Learning to See in Western Amazonia

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Els Lagrou
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The One ◽  
Embodied Self ◽  
Relational Network

Through the study of form, we explore how relations constitute persons for the Huni Kuin of Western Amazonia. Shamanistic song, and the role in it of patterned design, reveals a specific aesthetics that emphasizes processes of becoming, transformation, and figure/ground reversal. Since bodily substances and actions of others affect the ‘thinking body’, well-being depends on making visible the relational network that exists inside and outside one’s embodied self. An aesthetic battlefield unfolds where the doubles of ingested substances invert the predatory relation and come to envelop the ‘eye soul’ of the one who ingested them with their design and ornaments. This setting allows us to address the fractal quality of personhood and the permanent disequilibrium between symmetrical and asymmetrical relations in Amazonia.

Assessment of quality of life in over-80 patients undergoing cardio-surgery: Is it feasible?

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 377-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Pontoni ◽  
S. Ferrari ◽  
D. Gabbieri ◽  
I. Pedulli ◽  
D. Gambetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Old Patients ◽  
Cardiac Symptoms ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Socially Relevant ◽  
The One

IntroductionCardiovascular disorders are the first cause of death among over-80 year-old patients and cardio-surgery is sometimes the one therapeutic option. No scientific assessment of Quality of Life (QoL) or other psycho-socially relevant consequences has been carried out. Aim of the study was to quantify and describe QoL on over-80 patients after cardio-surgery.MethodsStudy 1 was a one-arm cohort study on 192 subjects who underwent cardio-surgery between years 2003 and 2005 and were interviewed by phone 5 to 7 years after by means of SF-36 and the Seattle Angina Questionnaire, matching these with socio-demographics and clinical pre/post operative variables. Study 2 was a pre-post study on 21 subjects who underwent cardio-surgery in 2009-2010, who were interviewed face-to-face before the interventions and 6 months after, including assessment of anxiety and depression via the HADS.ResultsStudy 1 patients reported satisfaction with treatment in 80%, freedom from cardiac symptoms in 62% and overall well-being in 78% of cases. Study 2 patients reported statistically significant improvement of QoL (SF-36 mean total score 57.1 vs. 73.5, p = .001), clinical conditions and anxiety-depressive symptoms (p = .001 both for HADS-anxiety and HADS-depression).ConclusionsAssessment of QoL and anxiety-depressive symptoms should be included in routine evaluation of elderly surgical patients, though the present study also suggested the need for improvement of methodology of interview, being phone-calling and traditional self-assessment psychometric instruments particularly inappropriate for this patient population.

scholarly journals Human-dog relationships during COVID-19 pandemic; booming dog adoption during social isolation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liat Morgan ◽  
Alexandra Protopopova ◽  
Rune Isak Dupont Birkler ◽  
Beata Itin-Shwartz ◽  
Gila Abells Sutton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The One ◽  
Impaired Quality

The recent COVID-19 pandemic led to uncertainty and severe health and economic concerns, which may have impacted human-dog relationships. Our objectives were to investigate how people perceived and acted during the COVID-19 pandemic social isolation, in regards to dog adoption and abandonment; and to examine the bidirectional relationships between dog owners’ well-being to that of their dogs. Overall, according to our analysis, the stricter the social isolation became during the pandemic, the interest in dog adoption as well as adoption rate increased significantly, while abandonment did not change. Moreover, there was a clear association between individuals’ impaired quality of life and their perceptions of poorer life quality of their dogs as well as the development of new behavioral problems. These findings suggest potential benefits for human-dog relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic, in compliance with the One Welfare approach.

scholarly journals Dobrostan finansowy osób w dojrzałym i starszym wieku w wybranych krajach Unii Europejskiej

Ekonomia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 95-109
Author(s):  
Ewa Sobolewska-Poniedziałek
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
New Development ◽  
The One ◽  
Desk Research

The financial well-being of people in mature and old age in selected countries of the European UnionThe dynamic nature of demographic changes taking place on the European continent implies the necessity of their analysis, both in the context of causes and effects. The scope of the analysis of these works will take into account first of all the consequences of changes in the age structure of the population, as a result of which the percentage of older people increases. This, in turn, determines that the socio-economic effects of these changes may be on the one hand a barrier to development, and on the other, a chance for new development opportunities. The purchasing power of people in mature and old age, combined with their growing share in the overall population structure, may inspire and cause the emergence of new industries and market segments focused primarily on meeting the needs of older people. The aim of the article is a comparative analysis of financial well-being of older people as a factor affecting the quality of life. The analysis will cover the situation of older Poles in the context of the situation of citizens of other EU Member States. The research will use the method of desk research, data from international statistics, in particular from Eurostat, will be used. In addition, the research methods used in the work will be the description method and critical analysis of domestic and foreign literature.

