Emotional Conditions Research Articles

Classroom well-being through virtual learning environments in higher education from 2021 to 2023

The present research deals with the conditions associated with well-being in the classroom through virtual environments of the student population that attends lessons at a private university located in the Central Headquarters in San José, Costa Rica (Central America). The objective is to analyse the conditions associated with well-being in the classroom through virtual learning environments during the years 2021 to 2023. The research uses a quantitative approach, and the type of study is descriptive and cross- sectional. The study was conducted with 731 active students during the period from 2021 to 2023 who used virtual environments to continue their studies. The sample corresponds to 46.5% of the total population (1570 students). The variables associated with well-being conditions in the classroom were environmental and technological conditions; emotional conditions; social conditions; methodological conditions; and student conditions. The Classroom Well-being Scale in virtual environments was used to collect the information. This instrument has a reliability of 95% and a very high correlation between variables (99%). The results show that, in general, there is well-being in the classroom through virtual environments; specifically, that there is a high level of well-being in the classroom in the following aspects: availability of the virtual platform; respect for all people in the classroom environment; assertive communication in the course activities; and free expression of ideas in a respectful environment. The aspects that reflect well-being in the classroom are: quality of audiovisual resources; availability of learning resources; structure of the virtual environment; student participation; and feeling at ease with the course. The aspects to be reinforced to improve well-being are: activities proposed by the teacher in the course; and peer support in carrying out the course activities.

ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER DAVID SURGERY

Modern cardiac surgery increasingly requires rapid physical and mental rehabilitation of the patient. Today, more and more attention is paid to the peculiarities of psycho-emotional indicators in patients who are planned or have undergone surgical interventions. The quality of life of patients after David's operation for aneurysm of the root and ascending aorta remains unexplored. The aim: assessment of the quality of life of patients with aortic aneurysm who underwent David's valve-preserving operation. Materials and methods. From December 2015 to April 2023, 38 patients were operated on using the technique of aortic valve reimplantation with direct Dacron prosthesis "David" and 40 patients with prosthetic aortic valve and ascending aorta "Bentall operation". The mean age of patients was 46.97 ± 12.2 years in group 1 and 52.08 ± 12.08 in group 2, respectively. The share of men is 92.1% in group 1 and 97.5% in group 2. The average observation period is 31.89 ± 22.42 months. Results.Not a single fatal case was recorded within 30 days of the postoperative period. The percentage of survival after the observation period is 97.36% in group 1 and 92.5% in group 2. We analyzed the quality of life of all patients according to eight scales: physical functioning (PH), role functioning (RP), pain intensity (BP), general health (GH), vital activity (VT), social functioning (SF), emotional condition (RE) and mental health (MH). When analyzing patient questionnaires in the scale of physical functioning, we calculated a sufficiently high indicator, which was 94.59 ± 6.71% in group 1 and 79.5% ± 8.46% in group 2. On all other scales, there was also an advantage in the group patients who underwent David's operation. Conclusions. From the obtained results, it can be stated that patients after David's operation in the medium term have excellent physical and mental health indicators and are completely adapted to daily life compared to the results after Bentall's operation. David's valve-sparing operation, especially in isolated, planned situations, ensures normal functioning of the aortic valve with no regurgitation. This operation can be performed with very low rates of complications and postoperative mortality. Thus, in our center, all patients with aortic root aneurysms are potential candidates for valve-sparing operations.

Anatomy of a Hug in Virtual Reality

Over time, there has been an increase in research on how to improve emotional state rehabilitation processes, and it is notable that the use of technology has had a positive result, with increasing accuracy. Serious Games (SG) for Virtual Reality (VR) are extremely beneficial in this regard, and the use of haptic devices as a tool for researchers and medical teams is increasing in popularity. The current study aims to conduct an initial investigation into the use of a haptic vest to see if haptic touch can aid in emotional conditioning, which may result in improved disease and phobia rehabilitation, and whether different interactions with virtual scenarios, such as a virtual hug, can increase immersiveness. The investigation seeks to discover the most effective ways to convey a virtual to physical hug using the haptic device. Previous research has revealed a high level of participant interest, as well as increased immersion in SGs realism, leading to additional research and implementation.

