Quality of life of visually impaired elderly patients in King Khalid University Hospital outpatient clinics during 2019-2020

2020 ◽  
pp. 1329-1335
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Alshammari ◽  
Razan Alhamidi ◽  
Aseel Badukhon ◽  
Aeshah Alsabbagh ◽  
Sondos Alhawamdeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Outpatient Clinics ◽  
Hospital Outpatient

Quality of Life and Depression in Caregivers of Patients with Cancer

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S653-S653
Author(s):  
I. Feki ◽  
S. Hentati ◽  
R. Sallemi ◽  
M. Moala ◽  
J. Masmoudi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Short Form ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Old Patients ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Sf 36

BackgroundMost elderly patients, with cancer are cared for, by a family member who may be affected by various stressors that can influence their health and quality of life (QOL).ObjectivesTo explore depression, quality of life and its related factors among caregivers of elderly patients with cancer.MethodologyThis is a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study including 40 primary caregivers of old patients aged 65 or older, with cancer in oncologic radiotherapy service in university hospital Habib Bourguibain Sfax, Tunisia. The short form health survey (SF-36) and Beck inventory (13 items) were used to assess respectively QOL and depression.ResultsThe average age of caregivers was 44.62 years. The sex ratio (M/F) was 0.9. Most of caregivers (75%) had impaired QOL (score ˂ 66.7). The two main components of SF-36 were altered with a standard score of 45 for the physical component and 41.1 for mental component. According to Beck inventory, Depression was present in 67.6% of cases. Impaired QOL of life was significantly correlated with somatic illnesses in the caregiver (P = 0.016), advanced stage of cancer (P = 0.01), financial difficulties (P = 0.04), the non-cohabitation with the patient before the disease (P = 0.031) and depression (P = 0.00).ConclusionAccording to our study, caregiving can have a negative effect on the caregiver's mental and physical health. Assistance and information from healthcare professionals are the key to improving the ability of caregivers to cope with caring for older patients with cancer.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Assessment of the structured clinical interview (SCID) for DSM-5 for somatic symptom disorder in general hospital outpatient clinics in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinan Jiang ◽  
Jing Wei ◽  
Kurt Fritzsche ◽  
Anne Christin Toussaint ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Somatic Symptom ◽  
Clinical Interview ◽  
Outpatient Clinics ◽  
Hospital Outpatient ◽  
Dsm 5

Abstract Background It is still unknown whether the “Somatic symptom disorders (SSD) and related disorders” module of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5, research version (SCID-5-RV), is valid in China. This study aimed to assess the SCID-5-RV for SSD in general hospital outpatient clinics in China. Methods This multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient clinics of nine tertiary hospitals in Beijing, Jincheng, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Chengdu between May 2016 and March 2017. The “SSD and related disorders” module of the SCID-5-RV was translated, reversed-translated, revised, and used by trained clinical researchers to make a diagnosis of SSD. Several standardized questionnaires measuring somatic symptom severity, emotional distress, and quality of life were compared with the SCID-5-RV. Results A total of 699 patients were recruited, and 236 were diagnosed with SSD. Of these patients, 46 had mild SSD, 78 had moderate SSD, 100 had severe SSD, and 12 were excluded due to incomplete data. The SCID-5-RV for SSD was highly correlated with somatic symptom severity, emotional distress, and quality of life (all P < 0.001) and could distinguish nonsevere forms of SSD from severe ones. Conclusions This study suggests that SCID-5-RV for SSD can distinguish SSD from non-SSD patients and severe cases from nonsevere cases. It has good discriminative validity and reflects the DSM-5 diagnostic approach that emphasizes excessive emotional, thinking, and behavioural responses related to symptoms.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID) for DSM-5 for Somatic Symptom Disorder in General Hospital Outpatient Clinics in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinan Jiang ◽  
Jing Wei ◽  
Kurt Fritzsche ◽  
Anne Christin Toussaint ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Somatic Symptom ◽  
Clinical Interview ◽  
Outpatient Clinics ◽  
Hospital Outpatient ◽  
Dsm 5

