Quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis

Introductions: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a non-inflammatory degenerative disorder of the joint. It has negative impact on health related quality of life (QOL), both in physical and mental health. This study aimed to assess QOL of patient with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in outpatient department of orthopedic in Patan hospital, Patan Academy of Health Sciences. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used. Data was collected from 21st July to 18th August 2017 among 125 knee osteoarthritis patients by face-to-face interview using structured interview. Results: Overall QOL of patients with knee osteoarthritis was good in mental health component mean score (62.09) and poor in physical health with a mean score of (38.18). The physical component of QOL was significantly associated with age (p<0.04) and occupation (p<0.001). There was no association between independent variable and mental component of QOL. Conclusions: The significant proportion of the patients have poor quality of life in physical health component, but majority of patients have good mental health.

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Penggunaan Kontrasepsi Hormonal Berhubungan dengan Penurunan Kualitas Fisik dan Mental Sosial Akseptor

Jurnal Kesehatan Metro Sai Wawai ◽

10.26630/jkm.v10i2.1730 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 90

Author(s):

Martini Martini ◽

Martini Fairus

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Physical Health ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Hormonal Contraception ◽

Hormonal Contraceptive ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Cross Sectional

Background: The use of contraceptives that contain synthetic hormones for pregnancy prevention is not without risk. Continuous use for more than 5 years increases the risk of 40%, 10 years 80% and 20 years 160% to get cancer. Purpose: This study aims to determine the relationship of hormonal contraceptive use with physical and mental quality of life. Methods: The study design was cross sectional conducted in September 2017. The study population was hormonal contraceptive users in Metro Selatan Subdistrict, Metro City in 2017 with a total sample of 138 people. Data collected using a questionnaire to obtain hormonal contraceptive acceptor data and quality of life physically and mentally social and bivariate analysis using chi square test. Results: The results showed a significant relationship between hormonal contraception and physical health (p 0.010) and a significant relationship between hormonal contraception and social mental health (p 0.014). Conclusion: The use of hormonal contraception is related to decreased physical health and social mental health. Acceptors using hormonal contraception have lower physical and mental health scores than non-hormonal contraceptive users.

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Friends with malefit. The effects of keeping dogs and cats, sustaining animal-related injuries andToxoplasmainfection on health and quality of life

10.1101/742734 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Jaroslav Flegr ◽

Marek Preiss

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Positive Association ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Cross Sectional

AbstractMany studies show that keeping cats and dogs has a positive impact on humans’ physical and mental health and quality of life. The existence of this “pet phenomenon” is now widely discussed because other studies performed recently have demonstrated a negative impact of owning pets or no impact at all. The main problem of many studies was the autoselection – participants were informed about the aims of the study during recruitment and later likely described their health and wellbeing according to their personal beliefs and wishes, not according to their real status. To avoid this source of bias, we did not mention pets during participant recruitment and hid the pet-related questions among many hundreds of questions in an 80-minute Internet questionnaire. Results of our study performed on a sample of on 10,858 subjects showed that liking cats and dogs has a weak positive association with quality of life. However, keeping pets, especially cats, and even more being injured by pets, were strongly negatively associated with many facets of quality of life. Our data also confirmed that infection by the cat parasiteToxoplasmahad a very strong negative effect on quality of life, especially on mental health. However, the infection was not responsible for the observed negative effects of keeping pets, as these effects were much stronger in 1,527Toxoplasma-free subjects than in the whole population. Any cross-sectional study cannot discriminate between a cause and an effect. However, because of the large and still growing popularity of keeping pets, the existence and nature of the reverse pet phenomenon deserve the outmost attention.