Благодарственный лозунг в немецкой политической коммуникации 30–50-х годов XX века

The article deals with gratitude slogans in German political communication and aims to analyze the functions of such slogans, to identify their fundamental features related to their structure and the meanings they can convey, and to classify the slogans. Data for this study were collected from the minutes of the German governments’ meetings held between 1930 and 1959. Utterances expressing gratitude in political communication are motivational and inspirational in nature because they are aimed at changing the recipient’s emotional condition and are used to change the audience’s attitude toward the problem discussed. The article pays much attention to the classification of gratitude slogans into different types. Such slogans used in political communication in Germany can be divided into three groups: appeals, statements, and slogans comprising the qualities of both appeals and statements. Slogans of all the three types are declarative in nature. In terms of content, a gratitude slogan in political communication can convey: gratitude itself; prognostic gratitude; the need to express gratitude; an appeal to be grateful (can be expressed both implicitly and explicitly); gratitude-manipulation; prognostic ingratitude. Having analyzed the capability of the speech act of gratitude and its combinations with other speech acts, the author has discovered that they are most often combined with demands, appeals, and requests. Such compatibility allows these speech acts to mutually influence each other, which results in gratitude obtaining the features and functional properties of slogans. This study has shown that gratitude slogans have significant influential potential and come in many different forms; however, their historical connection with the language of the Nazi Party had a negative impact on the frequency of use and the expressiveness of such slogans.

Grip strength, working memory, and emotion perception in middle-aged males.

This study examined the association between grip strength and emotional working memory in middle-aged adults. Seventy-six males aged 40-60years (mean=48.5years, SD=5.4) participated in this cross-sectional study. They completed a muscular fitness assessment using a maximum grip strength test and emotional n-back tasks under two emotion conditions (fearful and neutral facial pictures) and two working memory loads (1-back and 2-back tasks). Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that greater muscular fitness was associated with superior working memory performance in the fearful condition in both the 1-back and 2-back tasks, after controlling for confounders. Greater muscular fitness was also associated with superior working memory performance in the neutral condition when the working memory load was high (2-back task) but not low (1-back task). These findings suggest a positive association between muscular fitness and emotional working memory and highlight the importance of maintaining muscular fitness for physical and cognitive-emotional well-being in middle-aged adults.

EmoMusicTV: Emotion-Conditioned Symbolic Music Generation With Hierarchical Transformer VAE

Emotion is one of the most crucial attributes of music. However, due to the scarcity of emotional music datasets, emotion-conditioned symbolic music generation using deep learning techniques has not been investigated in depth. In particular, no study explores conditional music generation with the guidance of emotion, and few studies adopt time-varying emotional conditions. To address these issues, first, we endow three public lead sheet datasets with fine-grained emotions by automatically computing the valence labels from the chord progressions. Second, we propose a novel and effective encoder-decoder architecture named EmoMusicTV to explore the impact of emotional conditions on multiple music generation tasks and to capture the rich variability of musical sequences. EmoMusicTV is a transformer-based variational autoencoder (VAE) that contains a hierarchical latent variable structure to model holistic properties of the music segments and short-term variations within bars. The piece-level and bar-level emotional labels are embedded in their corresponding latent spaces to guide music generation. Third, we pretrain EmoMusicTV with the lead sheet continuation task to further improve its performance on conditional melody or harmony generation. Experimental results demonstrate that EmoMusicTV outperforms previous methods on three tasks, i.e., melody harmonization, melody generation given harmony, and lead sheet generation. Ablation studies verify the significant roles of emotional conditions and hierarchical latent variable structure on conditional music generation. Human listening shows that the lead sheets generated by EmoMusicTV are closer to the ground truth (GT) and perform slightly worse than the GT in conveying emotional polarity.

Multimorbidity patterns and associated factors in a megacity: a cross-sectional study.

