of social groups to participate in political actions, and also the impact of age, profession, and income on this relationship. The authors identified groups more inclined to non-conventional political action. Their potential protest is determined not only by dissatisfaction with the level and quality of life, but also by solidarity with other groups and the desire to improve the situation.

Self-Management of Epilepsy

2017 ◽  
pp. 319-339
Author(s):  
Janice M. Buelow ◽  
W. Henry Smithson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Life Choices ◽  
Psychological Strain ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Epilepsy is a stigmatizing condition characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures that can restrict life choices, lead to a reduced quality of life, and psychological strain. Self-management can be defined as the sum of steps needed to gain seizure control, to minimize the impact of living with epilepsy, and to maximize quality of life. The individual with epilepsy has to manage much more than just medication: they have to know about diagnosis and treatment, the best ways to manage the condition, and ways of maintaining psychosocial functioning. This chapter uses case studies and literature to describe various coping strategies and interventions to enhance self-management for people with epilepsy.

Elderly people's perspectives on quality of life

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATARINA WILHELMSON ◽  
CHRISTINA ANDERSSON ◽  
MARGDA WAERN ◽  
PETER ALLEBECK
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Functional Ability ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Perception Of Quality ◽  
Frequent Response ◽  
The Impact

Quality of life has become increasingly important as an outcome in medical research. The influence of health status is often emphasised, but other dimensions are important. In order to improve quality of life, there is a need to know what people themselves consider important to their perception of quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate what older people consider to be important for their quality of life, and to explore the impact of gender, education and health status on individual perceptions. The study was of 141 randomly selected people aged from 67 to 99 years that formed a control sample for a study of suicide among older people. They were interviewed in person about their health, socio-demographic background and, using an open-ended question, what they considered to constitute quality of life. Their answers were grouped into eight categories, with social relations being the most frequent response, followed by health, activities, functional ability, wellbeing, personal beliefs and attitudes, their own home and personal finances. In addition, they were asked to choose from a ‘show card’ three items that they regarded as important to quality of life. Functional ability was the most frequently selected domain, followed by physical health, social relations and being able to continue to live in one's present home. Our conclusion is that social relations, functional ability and activities influence the quality of life of elderly people as much as health status.

scholarly journals Measuring change in health-related quality of life: the impact of different analytical methods on the interpretation of treatment effects in glioma patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 668-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijke B Coomans ◽  
Martin J B Taphoorn ◽  
Neil K Aaronson ◽  
Brigitta G Baumert ◽  
Martin van den Bent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Scale Item ◽  
Individual Patient Level ◽  
Patient Level ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Different analytical methods may lead to different conclusions about the impact of treatment on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to examine 3 different methods to evaluate change in HRQoL and to study whether these methods result in different conclusions. Methods HRQoL data from 15 randomized clinical trials were combined (CODAGLIO project). Change in HRQoL scores, measured with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 and BN20 questionnaires, was analyzed in 3 ways: (1) at the group level, comparing mean changes in scale/item scores between treatment arms, (2) at the patient level per scale/item, calculating the percentage of patients that deteriorated, improved, or remained stable per scale/item, and (3) at the individual patient level, combining all scales/items. Results Baseline and first follow-up HRQoL data were available for 3727 patients. At the group scale/item level, only the item “hair loss” showed a significant and clinically relevant change (ie, ≥10 points) over time, whereas change scores on the other scales/items were statistically significant only (all P &lt; .001; range in change score, 0.1-6.2). Although a large proportion of patients had stable HRQoL over time (range, 27%-84%) on the patient level per scale/item, many patients deteriorated (range, 6%-43%) or improved (range, 8%-32%) on a specific scale/item. At the individual patient level, the majority of patients (86%) showed both deterioration and improvement, whereas only 1% remained stable on all scales. Conclusions Different analytical methods of changes in HRQoL result in distinct conclusions of treatment effects, all of which may be relevant for informing clinical decision making.

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