Abordări conceptuale și metodologii de măsurare a calității vieții. O analiză descriptivă

The main objective of this paper is to describe the logic of the conceptual approaches regarding the quality of life, and to identify the main dimensions and measurable indicators of quality of life. The identification of the main conceptualizations of quality of life is an essential step, in the context in which quality of life is often ambiguous or has multiple meanings. Although often used as an umbrella term which encompasses many aspects of human life, we aim to describe the logic of the integrative approaches regarding well-being/ quality of life. The identification of the main dimensions and measurable indicators of quality of life with a brief description of those, will serve to operationalize a list of life quality dimensions. Keywords: quality of life research; quality of life measurement; quality of life theory; social indicators; economic indicators. ●●●●● Principalele obiective ale acestei lucrări sunt de a descrie logica abordărilor conceptuale privind calitatea vieții și de a identifica principalele dimensiuni, respectiv indicatori măsurabili ai calității vieții. Analiza principalelor conceptualizări ale calității vieții reprezintă un pas esențial, în contextul în care utilizarea conceptului de calitatea vieții este adesea ambiguă sau cel puțin cu sensuri multiple. Deși utilizat adesea ca un termen-umbrelă care înglobează mai multe aspecte ale vieții umane, ne propunem să descriem logica abordărilor integrative privind calitatea vieții. Identificarea principalelor dimensiuni și indicatorii măsurabili ai calității vieții, cu o descriere pe scurt a acestora, va servi la operaționalizarea unei liste de dimensiuni a calității vieții. Cuvinte-cheie: cercetarea calității vieții; măsurarea calității vieții; teoria calității vieții; indicatori sociali; indicatori economici.

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Cercetarea calității vieții în România. O analiză a studiilor publicate în Revista „Calitatea vieții” în intervalul 1990−2020

Revista Calitatea Vieții ◽

10.46841/rcv.2021.03.05 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Sebastian Țoc

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Issues ◽

Life Quality ◽

Research Quality ◽

The European Union ◽

Systematic Analysis ◽

Economic Changes ◽

Quality Of Life Research ◽

Quality Of Life Indicators

This article proposes a systematic analysis of the main articles relevant to the topic of quality of life published in the Journal Quality of Life, in the period 1990−2020. The aim is to provide a better understanding of the development of this field of research after 1990, in the context of the post-socialist transition, and subsequent integration in the European Union and alignment with European standards. The Quality of Life Journal was one of the most important ways to disseminate the results of the research conducted in Romania; therefore, it can provide a general overview of the social issues addressed in the context of social and economic changes that Romania has gone through in the last 30 years. The conclusions suggest that the period 1990−2000 is one in which the quality of life research is institutionalized, and consolidated after 2000. Since Romania was included in the quality of life European surveys, it was constantly at the end of the EU rankings on most of the quality of life indicators. Keywords: Quality of life research; quality of life indicators; Romania; Research Institute for Quality of Life; Quality of life Journal. ●●●●● Acest articol realizează o analiză sistematică a principalelor articole relevante pentru temati calității vieții publicate în revista Calitatea vieții, în intervalul 1990−2020. Scopul este de a înțelege modalitatea în care domeniul de cercetare s-a dezvoltat în România după 1990, în contextul tranziției post-socialiste și ulterior integrării în Uniunea Europeană și alinierii la standardele europene. Publicarea în revista Calitatea vieții a reprezentat una dintre cele mai importante modalități de diseminare a rezultatelor cercetărilor desfășurate în domeniu în România, astfel că poate oferi o imagine de ansamblu cu privire la tematicile abordate în contextul transformărilor sociale și economice prin care a trecut România în ultimii 30 de ani. Concluziile sugerează faptul că perioada 1990−2000 este una în care se instituționalizează domeniul de cercetare a calității vieții, după 2000 urmând o perioadă de consolidare. Din momentul includerii în anchetele europene privind calitatea vieții, România s-a aflat pe ultimele locuri în Uniunea Europeană la majoritatea indicatorilor privind calitatea vieții. Cuvinte-cheie: Cercetarea calității vieții; indicatori ai calității vieții; România; Institutul de Cercetare a Calității Vieții; Revista Calitatea vieții.