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The association between social capital and quality of life among a sample of Iranian pregnant women

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-019-7848-0 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Masoumeh RezaeiNiaraki ◽

Sadaf Roosta ◽

Zainab Alimoradi ◽

Kelly-Ann Allen ◽

Amir H. Pakpour

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Social Capital ◽

Physical Health ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Unit Increase

Abstract Background Quality of life (QoL) is a multidimensional concept that is affected by various factors. According to the literature, social capital is one of the key determinants of QoL that improves the living conditions of the entire community. This study aimed to investigate the association between social capital and QoL in pregnant women. Methods This cross-sectional study included 240 pregnant women with a mean age of 27.98 years who were referred to healthcare centers in Qazvin, Iran. A two-stage random sampling method was used to select the health centers and participants. Social capital, QoL, demographic and obstetric characteristics were assessed. Results The mean scores of social capital, physical and mental dimensions of quality of life were 67.43, 70.2 and 71.88 respectively. All dimensions of social capital except for family and friends’ connection and tolerance of diversity had positive significant correlations with the physical and mental health dimensions of quality of life (r = 0.17 to 0.28 p < 0.05). A univariate regression model revealed that social capital had a significant association with both the physical health (B = 0.40, 95% CI: 0.19–0.61, p < 0.001) and mental health (B = 0 .44, 95% CI: 0.18–0.58, p < 0.001) dimensions of pregnant women’s quality of life. In the adjusted model, each unit increase of social capital increased pregnant women’s QoL in both the physical health and mental health dimensions. Conclusion Social capital has a significant association with women’s QoL during pregnancy. Therefore, QoL during pregnancy could be improved by considering physical, psychological and social components of their healthcare.

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Sleep Disorders in Adults with Down Syndrome

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10143012 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (14) ◽

pp. 3012

Author(s):

Sandra Giménez ◽

Miren Altuna ◽

Esther Blessing ◽

Ricardo M. Osorio ◽

Juan Fortea

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Down Syndrome ◽

Sleep Disorders ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Sleep Disruption ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Future Directions

Sleep disorders, despite being very frequent in adults with Down syndrome (DS), are often overlooked due to a lack of awareness by families and physicians and the absence of specific clinical sleep guidelines. Untreated sleep disorders have a negative impact on physical and mental health, behavior, and cognitive performance. Growing evidence suggests that sleep disruption may also accelerate the progression to symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in this population. It is therefore imperative to have a better understanding of the sleep disorders associated with DS in order to treat them, and in doing so, improve cognition and quality of life, and prevent related comorbidities. This paper reviews the current knowledge of the main sleep disorders in adults with DS, including evaluation and management. It highlights the existing gaps in knowledge and discusses future directions to achieve earlier diagnosis and better treatment of sleep disorders most frequently found in this population.

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A scoping review of palliative care outcome measures in interstitial lung disease

European Respiratory Review ◽

10.1183/16000617.0080-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (161) ◽

pp. 210080

Author(s):

Rebecca A. Gersten ◽

Amanda C. Moale ◽

Bhavna Seth ◽

Judith B. Vick ◽

Hannah Brown ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Palliative Care ◽

Physical Health ◽

Outcome Measures ◽

Secondary Analysis ◽

Social Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Care Outcome

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) confers a high mortality and symptom burden, substantially impacting quality of life. Studies evaluating palliative care in ILD are rapidly expanding. Uniform outcome measures are crucial to assessing the impact of palliative care in ILD. This scoping review evaluates existing outcome measures in general health-related quality of life (HRQoL), physical health, mental health, social health and advance care planning (ACP) domains in patients with ILD. Articles in English with quantitative assessment of at least one measure of general HRQoL, physical health, mental health, social health or ACP in patients with ILD were included. Searches across three databases yielded 3488 non-duplicate articles. 23 met eligibility criteria and included three randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or secondary analysis of an RCT (13%), three cross-sectional studies or secondary analysis of cross-sectional study (13%), one prospective study (4%) and 16 retrospective studies (70%). Among eligible articles, 25 distinct instruments were identified. Six studies assessed general HRQoL (26%), 16 assessed physical health (70%), 11 assessed mental health (48%), six assessed social health (26%) and 16 assessed ACP (70%). The ability to compare results across studies remains challenging given the heterogeneity in outcome measures. Future work is needed to develop core palliative care outcome measures in ILD.