To identify empirical patterns of multimorbidity and quantify their associations with socioeconomic, behavioral characteristics, and health outcomes in the megacity of São Paulo. This was a cross-sectional study conducted through household interviews with residents aged 20 years or older in urban areas (n = 3,184). Latent class analysis was used to identify patterns among the co-existence of 22 health conditions. Age-adjusted prevalence ratios were estimated using Poisson regression. The analysis of latent classes showed 4 patterns of multimorbidity, whereas 58.6% of individuals were classified in the low disease probability group, followed by participants presenting cardiovascular conditions (15.9%), respiratory conditions (12.8%), and rheumatic, musculoskeletal, and emotional conditions (12.8%). Older individuals, with lower schooling and lower household income, presented higher multimorbidity prevalence in cardiovascular, respiratory, rheumatic, musculoskeletal, and emotional conditions patterns compared with the low disease probability pattern. The results showed four distinct patterns of multimorbidity in the megacity population, and these patterns are clinically recognizable and theoretically plausible. The identification of trends between patterns would make it feasible to estimate the magnitude of the challenge for the organization of health care policies.

Functional relationships of the cerebral cortex with subcortical structures in emotional stressful conditions

Studying central mechanisms of stress, which is assuming more an emotional aspect, is among the topical problems of modern neurophysiology and medicine. Having created complex conditions of adaptive behavior, rapid scientific and technological growth has required processing a huge flow of different information related to biological functions and social activity of human beings. According to WHO experts, in 70% of all cases emotional stress leads to various diseases including hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke, atherosclerosis, as well as development of neurotic conditions, psychiatric disorders and disruption of normal adaptation of humans to social conditions of life. Many researchers have studied EEG and peripheral signals separately, but little attention has been paid to the correlation between these indicators. To date, issues related to the central mechanisms of stress and their relationship with autonomic functions have not been fully studied. The EEG cross-correlation analysis we have chosen is more advanced because, unlike conventional EEG analysis, it provides detailed information about the connections between brain structures in spatio-temporal relationships.

The influence of emotional feedback material type on attentional capture at different presentation times.

This study aimed to explore the influence of emotional feedback materials on attentional capture at different presentation times and to investigate the mechanisms of positive and negative attentional biases. Two experiments were conducted. Experiment 1 recruited 47 participants, and Experiment 2 recruited 46 participants. Emotional facial images and emotional words were used as feedback materials. A learning-testing paradigm was employed to explore the effect of emotional feedback materials on attentional capture at different presentation times (1000 ms/100 ms). We compared the accuracy and reaction times of participants under emotional and neutral conditions at both presentation times. Experiment 1 revealed that participants exhibited a stable positive attentional bias towards emotional facial images. Additionally, under the 100 ms feedback condition, emotional interference on judgment task accuracy was greater than under the 1000 ms feedback condition. Experiment 2 found that under the 100 ms feedback condition, emotional interference on reaction time was greater than under the 1000 ms feedback condition. Comparing the data from both experiments revealed that the processing time for emotional facial images was longer than for emotional words. (1) Emotional facial images are more effective than emotional words in capturing attention. (2) When positive and negative information with equal arousal levels alternates over a period of time, individuals exhibit a stable positive attentional bias. (3) When there is intense competition for attention and cognitive resources, emotional information is prioritized for processing.

Measurement of Beta and Theta Brain Wave Coherence with Cardiac Wave Rhythm in Managers with Rational Decision-Making Style Based on Emotional Intelligence through ERT Cognitive Task

Objective: Since human life and society depend on brain functions, our understanding of the brain and mind can significantly impact all dimensions of human life. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to assess the coherence of brain waves (EEG) and cardiac wave rhythms (HRV) based on neuroscientific and neurocardiology principles. Methods and Materials: This research utilized an experimental design, specifically a quasi-experimental approach without a control group, and was applied in nature. The statistical population consisted of managers (90 individuals) from both public and private sectors in Gilan Province in 2022. From this population, 30 individuals were randomly selected. Their brain waves and cardiac rhythms were simultaneously recorded in both resting and decision-making states from the CZ region of the brain and triangular regions around the heart using the ProComp 2 neurofeedback tool while performing the emotional intelligence assessment test. The research instrument included the ERT cognitive test (Emotional Recognition Task) designed by Cambridge University in 1980 and administered through the Cantab software and BioGraph Infiniti version 0.6 software. For the purposes of this study, the cognitive task was provided to participants via software. The data were analysed using analysis of variance and mean comparison test via SPSS-26. Findings: The correlation test of brain waves and cardiac waves in resting and cognitive task states showed significant differences. No coherence between EEG and ECG was observed in the resting state compared to the cognitive task state. Conclusion: The results indicate that changes in brain waves and cardiac waves, and the coherence between these waves, vary among managers with similar decision-making styles. These variations depend on the environmental, mental, and emotional conditions of the individuals.