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Quality of life of patients with Sjogren’s disease with ongoing therapy with diseasemodifying antirheumatic drugs

Medical alphabet ◽

10.33667/2078-5631-2020-15-33-38 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 33-38

Author(s):

E. Yu. Gan ◽

L. P. Evstigneeva

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Short Form ◽

Life Quality ◽

Well Being ◽

Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽

Antirheumatic Drugs ◽

Sf 36 ◽

Disease Modifying ◽

Sjögren’S Disease

Purpose of the study. Assessing the association between the life quality of patients with Sjogren’s Disease and ongoing therapy with various disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.Material and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of the regional rheumatology center of the consultative diagnostic clinic of the Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1. This work is based on the results of a simultaneous study of 74 patients with primary Sjogren’s Disease (SD), distributed in three comparison groups receiving various disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs chlorambucil, methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine. The diagnosis of SD was carried out according to European-American criteria AECGC (2002) [18]. In order to analyze the quality of life of patients with SD, the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF‑36) was used. Statistical data processing was carried out using Statistica 7.0 program.Results. Assessment of the quality of life of patients with SD, which is an integrative criterion of human health and well-being, revealed the absence of statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) on eight scales and two health components of the SF‑36 questionnaire in the analyzed groups that differ in the treatment of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs chlorambucil, methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine.Conclusions. The obtained data indicate an equivalent quality of life in SD patients treated with different disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs methotrexate, chlorambucil and hydroxychloroquine, and therefore hydroxychloroquine can be considered as an alternative basic therapy in patients with SD with certain limitations and contraindications methotrexate and chlorambucil.

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Quality of Life and Philosophy of Life Determines Physical and Mental Health: Status Over Research Findings From The Quality of Life Research Center, Copenhagen, 1991-2007

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1100/tsw.2007.261 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 1743-1751 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Søren Ventegodt ◽

Isack Kandel ◽

Joav Merrick

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Good Life ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Social Indicators ◽

Health Science ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Quality Of Life Research ◽

Global Quality Of Life ◽

The Individual

Quality of life (QOL) has over the past decade become an important part of health science and also increased public awareness. It has become increasingly apparent that illness is closely related to the individual perception of a good life, and therefore the exploration of indicators related to quality of life appears to be of broad importance for the prevention and treatment of diseases. Identifying, which factors constitute a good life may reveal an understanding about what areas in life should be encouraged, in order to enhance the global quality of life, health, and ability. In this paper we present results from studies initiated in 1989 to examine quality of life in relation to disease. The purpose of this presentation was to assemble the results from the study carried out in the years between 1993 and 1997, examining a total of 11.500 Danes, to show the association between quality of life and a wide series of social indicators.

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Correlation between quality of life and adherence to treatment in hemodialysis patients

Journal of Renal Injury Prevention ◽

10.15171/jrip.2019.05 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 22-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mahin Naderifar ◽

Mansoureh Zagheri Tafreshi ◽

Mahnaz Ilkhani ◽

Magid Reza Akbarizadeh ◽

Fereshteh Ghaljaei

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Life Quality ◽

Well Being ◽

Sample Volume ◽

Hemodialysis Patients ◽

Adherence To Treatment ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

The Mean

Introduction: Institutionalizing adherence to treatment in hemodialysis patients is one of the important nursing goals for improving quality of life in these patients. Adherence to treatment approach in these patients can play a pivotal role in improving the health level and feeling of well-being. Objectives: This study aimed at determining the quality of life in hemodialysis patients presenting to hemodialysis centers affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, on the basis of adherence to treatment. Patients and Methods: This is a correlational descriptive-analytic study. The study population consisted of hemodialysis patients in five hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, in 2017. The data were collected during 8 months from October 2016 to May 2017 in Tehran. A sample volume of 200 patients was determined in this study. Demographic information questionnaire, KDQOL-SF, and ESRD-AQ were applied in data collection. Availability sampling method was used to select the samples on the basis of inclusion criteria. The data were analyzed with SPSS version 18 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Our findings showed that 50% of the patients were male. Most of the respondents of the study (23%) were 51-60 years old. The results indicated that the mean score of quality of life of patients was 50.42±22.81. The mean total score of adherence to treatment was 901.13±85.30. Also, the correlation coefficient in this study revealed a significant correlation between total score of quality of life and adherence to treatment (r=0.218, P<0.01). Conclusion: Considering the significant correlation between adherence to treatment and life quality of patients, healthcare providers can promote the life quality of these patients via focusing on planning programs for emphasizing the role of education and interventions that improve adherence to treatment in these patients.

