Showing papers on "Quality of life published in 1982"
TL;DR: Residents were less satisfied than the general population in most life areas, especially finances, unemployment, safety, and family and social relations, and of particular concern was the finding that 34% had been recent victims of crime.
Abstract: Quality of life issues must be addressed more vigorously in the care of chronic mental patients. In a survey of 30 large board-and-care homes in Los Angeles, 278 mentally disabled residents described their life conditions and satisfaction in eight areas: living situation, family relations, social relations, leisure activities, work, finances, safety, and health. Residents were less satisfied than the general population in most life areas, especially finances, unemployment, safety, and family and social relations (p less than .001). Of particular concern was the finding that 34% had been recent victims of crime. The results underscore the need for better social programs for these patients.
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TL;DR: Suggestions are made for revising these procedures for use with persons with a disability to improve their quality of life.
420 citations
TL;DR: Five reasons for focusing on quality of life (QOL) as a desired outcome for programs for the chronically ill are presented and problems in QOL evaluative research are discussed.
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TL;DR: The hypothesis that limb-sparing surgery plus irradiation would provide improved quality of life when compared to amputation was not substantiated and the patients' physical status had stabilized, analysis indicated.
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TL;DR: Although survival was not expected to differ, it was predicted that functioning would be enhanced if quality of life improved, and it was concluded that enhancing the quality of survival for end‐stage cancer patients is a high priority medical goal.
Abstract: Much has been written about working with the dying. Few, if any, controlled studies have examined the application of principles set forth. The authors evaluate the effectiveness of working with dying cancer patients by assessing changes in quality of life, physical functioning, and survival. One-hundred twenty men with end-stage cancer were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups; the 62 experimental group patients were seen regularly by a counselor. Patients were assessed before random assignment and at one, three, six, nine, and 12 months on quality of live and functional status. Experimental group patients improved significantly more than the control group on quality of life within three months. Functional status and survival did not differ between groups. A subsample of lung cancer patients provided cross-validation of findings. Although survival was not expected to differ, it was predicted that functioning would be enhanced if quality of life improved. One interpretation is that little can be done to alter physical function and survival when intervention occurs late in the progression of a fatal disease. This in no way reduces the value of improving overall quality of life, since enhancing the quality of survival for end-stage cancer patients is a high priority medical goal.
256 citations
TL;DR: Objective and subjective criteria were used to determine the postoperative quality of life and it is clearly evident that extensive, arduous surgery to remove the majority of masses greater than 2 cm in carefully selected patients is worthwhile.
65 citations
01 Jan 1982
TL;DR: The quality or ‘degree of excellence’ of life embraces many features not usually related to health that would include freedom, security and equality and how it may be affected by illness or its treatment is discussed.
Abstract: The quality or ‘degree of excellence’ of life embraces many features not usually related to health. Such components would include freedom, security and equality. When examining the quality of life as affected by health, I propose to discuss only certain aspects of this quality and how it may be affected by illness or its treatment.
44 citations
TL;DR: The results indicate that hemodialysis patients do not suppress or deny the many problems they experience, and the need to devise methods of intervention to improve the quality of life of chronic dialysis patients is suggested.
Abstract: The author gathered information by questionnaire about the leisure activities of 102 patients receiving chronic hemodialysis. The patients reported a severe decrease in interest, especially in family and social leisure activities, and an even greater decrease in actual participation in leisure activities. The results indicate that hemodialysis patients do not suppress or deny the many problems they experience. The author hypothesizes that the paucity of information in this area is probably linked to the denial of the staff who treat these patients. The sharp decline in the leisure activities to the group studied suggests the need to devise methods of intervention to improve the quality of life of chronic dialysis patients.
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TL;DR: The results were interpreted to indicate that the anxiety assessed upon admission was the consequence of a history of poor medical manageability and did not appear to contribute to poor control of this illness.
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TL;DR: A questionnaire was prepared for the evaluation of the quality of life directed at assessment of the patient's attitude to changes that had taken place in his life due to his illness and results of observations show the validity of the questionnaire and its discriminant possibility.
Abstract: A questionnaire was prepared for the evaluation of the quality of life directed at assessment of the patient's attitude to changes that had taken place in his life due to his illness. Results of observations of 124 patients (94 with myocardial infarction and 30 with arterial hypertension) show the validity of the questionnaire and its discriminant possibility. Difference in the indices of quality of life has been established between the infarction and the hypertensive patients. In persons who retained working capacity and in patients used to physical exercise the overall index of quality of life was higher than invalids or patients who were not used to physical training. In persons with low overall index of quality of life MMPI, according to 1, 2, 7 and 8 scales, were statistically significantly higher than in persons with high overall index of quality of life. The method permits one not only to give a quantitative assessment of the quality of life as a whole, but also to take into consideration concrete reasons for its deterioration.
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