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An Assessment of Long-Term Physical and Emotional Quality of Life of Persons Injured on 9/11/2001

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16061054 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 1054 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert Brackbill ◽

Howard Alper ◽

Patricia Frazier ◽

Lisa Gargano ◽

Melanie Jacobson ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Health Status ◽

Physical Health ◽

Injury Severity ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Component Score

Fifteen years after the disaster, the World Trade Center Health Registry (Registry) conducted The Health and Quality of Life Survey (HQoL) assessing physical and mental health status among those who reported sustaining an injury on 11 September 2001 compared with non-injured persons. Summary scores derived from the Short Form-12 served as study outcomes. United States (US) population estimates on the Physical Component Score (PCS-12) and Mental Component Score (MCS-12) were compared with scores from the HQoL and were stratified by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and injury status. Linear regression models were used to estimate the association between both injury severity and PTSD and PCS-12 and MCS-12 scores. Level of injury severity and PTSD history significantly predicted poorer physical health (mean PCS-12). There was no significant difference between injury severity level and mental health (mean MCS-12). Controlling for other factors, having PTSD symptoms after 9/11 predicted a nearly 10-point difference in mean MCS-12 compared with never having PTSD. Injury severity and PTSD showed additive effects on physical and mental health status. Injury on 9/11 and a PTSD history were each associated with long-term decrements in physical health status. Injury did not predict long-term decrements in one’s mental health status. Although it is unknown whether physical wounds of the injury healed, our results suggest that traumatic injuries appear to have a lasting negative effect on perceived physical functioning.

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Quality of Life of Informal Caregivers behind the Scene of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Serbia

Medicina ◽

10.3390/medicina56120647 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 56 (12) ◽

pp. 647

Author(s):

Natasa Todorovic ◽

Milutin Vracevic ◽

Nina Rajovic ◽

Vedrana Pavlovic ◽

Petar Madzarevic ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Family Member ◽

Short Form ◽

Informal Caregivers ◽

Care Recipient ◽

Level Of Care ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Cross Sectional

Background and objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented reliance on informal caregivers as one of the pillars of healthcare systems. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of informal caregivers during the COVID-19 epidemic in Serbia. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among informal caregivers during the COVID-19 epidemic in Serbia. Physical and mental quality of life was measured by the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey. Additional data included sociodemographic characteristics, caregiver and care recipient characteristics, and COVID-19 related concerns. The qualitative component was performed using focus groups and individual in-depth interviews. Results: Out of 112 informal caregivers enrolled, most were female (80%), and the average age was 51.1 ± 12.3 years. The majority was delivering care to one person, who was a family member, on a daily basis (86.4%, 92%, and 91.1%, respectively). In multiple regression models, significant predictors of caregivers’ physical health were delivering care to a family member and a higher level of care complexity, while significant predictors of caregivers’ mental health were a higher level of care complexity and increased concerns about self-health and the health of the person being cared for due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Conclusions: Informal caregivers are experiencing negative physical and mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 epidemic in Serbia.

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Quality of life among caregivers of thalassaemic children, attending at Thalassaemia control unit of a rural tertiary care hospital, in a sub-Himalayan district of West Bengal

The Journal of Community Health Management ◽

10.18231/j.jchm.2021.037 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 163-168

Author(s):

Tushar Kanti Saha ◽

Kallol Bhandari ◽

Eashin Gazi ◽

Arup Jyoti Rout ◽

Samir Dasgupta

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Short Form ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Control Unit ◽

Abnormal Development ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Cross Sectional