scholarly journals Human–dog relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: booming dog adoption during social isolation

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liat Morgan ◽  
Alexandra Protopopova ◽  
Rune Isak Dupont Birkler ◽  
Beata Itin-Shwartz ◽  
Gila Abells Sutton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Mental Health ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Dog Owners ◽  
The One

AbstractThe recent COVID-19 pandemic led to uncertainty and severe health and economic concerns. Previous studies indicated that owning a companion animal, such as a dog or a cat, has benefits for good mental health. Interactions with animals may help with depression and anxiety, particularly under stress-prone conditions. Human–animal interactions may even improve peer-to-peer social relationships, as well as enhance feelings of respect, trust, and empathy between people. Interestingly, it has also been shown that stress and poor well-being of dog owners negatively affect the well-being of their companion animals. However, a dramatic increase in dog abandonment could potentially occur due to COVID-19 related health, economic and social stresses, as well as due to the inconclusive reports of companion animals being potential COVID-19 carriers. Such a scenario may lead to high costs and considerable public health risks. Accordingly, we hypothesized that the COVID-19 pandemic, and the related social isolation, might lead to dramatic changes in human–dog bidirectional relationships. Using unique prospective and retrospective datasets, our objectives were to investigate how people perceived and acted during the COVID-19 pandemic social isolation, in regards to dog adoption and abandonment; and to examine the bidirectional relationship between the well-being of dog owners and that of their dogs. Overall, according to our analysis, as the social isolation became more stringent during the pandemic, the interest in dog adoption and the adoption rate increased significantly, while abandonment did not change. Moreover, there was a clear association between an individual’s impaired quality of life and their perceptions of a parallel deterioration in the quality of life of their dogs and reports of new behavioral problems. As humans and dogs are both social animals, these findings suggest potential benefits of the human–dog relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with the One Welfare approach that implies that there is a bidirectional connection between the welfare and health of humans and non-human animals. As our climate continues to change, more disasters including pandemics will likely occur, highlighting the importance of research into crisis-driven changes in human–animal relationships.

scholarly journals Environmental Responsibility of Coal Mining Companies and Quality of Life Measuring in Mining Clusters

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 02014
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Starikova ◽  
Lyudmila Sagdeeva ◽  
Irina Trapeznikova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Coal Chemistry ◽  
Regional Community ◽  
Special Approach ◽  
Water And Soil Pollution ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

The development of coal mining in the largest Russian mining cluster – Kuzbass (Kemerovo Region, Western Siberia) is accompanied, on the one hand, by an increase in environmental issues in the form of air, water and soil pollution. The same applies to the growth of coal processing in the region – coal preparation, coke and coal chemistry production. On the other hand, the well-being of the population of the region in which clusters of coal and coal chemistry are located is growing. Therefore, the responsibility of coal companies to the regional community acquires a dual meaning – ecological and socio-economic. Assessing such responsibility of coal companies requires the formation of a special approach to identifying the impact of mining development on the quality of life of local communities.

scholarly journals GAMBARAN SELF-COMPASSION PERAWAT INSTALASI GAWAT DARURAT DI JAKARTA

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-56
Author(s):  
Puspa Triani Adinda ◽  
Christ Billy Aryanto ◽  
Laurensia Harini Tunjungsari
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The One

Abstract –  This study aims to explore how self-compassion shapes the experience of hospital nurses in Emergency Department (ED) in Jakarta. Previous studies demonstrated that the lack of self-compassion can increase compassion fatigue, thereby reducing the quality of services and eventually affect patients’ well-being. Mixed-methods design was employed by collecting data from 77 nurses through convenient sampling. Two nurses with highest self-compassion scores and a nurse with lowest self-compassion score were interviewed for further analysis. The descriptive result indicated that self-compassion of ED nurses in Jakarta was considerably high and only one nurse had relatively low self-compassion. There was a significant difference in self-compassion based on working time and hospital types. Qualitative analysis indicated that under stressful circumstances, nurses with high self-compassion tended to engage with various religious activities, while the one with low self-compassion tended to be self-indulging.Abstrak — Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi self-compassion perawat rumah sakit bagian Instalasi Gawat Darurat (IGD) di Jakarta. Studi sebelumnya menunjukkan bahwa kurangnya self-compassion dapat meningkatkan rasa lelah secara mental, sehingga menurunkan kualitas pelayanan rumah sakit dan dapat berdampak pada kesejahteraan pasien. Desain mixed-methods digunakan dengan mengambil 77 sampel perawat dari berbagai tipe rumah sakit melalui teknik sampel convenient. Dua perawat dengan self-compassion tertinggi dan satu perawat dengan self-compassion terendah diwawancarai untuk analisa data kualitatif. Hasil deskriptif mengindikasikan bahwa self-compassion perawat IGD di Jakarta tergolong tinggi dan hanya satu perawat yang ditemukan memiliki self-compassion rendah. Terdapat perbedaan signifikan mengenai self-compassion perawat berdasarkan lama bekerja dan tipe rumah sakit. Hasil kualitatif mengindikasikan bahwa ketika stres, perawat dengan self-compassion tinggi cenderung melakukan aktivitas religius, sementara perawat dengan self-compassion rendah cenderung melakukan self-indulgence.