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Variation in the Quality of Life within Punjab: Evidence from MICS, 2007-08

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v49i4iipp.863-879 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 49 (4II) ◽

pp. 863-879

Author(s):

Rashida Haq Rashida Haq ◽

Azkar Ahmed ◽

Siama Shafique

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Good Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Living Conditions ◽

Final Outcome ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Quality Of Life Research ◽

Level Of Living ◽

Broad Continuum

Since quality of life research is essentially concerned with measuring and monitoring welfare. In order to measure quality of life, one must have a theory of what makes up a good life [Cobb (2000)]. There is a variety of such theories and notions of what constitutes a ‗good life‘ and correspondingly different concepts of welfare and quality of life have been developed. Various approaches and operationalisations are to be distinguished, each of which reveals a different concept of welfare and thus highlights different components and dimensions [Noll (2000)]. Among the various efforts to operationalise welfare in general and the quality of life concept in particular, two contrary approaches are to be distinguished, which define the two extreme positions on a broad continuum of concepts currently available: the Scandinavian level of living approach [Erickson (1993)] and the American quality of life approach [Campbell (1976)]. The Scandinavian approach focuses almost exclusively on resources and objective living conditions, whereas the American approach emphasises the subjective well-being of individuals as a final outcome of conditions and processes.

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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE AND THE LEVEL OF LIFE SATISFACTION ON THE EXAMPLE OF SELECTED COUNTRIES

European Journal of Transformation Studies ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0015.6882 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 19-30

Author(s):

Ewa Polak

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Social Indicators ◽

Life Quality ◽

Well Being ◽

Social Conditions ◽

Economic Welfare ◽

Quality Life ◽

Methods Of Measurement ◽

Economic Well Being

The article presents problems related to life quality, life satisfaction and sense of happiness, their determinants, methods of measurement and dependence on the level of wealth and other conditions. Life quality is an abstract blurred term which depends on numerous factors. There is not any single, comprehensive definition, measure or cause of such phenomena as life quality, economic well-being or sense of happiness. Their evaluation depends on economic, political, cultural and social conditions and also on individual features, expectations and attitudes. More and more often, next to hard economic coefficients, social indicators are applied, and synthetic measures of the level of life quality or social and economic well-being are developed. The level of social development is strongly affected by the quality of human capital. The article presents an attempt at matching parameters and indicators which characterise various aspects of life quality and applying them for the development of synthetic measures of life quality in its different aspects. It is also aimed at comparing them with the current results obtained by research studies in this field. The aim of the article is to provide an assessment of diversification in the levels of living conditions observed in some selected countries – its size, specificity and cause-effect relations with the use of the listed parameters and measures. The research on life quality should be applied to the assessment of the efficiency of social and economic policy which has been currently implemented.

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Social Indicators

Sociology ◽

10.1093/obo/9780199756384-0143 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Kenneth C. Land

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Research And Development ◽

Social Indicators ◽

Well Being ◽

Social Conditions ◽

The Past ◽

Economic Level ◽

Level Of Living

How are we doing with respect not only to our economic level of living but, more generally, the quality of our lives, our well-being? Improving, staying about the same, or deteriorating? Compared to our past? Compared to other countries/societies? And, if improving, are the improvements shared throughout the society or only among some of us? These are the kinds of questions that have motivated research and development on social indicators, quality of life metrics, and well-being research over the past fifty years. This research has resulted in a substantial number of conceptual and empirical contributions to the measurement of social conditions, in general, and of quality of life/well-being, in particular.

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