scholarly journals EFFECT OF AGE AND SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH CERVICAL CANCER UNDERTAKING CHEMOTHERAPY AT DR. MOEWARDI HOSPITAL SURAKARTA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidayah Nur Fadhilla ◽  
Ambar Mudigdo ◽  
Setyo Sri Rahardjo ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Effect Of Age

scholarly journals Relationship between Spiritual Well-being and Quality of Life among Chronically Ill Individuals

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanwal Shahbaz ◽  
Dr. Kiran Shahbaz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Spiritual Wellbeing ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Chronically Ill Patients

The study was aimed to find the relationship between Spiritual Wellbeing and Quality of Life among chronically ill individuals. Likewise, relationship between demographic variables with Quality of Life and Spiritual Wellbeing were also reconnoitered. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used with chronically ill patients of 15yrs to 80yrs. For measuring spiritual wellbeing Urdu version of “Spiritual Wellness Inventory” (SWI-URDU) (Hanif, 2010) was used. Alternatively, for the measurement of Quality of life WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHO-QOL-BREF) was used. A sample of 200 chronically ill patients were taken from four different hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Reliabilities of both the instruments were computed as 0.90 for SWI and 0.74 for WHO-QOL-BREF. Findings show that quality of life and Spiritual wellbeing is positively related among chronically ill individuals. Males found to score high on spiritual wellbeing than females. Individuals with less education are more spiritually inclined as compared to individuals with high education. Quality of life was scored high by individuals with higher education as compared to less education. Married individuals were having better quality of life than unmarried, separated widow and divorced. Patients with middle socio-economic status were having better quality of life than higher and lower. Quality of life was high among individuals with better monthly income than those who have low and middle monthly incomes. Spiritual well being is higher in middle adolescents (15-17) than in late (18-20) adolescents. The current research can be implemented in designing the intervention plans for the betterment of chronically ill patients. It may also help us to develop an insight that each patient with same disease but in different age group and socio-economic status has different needs and plans of treatment and care.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF RUSSIAN AND CHINESE STUDENTS OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES IN THE ADJACENT TERRITORIES OF THE FAR EAST

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 287-292
Author(s):  
V. V Kuznetsov ◽  
Kirill V. Kosilov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Far East ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Socio Economic Status

The purpose of the study is to analyze the relationship of semester performance with the level of self-assessment of the psychological characteristics of quality of life related to health and factors of socio-economic status in Russian and Chinese students of medical specialties in the neighboring territories of the Far East. The study was conducted from 01.12. 2017 to 05.15.2019 at the School of Bio-Medicine of the Far Eastern Federal University (SBM FEFU), Pacific National Medical University (TSMU) of the Russian Federation, medical faculties of Harbin and Mudanjiang Universities (PRC). It was attended by 316 Russian and 302 Chinese students (total - 618 people with equal gender representation), the average age is 21.6 years. The average response rate was 92.8%. Students who took part in the study completed the standardized questionnaire “Short form of self-assessment of the quality of life associated with the health of the MOS SF-36” (MOS SF - Medical Outcomes Study-Short Form). The study of mental status was carried out using scales of resilience (FS), social functioning (SF), emotional status (ES), psychological comfort (PC). The study of socio-economic status was carried out according to the Questionnaire Pozdeeva (2008) with the additions of the authors. As a result of the study, it was found that the level of self-esteem of the psychological component of the quality of life related to health among Russian and Chinese medical students is within the range of standard values; Russian medical students rate psychological comfort higher, while their Chinese peers rate their own social functioning and resilience. Students of both samples showed a high level of correlation of the psychological component of the quality of life associated with health and academic performance. In addition, in both samples, the level of performance correlates with assessments of the conditions of study and living, as well as with individual characteristics of psychological status.

Student Characteristics and Behaviours in Childhood Predict Self–reported Health in Middle Adulthood

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 456-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Spengler ◽  
Brent W. Roberts ◽  
Oliver Lüdtke ◽  
Romain Martin ◽  
Martin Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Student Characteristics ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Reported Health

We examined how self–reported and teacher–rated student characteristics in primary school were associated with adult self–reported health. A representative sample of Luxembourgish students was assessed in 1968 ( M age = 11.9, SD = 0.6) and 2008 (N = 745; M age = 51.8, SD = 0.6). Self–reported sense of inferiority and pessimism in childhood were negatively related to subjective health and vitality–related quality of life/health in adulthood (rs = −.08 to −.12); teacher–rated studiousness (age 12 years) was positively related to subjective health, healthcare utilization and vitality–related quality of life/health (age 52 years; rs = .13 to .16). After controlling for childhood IQ, parental socio–economic status, educational attainment and sex in multiple regression analyses, most effects of teacher–rated studiousness showed incremental validity beyond the controls. School entitlement, sense of inferiority, impatience and pessimism were positively related to body mass index (rs = .08 to .13). The responsible student scale and teacher–rated studiousness were negatively related to body mass index (rs = −.09 to −.13). The findings demonstrate that childhood characteristics and behaviours are important life–course predictors of key health dimensions beyond childhood IQ and parental socio–economic status. In addition, this narrower level of assessment adds significantly to the empirical body of knowledge on long–term predictors of health outcomes in adulthood. Copyright © 2016 European Association of Personality Psychology.

The built environment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip James
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Industrial Processes ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Dominant Feature

Buildings are the dominant feature of urban environments and they are arranged in diverse patterns. Interwoven within and between buildings are a series of infrastructures which deliver materials and energy and remove the products of industrial processes and waste produced as a result of human activities. Urban form, the physical arrangement of elements within urban environments, is a determinant of the liveability of a city. Individual buildings are constructed to a range of designs. These are discussed along with a consideration of the position of private (domestic gardens) and public greenspace (for example, parks) within the wider urban form. Links between urban form and socio-economic status are discussed. Where there is greater wealth, there is a stronger focus on the quality of life and an association with higher levels of vegetation within the urban form.

scholarly journals Health-promoting lifestyle and quality of life among Chinese nursing students

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 629-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yim Wah Mak ◽  
Angela H. F. Kao ◽  
Lucia W. Y. Tam ◽  
Virginia W. C. Tse ◽  
Don T. H. Tse ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Health Risk Behaviors ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle ◽  
The Impact

AbstractAimThis study aimed to examine the relationships between socio-economic status, health-promoting lifestyles, and quality of life among Chinese nursing students.BackgroundNursing students will be future health promoters, but they may not always adopt the recommended healthy lifestyle. Currently, there are insufficient studies examining the health-promoting lifestyles of Chinese nursing students, and the impact of socio-economic status and health-promoting lifestyle on their health.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional survey. Data were collected from nursing students studying in pre-registration nursing programs of a university in Hong Kong. The survey was conducted through a self-administered questionnaire that solicited information regarding their socio-economic status, health-promoting lifestyle, quality of life, and perceptions of the barriers to adopting a health-promoting lifestyle.FindingsA total of 538 students returned completed questionnaires for analysis. Among the health-promoting lifestyle subscales, the participants performed best in interpersonal relations and worst in physical activity, and the vast majority of them did not actively engage in health-risk behaviors. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that only 5% of the variance in quality of life was explained by socio-economic variables, whereas a total of 24% of the variance was explained when health-promoting lifestyle variables were added. In particular, health responsibility, physical activity, spiritual growth, and stress management were statistically significant predictors of quality of life.ConclusionsEarly concerns about how prepared nurses are to take on the role of promoting health still apply today. School administrators should plan the nursing curriculum to include activities that encourage student nurses to participate in health-promoting lifestyles. Future studies are needed to explore the barriers that prevent students from practicing health-promoting behavior.

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