scholarly journals LIFE STRATEGIES OF MONOTOWN RESIDENTS: ATTRACTIVENESS OF RESIDENCE AND MIGRATION ATTITUDES

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Н. Мосиенко ◽  
N. Mosienko ◽  
А. Черепанова ◽  
A. Cherepanova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Strategies ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

<p>Residents of monotowns face a specific range of problems affecting their social well-being. The purpose of the study was to identify and describe the types of life strategies of monotown residents with a focus on the place of residence and the location of the attractiveness of the urban environment and migration attitudes in them. The study employed a case-study strategy of an in-depth interview with residents of Sayansk, a monotown that displays risks of socio-economic deterioration. To describe the context, the authors used statistical data on the population and migration of the Sayansk population, as well as historical chronicle of the town. Based on two indications (perception of the quality of the urban environment and the migration attitudes), the authors have constructed a typology of life strategies and described the related characteristics of inhabitants. The study shows that the life strategies of the inhabitants reveal, on the one hand, a spectrum of migration patterns (depending on the characteristics of the inhabitants), and, on the other hand, various degrees of satisfaction with the quality of the urban environment, which makes the city attractive or unattractive in the eyes of the population.</p>

scholarly journals Pengukuran dan Faktor Kualitas Hidup pada Orang Usia Lanjut

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra Yohanes Kiling ◽  
Beatriks Novianti Kiling-Bunga
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
The One ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
High Level

Older people are a group of people that are struggling in the last phase of their life. In this phase, a person faces various challenges to fulfill their needs to get a life with quality. High level of quality of life is something that is subjective, mostly different in each person. This paperis a literature review that will discuss factors related to quality of life by reviewing existing relevant literatures. Indicators and measurement tools will also be discussed in this paper. Quality of life factors that bceome the main reference in the global context are the one stated byWorld Health Organization. These factors would also influence scales that measure quality of life, which in turn were further developed to fit specific cultural context to fulfill the needs of each unique population. Indicators of quality of life were concluded as influenced by varioussituations in a person’s life including environment, culture and beliefs. The content hopefully will be able to provide knowledge concerning quality of life in relations with elderly. Understanding the concept of quality of life would help to advance the literature including in it well-being and other related concepts.

scholarly journals Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

Rev Rene ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Maria de Paula ◽  
Namie Okino Sawada
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The One

Objective: to evaluate the health-related quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer during radiotherapy treatment.It was carried out with 41 patients between 2009-2010 in central radiotherapy. Methods: this is a longitudinal study. It wasused the Functional Assessment Cancer Therapy Head and Neck. The predominance of cases were male, with a mean age of62 years. Results: in the 5 domains assessed, the one that was more affected was the “physical well-being”, which is directlyrelated to the side effects of treatment. Conclusion: the symptoms caused by the treatment are negatively associated withthe Quality of Life Related to Health Care, so it is important that the health care team assess and identify the needs of thepatient, allowing him to have a monitor that meets your needs and minimize symptoms.

scholarly journals The menopause – a new chapter giving women a lust for life

2019 ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. V. Yakushevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Function ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Maturity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Inner World ◽  
Sense Of Satisfaction ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The One ◽  
Everyday Reality

Many women equate the word menopause primarily with decline of life. On the one hand, the aesthetic component of the delicate age makes negative contributions to the dissatisfaction with this state; on the other hand, the growing pool of somatic health problems does not improve the quality of life in the best way. The woman’s path of life is unique and consists of chapters of beginnings and endings, losses and gains. A person, who develops harmoniously and consistently, reaches their creative climax by the age of 50. This is the age, when a person is able to plunge into their inner world more deeply, and the perception of what is happening in the outer world weakens. Mental maturity, accumulated experience, well established social connections allow a person to feel confidently in everyday reality. However, the physiological changes associated with menopause and the reproductive function failure affect the personal history of each of the fair sex in one way or another. Not a simple, but at the same time a very significant period begins after 50 years, when it is necessary to conquer new peaks and overcome new distances. Only a thoughtful and successful start of menopause can provide a sense of satisfaction and a cloudless horizon in physical well-being.

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