Abstract Background: It is still unknown whether the “Somatic symptom disorders (SSD) and related disorders” module of Structured clinical interview for DSM-5, research version (SCID-5-RV) is valid in China. This study aimed to assess the SCID-5-RV for SSD in general hospital outpatient clinics in China.Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient clinics of nine tertiary hospitals in Beijing, Jincheng, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Chengdu, between May 2016 and March 2017. The “SSD and related disorders” module of SCID-5-RV was translated, reversed-translated, revised, and used by trained clinical researchers to make a diagnosis of SSD. Several standardized questionnaires measuring somatic symptom severity, emotional distress, and quality of life were used to compare with SCID-5-RV.Results: A total of 699 patients were recruited, and 236 were diagnosed with SSD. Of these, 46 had mild SSD, 78 had moderate SSD, 100 had severe SSD, and 12 were excluded due to incomplete data. SCID-5-RV for SSD correlated high with somatic symptom severity, emotional distress, and quality of life (all P<0.001), and could distinguish non-severe forms of SSD from severe ones. Conclusions: This study suggests that SCID-5-RV for SSD can distinguish SSD from non-SSD patients, and severe patients from non-severe patients. It has good discriminative validity with other tools and reflects the DSM-5 diagnostic approach that emphasizes excessive emotional, thinking, and behavioral responses related to symptoms.

CP-145 Quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients: experience in a university hospital outpatient pharmacy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
AM Horta Hernández ◽  
M Blanco Crespo ◽  
AL Alvarez Nonay ◽  
P De Juan-García Torres ◽  
A Yusta Izquierdo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Hospital Outpatient ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis Patients ◽  
Patients Experience

scholarly journals Medication-related quality of life among Ethiopian elderly patients with polypharmacy: A cross-sectional study in an Ethiopia university hospital

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e0214191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henok Getachew Tegegn ◽  
Daniel Asfaw Erku ◽  
Girum Sebsibe ◽  
Biruktawit Gizaw ◽  
Dawit Seifu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Related Quality

scholarly journals The Quality of life and aging perceptions in the elderly: Baskent University example

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-199
Author(s):  
Fisun Sözen ◽  
Meriç Yavuz Çolak
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Outpatient Clinics ◽  
Physical Change ◽  
The World ◽  
Aging Perceptions

Aging is a continuous and universal process that is seen in every living thing without privilege and causes a decrease in all our functions. In the past 40-50 years, the most important concept that has developed with the increase of the elderly population in the world, especially in developed countries, is the aging of societies. Quality oflife (QOL) was defined by the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) Group as “individuals’ perception of their position in life in the context of culture and value systems in which they live, and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns” In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the quality of life perception and aging perception of elderly patients who applied to family medicine outpatient clinics of a university hospital. The data of this descriptive and cross-sectional study, the questionnaire containing socio-demographic information, and the Turkish version of WHO’s Quality of Life Instrument Older Adults Module (WHOQOL-OLD)-TR and WHO’s Europe Attitudes to Aging questionnaire. (EAAQ)-TR were created. The questionnaires were applied to Baskent University Hospital Family Medicine outpatient clinics and 200 randomly selected volunteers over the age of 65.All scale dimension scores were compared according to demographic characteristics by statistical t-test and variance analysis. As a result, significant positive correlations among the dimensions of QOL and aging attitude (AA) were obtained. Also total scores of QOL and AA were significantly correlated.Moreover QOL dimension scores were significantly correlated to AA dimension scores. Whereas age and gender were significantly related to psychosocial loss dimension, education was significantly related to psychosocial growth, physical change and total aging attitude scores. Additionally higher educated subjects (university degree) had higher mean scores. The presence of a disease was significantly related to physical change and total aging attitude scores. (p< 0.005) Changes in living environments were significantly correlated to physical change dimension. There is a significant positive correlation between WHOQOL-OLD-TR total scores and AYTA-TR total scores. Increasing the quality of life of the rapidly increasing elderly population will be one of the most important goals in the field of health both today and in the future. Family physicians can provide a better primary health care service by evaluating the quality of life and aging perceptions of the elderly and contribute to the development of new policies in this difficult issue.

Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER AFTER RADIATION THERAPY

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 776-779
Author(s):  
Galina Tkachenko ◽  
Irina Gladilina ◽  
Aleksandra Stepanova ◽  
Anna Potapova ◽  
Anatoliy Antonov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Sexual Relations ◽  
Health Satisfaction ◽  
Material Conditions

The paper presents results of clinical and psychological studies of the quality of life of elderly patients with prostate cancer following radiation therapy. Socio-psychological aspects of the quality of life were assessed using a modified scale of self-evaluation of Dembo-Rubinstein. In 3-6 months after radiation therapy there was noted significant reduction, compared to the beginning of treatment, on scales: «satisfaction with communication», «satisfaction with health», «satisfaction material conditions», «satisfaction with sexual relations», «satisfaction with activity», «satisfaction with leisure time and rest». Average indices of scales «satisfaction with health», «satisfaction with sexual relations», «satisfaction with leisure time and rest» fell below the middle. At the same time patients were not depressed by their situation did not fixed on thoughts about the disease, on the contrary the mood was significantly higher compared to the initial course of radiotherapy that could be associated with the psychological characteristics of the age of the patients in our sample.

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