scholarly journals CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PARTICIPATION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND THEIR ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Nałęcz ◽  
Jolanta Derbich
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

The effect of functional mobility and balance on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among elderly people living at home and those living in nursing home

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. e180-e184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eylem Tütün Yümin ◽  
Tülay Tarsuslu Şimşek ◽  
Meral Sertel ◽  
Asuman Öztürk ◽  
Murat Yümin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Functional Mobility ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Effect of Community-Based Occupational Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life and Engagement in Meaningful Activities of Women with Breast Cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daiva Petruseviciene ◽  
Deive Surmaitiene ◽  
Daiva Baltaduoniene ◽  
Egle Lendraitiene
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Experimental Group

We aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of community-based occupational therapy on health-related quality of life and engagement in meaningful activities among women with breast cancer. An open label randomized controlled trial study design was applied. The participants were members of various societies of women with cancer. In total, 22 women have participated in the study. Participants of the experimental group (n=11) participated in a 6-week community-based occupational therapy program and the usual activities of various societies, whereas the control group (n=11) women participated in the usual activities of the societies only. 1 of the participants withdrew during the course; therefore 21 completed the study successfully. Participants of both groups were assessed for health-related quality of life and the participants of the experimental group were assessed for engagement in meaningful activities. The evaluation was carried out during the nonacute period of the disease—at the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks. Women of the experimental group demonstrated statistically significantly better scores in the global quality of life, role functions, physical, emotional, cognitive, and social functions, fatigue, insomnia, financial impact, systemic therapy side effects, and breast symptoms scales compared to the control group participants (p<0.05) after the 6 weeks, as measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire and its breast cancer module QLQ-BR23. Furthermore, women of the experimental group demonstrated significant greater engagement in meaningful activities when applying community-based occupational therapy (p<0.05), as measured by using the Engagement in Meaningful Activities Survey (EMAS). The evaluation of the associations between the women’s engagement in meaningful activities and changes in health-related quality of life showed that greater engagement in meaningful activities was associated with better emotional functions and a lower level of insomnia (p<0.05). Based on the results of our study, we recommend applying occupational therapy in the field of community healthcare in order to maintain or improve breast cancer patients’ health-related quality of life and suggest involving women into meaningful activities during community-based occupational therapy after clarifying which activities are important to them.

The water exercise improves health-related quality of life of frail elderly people at day service facility

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1577-1585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Sato ◽  
Koichi Kaneda ◽  
Hitoshi Wakabayashi ◽  
Takeo Nomura
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Service Facility ◽  
Water Exercise ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related
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