Cercetările de diagnoza calităţii vieţii în cadrul Institutul de Cercetare a Calităţii Vieţii

In the first year of activity (1990) at the Research Institute for Quality of Life (Institutul de Cercetare a Calităţii Vieţii, INCE, Academia Română) it was starting the research of quality of life. It was prepared by the collective coordinated by Professor Cătălin Zamfir, director of RIQL. I participated at this work a starting wit field research (june 1990), I was coordinated, most of the time together with some colleagues, the activity for this program. The experience achieved during the years in this domain will be used here to reveal the aspects of the researches and results about Quality of Life of population in Romania. Over time, many indicators of Quality of Life have registered some improvements, but also stagnations, and even deterioration of several components. Keywords: quality of life; indicators; diagnosys; profiles and classes of quality of life.

Economic Impact to Quality of Life of Agropolitan Participants in Malaysia

Quality of Life (QOL) issues have increasingly been the area of attention in cities of newly developing countries including Malaysia. To improve QOL for people of absolute poverty in Malaysia, the Malaysian government have carried out a program known as Agropolitan in the East Coast Economic Region. The three Agropolitan project locations selected for this study are Batu 8 Lepar and Runchang in Pekan, Pahang and Gua Musang in Kelantan. This study carried out a field survey on 254 samples to investigate their experiences throughout the project. This study found that Agropolitan project had remarkably improved the QOL of participants Keywords: quality of life; agropolitan; absolute poverty; government program https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i8.278

Living with a Disability: A Synthesis and Critique of the Literature on Quality of Life, 1985–1989

The current study describes articles cross-indexed under the keywords “quality of life” and “disability” in Index Medicus for the years 1985 through 1989 to compare their relative merits in terms of research design, sampling details, and the type of quality of life criteria included. Of 833 articles indexed under “quality of life,” 52 (16%) included data about a a disabling condition requiring rehabilitation. Of those 52, only seven (13%) were randomized clinical trials. The modal design was a descriptive survey or case study ( N = 22 or 42%). Given the limited rigor in research design and invalid measurements, conclusions about improvement in the quality of life for disabled individuals after rehabilitative care could not be drawn from the studies reviewed. It may be concluded that research on quality of life needs to be better designed and should include more uniform and valid criteria.