Thalassaemia is a disease of abnormal development of red blood cells which manifests as anaemia. This chronic disease may cause mental, social, financial burdens on the families, care givers and also on health care system.To assess the quality of life (QOL) of the caregivers of thalassaemic children and to identify the predictors of quality of their physical and mental health.Institution based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the Thalassaemia Control Unit (TCU) of North Bengal Medical College (NBMC) from December 2018 to April 2019. Total 136 caregivers of children (≤12 years) with thalassaemia were included by complete enumeration method. Physical and mental health of the caregivers were reported in Short Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey. Collected data were entered into MS-Excel, analysed with the help of SPSS (Version 22).Mean age of caregivers was 34.3 (SD ± 1.4 years). Most of caregivers were female (89%) and had educational qualification up to Primary school (45.6%). Majority (70.6%) of the caregivers were the mothers of the children. Most of the study participants (60.3%) had favourable Physical health Component Summary (PCS) but 64.7% of the caregivers had unfavourable Mental health component Summary (MCS). Educational status was found to be the predictor for PCS but age and relationship with the child were the predictors for MCS.Counselling, psychotherapy, social support for family members or caregivers of the thalassaemic children and community involvement with their full participation should be emphasized to reduce stigma related to thalassaemia.

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The Impact of Variable Factors on the Health-Related Quality of Life in the Elderly in Japan and Russia

Current Aging Science ◽

10.2174/1874609812666191105141438 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 119-128

Author(s):

Kirill Kosilov ◽

Hiroki Amedzawa ◽

Irina Kuzina ◽

Vladimir Kuznetsov ◽

Liliya Kosilova

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Physical Health ◽

The Elderly ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Living Together ◽

Elderly Japanese ◽

The Impact

Aim: The study of the impact of socio-economic, demographic factors and polymorbidity on the quality of life associated with health (HRQoL) in elderly people from Japan and Russia. Background: Factors affecting the quality of life of the elderly in both countries are poorly understood. Objective: Make a comparative analysis of factors affecting the quality of life of the elderly of both sexes in Japan and Russia. Methods: The age range in this study is 65-95 years old. For the study of HRQoL, a questionnaire Health Status Survey-Short Form 36v2 was used, including two main domains: physical and mental health. The level of polymorbidity was studied using CIRS-G. The linear regression model of the influence of variables upon HRQoL was calculated for SES, demographic characteristics, and morbidity. Results: Strong associations with HRQoL in the combined sample had a living together with relatives (r=6.94 (5.17-8.72) p<0,05), the incidence rate (r=8.50 (5.51-11.49), p<0.01) and the older age (r=5.39 (2.63-8.16), p<0,01.). The elderly inhabitants of Japan had a higher self-assessment for physical health in the age ranges 65-74 and over 85 years old (p<0.05), and a higher selfassessment of mental health at the age of 75-84 years old. Sixty-eight elderly Japanese and 48% Russians estimated their physical health as normal. Conclusion: The effect of living together, morbidity and age upon HRQoL is manifested equally strongly both among the inhabitants of Japan and among the Russians. The elderly Japanese estimate the state of physical and mental health as a whole higher than their Russian peers.

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A Multifactorial Approach to Sleep and Its Association with Health-Related Quality of Life in a Multiethnic Asian Working Population: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16214147 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (21) ◽

pp. 4147 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gerard Dunleavy ◽

André Comiran Tonon ◽

Ai Ping Chua ◽

Yichi Zhang ◽

Kei Long Cheung ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sleep Parameters ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Sectional Analysis

This study aims to explore if objectively and subjectively measured sleep parameters are associated with physical and mental health-related quality of life in a multiethnic working population in Singapore. We performed a cross-sectional analysis with data from 329 full-time employees enrolled in a workplace cohort study in Singapore. The Short-Form 36v2 (SF-36v2) survey was used to assess health-related quality of life, in terms of physical and mental health. Subjective and objective sleep parameters were measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and wrist actigraphy, respectively. Generalized linear modeling was performed to examine the association between sleep parameters and health-related quality of life. After adjusting for confounders, subjectively measured sleep disturbances were associated with a lower physical health-related quality of life, whereas higher, objectively measured sleep efficiency was associated with greater physical health-related quality of life. Subjectively measured daytime dysfunction was associated with impaired mental health-related quality of life. Using both objective and subjective measurements of sleep, the current study suggests that there is an association between sleep and health-related quality of life. Workplace health-promotion planners in Singapore should consider programmes that educate workers on better sleep hygiene practices in an effort to improve sleep and health-related quality of life.

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