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

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.

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Impact of aging on the quality of life of workers with intellectual disabilities

Psychology Society & Education ◽

10.25115/psye.v12i2.2852 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 81

Author(s):

Jose Luis Cuesta Gómez ◽

Raquel Fuente De la Fuente Anuncibay ◽

Maria Teresa Ortega Camarero ◽

Jerónimo Javier González Bernal

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Intellectual Disability ◽

Social Relations ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Healthy Aging ◽

Emotional Wellbeing ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

The Impact ◽

Spearman Test

The increased life-expectancy of people with intellectual disability is generating new needs for attention and care that can assist healthy aging. This question is accentuated among workers from Special Employment Centers, for whom aging has a twofold impact, in so far as it interferes with their professional development and their means of earning a living. A study is conducted with a sample of 49 workers from a Special Employment Center, with the objective of analyzing the impact of ageing on the quality of life of people with intellectual disability aged over 45 years old. The information was gathered with the INICO-FEAPS Integral Evaluation Scale of the Quality of Life of People with Intellectual Disability (Verdugo, Gómez, Arias, Santamaría, Clavero & Tamarit, 2013). The Mann-Whitney U test; the Spearman test and Anovas are used for data analysis. The results highlighted the importance of age on quality-of-life deterioration, evident from lower scores for emotional wellbeing, social inclusion and social relations, among others, as well as the differences according to gender and training of the group. The need is noted to establish challenges and proposals that will minimize the negative impacts of aging on the journey towards a non-active stage. One limitation of the study is the need for larger sample sizes.

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Exercise efficacy and prescription during treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review

BMC Cancer ◽

10.1186/s12885-020-07733-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dominic O’Connor ◽

Malcolm Brown ◽

Martin Eatock ◽

Richard C. Turkington ◽

Gillian Prue

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Pancreatic Cancer ◽

Adjuvant Therapy ◽

Physical Function ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Ductal Adenocarcinoma ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Surgical resection remains the only curative treatment for pancreatic cancer and is associated with significant post-operative morbidity and mortality. Patients eligible for surgery, increasingly receive neo-adjuvant therapy before surgery or adjuvant therapy afterward, inherently exposing them to toxicity. As such, optimizing physical function through exercise during treatment remains imperative to optimize quality of life either before surgery or during rehabilitation. However, current exercise efficacy and prescription in pancreatic cancer is unknown. Therefore, this study aims to summarise the published literature on exercise studies conducted in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing treatment with a focus on determining the current prescription and progression patterns being used in this population. Methods A systematic review of four databases identified studies evaluating the effects of exercise on aerobic fitness, muscle strength, physical function, body composition, fatigue and quality of life in participants with pancreatic cancer undergoing treatment, published up to 24 July 2020. Two reviewers independently reviewed and appraised the methodological quality of each study. Results Twelve studies with a total of 300 participants were included. Heterogeneity of the literature prevented meta-analysis. Exercise was associated with improvements in outcomes; however, study quality was variable with the majority of studies receiving a weak rating. Conclusions High quality evidence regarding the efficacy and prescription of exercise in pancreatic cancer is lacking. Well-designed trials, which have received feedback and input from key stakeholders prior to implementation, are required to examine the impact of exercise in pancreatic cancer on key cancer related health outcomes.

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The impact on quality of life in patients with burning mouth syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology ◽

10.1016/j.oooo.2020.11.019 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Juliana Vianna Pereira ◽

Ana Gabriela Costa Normando ◽

Carla Isabelly Rodrigues-Fernandes ◽

César Rivera ◽

Alan Roger Santos-Silva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Burning Mouth Syndrome ◽

Burning Mouth ◽

The Impact

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The impact of epilepsy on the quality of life of patients with meningioma: A systematic review

British Journal of Neurosurgery ◽

10.3109/02688697.2015.1080215 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 23-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Matthew J Tanti ◽

Anthony G Marson ◽

Emmanuel Chavredakis ◽

Michael D Jenkinson

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Systematic Review ◽

The Impact

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The Impact of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on the Quality of Life: A Systematic Review

International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal ◽

10.9734/indj/2014/7649 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (5) ◽

pp. 214-233 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Konstantin Balayan

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽

Posttraumatic Stress ◽

Stress Disorder ◽

The Impact

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Housing with support for older people: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol

HRB Open Research ◽

10.12688/hrbopenres.13124.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 64

Author(s):

Camille Coyle ◽

Sarah Buggy ◽

Olivia Cagney ◽

Louise Farragher ◽

Caitriona Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Older People ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Ovid Medline ◽

The Impact ◽

People’S Perceptions

Background: The implementation of housing with support is rapidly expanding, particularly as life expectancy is increasing throughout the world. This expansion is likely to intensify in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has revealed the risks of relying primarily on nursing homes. This mixed-methods systematic review aims to: 1) explore older people’s perceptions and experiences of housing with support and 2) examine the impact of providing housing with support for older people on their quality of life. Methods: The databases Ovid Medline, Ovid Social Policy & Practice, EBSCO CINAHL, and EBSCO SOCIndex will be searched, and grey literature will also be identified. Quality assessment will be carried out using Joanna Briggs Institute’s Critical Appraisal Checklist for Qualitative Research as well as a tool from the National Institutes of Health for observational cohort studies. This review will employ convergent parallel design; as such, qualitative and quantitative findings will be synthesised separately in the initial stage of analysis. The results from the qualitative and quantitative syntheses will then be integrated in the final stage of the analysis. Conclusion: This systematic review will synthesise the evidence regarding older people’s perceptions and experiences of housing with support and the impact of providing housing with support for older people on their quality of life.

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Exploring mass customization and textile application in medical products: re-designing scoliosis brace for shorter production lead time and better quality of life

Textile Research Journal ◽

10.1177/0040517520916922 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 90 (19-20) ◽

pp. 2304-2321

Author(s):

Olivia Ho-Yi Fung ◽

Joanne Yip ◽

Mei-Chun Cheung ◽

Kit-Lun Yick ◽

Kenny Yat-Hong Kwan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Patient Compliance ◽

Mass Customization ◽

Lead Time ◽

Interface Pressure ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

Exerted Pressure ◽

The Impact

Bracing is the most common non-operative treatment option for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). However, existing brace designs have deficiencies, including a long production lead time and low patient compliance caused by the negative impacts of bracing on quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to address these problems by developing a new textile-based scoliosis brace in accordance with the biomechanics used in the existing braces for spinal correction. A case study of interface pressure had been carried out to determine the optimum combination of pads to be used in the proposed brace to correct a scoliotic spine. AIS patients who were undergoing hard brace treatment were recruited to complete a questionnaire (BrQ) on hard braces and on the proposed brace. The BrQ scores of the two types of braces were compared to assess their respective impacts on the QoL. The findings show that the proposed brace can address the issue of patient compliance by reducing the impact of bracing on QoL, and shorten the production lead time through incorporation of the mass customization concept into the design. Similar to most of the commonly-used scoliosis braces, the selected combination of pads used in the proposed brace for spinal correction shows a sufficient amount of exerted pressure and a similar function of active spinal correction.

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