Healthcare professionals' needs when providing perinatal bereavement care: A qualitative study.

Caring for and supporting bereaved parents with fetal loss requires preparation, training, and attention to a set of needs of health workers to provide optimal services. This is although it has been less addressed in the educational curriculum and in-service training. This study aims to investigate the experiences of Iranian healthcare professionals regarding the needs related to the care of bereaved parents with perinatal loss. This research was a qualitative study conducted in Shahroud City, Iran, to explore healthcare professionals' needs from June 2021 to December 2022. Semi-structured in-depth interviews on purposive sample of 14 participants were conducted. The participants were care providers who worked in OB-GYN ward, general midwifery clinics, and a private office. The interviews were recorded verbatim, transcribed, and analyzed using an inductive content analysis. MAXQDA software version 10 was used for data analysis. Granheim and Lundman's approach was used to analyze the data. Two major themes, four categories, and nine subcategories emerged. The themes included the "existence of protective laws and policies" and "skill and training needs." Protective laws and policies included "Government Rules and guidelines" and "organizational Rules protecting the individual." Skills and training needs consisted of two categories: "communication skills" and "Self-Care needs." Educational policies, development of guidelines for the care of bereaved mothers based on culture, training programs for dealing with bereaved parents, providing self-care programs for employees, and improving the physical and emotional conditions of the workplace were among the needs expressed by the participants. Meeting the needs of healthcare professionals is effective in job satisfaction, feeling of value, and high quality of services for bereaved parents.

Pedagogical conditions for the development of cognitive interests of primary school students by means of project technologies

The proposed article highlights the peculiarities of the development of cognitive interests of primary school students by means of project technologies. Project technologies are revealed as an optimal means of organizing students' cooperation among themselves, which takes place taking into account their interests. Within the framework of the conducted research, the need to reveal the content of the related concepts of the key definition, namely: "project", "project activity", "design", etc., has been proven. The author of the publication defined the category "cognitive interests of elementary school students" as: the state of the student's personality, which is characterized by interest, a desire to learn new things, to acquire new knowledge; the motive for carrying out educational activities, which directly affects the formation of the personality itself. Attention is focused on the fact that the use of project technologies during education has an impact on the formation of the personality of a junior high school student, and, in particular, on his cognitive interests. It was found that the potential of using design technologies for the development of cognitive interests of primary school students is as follows: creation of emotional conditions, activity of cognitive interests; ensuring the stages of students' awareness of the goals, motives and methods of learning; expanding the limits of using cognitive experience. The author of the article emphasizes that the development of cognitive interests of primary school students by means of project technologies will be successful through the use of such pedagogical conditions as: 1) increasing motivation and interest in learning through the use of project technologies; 2) creating an emotional connection between the teacher and students at the stage of their involvement in the project activity; 3) activation of problem situations with the use of design technologies.

Особенности течения хронической обструктивной болезни легких у пациентов, перенесших COVID-19

Aim. To evaluate the course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients who had SARS-CoV-2 infection of various severity. Design. Three-centre cross-sectional study under the STROBE standard (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology). Materials and methods. We conducted a complete medical examination of 46 patients with COPD who had COVID-19 during the past year: without viral damage to pulmonary tissue (CT 0, n = 18), with viral damage to pulmonary tissue of max. 50 % (CT 1–2, n = 24) and with viral damage to pulmonary tissue of at least 50 % (CT 3–4, n = 4). Examinations included analysis of clinical information, laboratory and functional tests, as well as assessment of physical and emotional condition of patients using questionnaires and scales. Results. After the novel coronavirus infection (NCI), 69.6 % of patients developed COPD complications, 26.1 % of patients presented with COPD symptoms for the first time, which required medical assistance. Disease exacerbation was observed approximately 24 weeks after COVID-19. Post-COVID-19 patients required intensification of baseline therapy. COPD patients who had NCI with viral pulmonary involvement had elevated D-dimer levels; CT 3–4 group also had significant impairment of diffusive capacity of lungs. Patients with pulmonary involvement, corresponding to CT 3–4, had statistically higher (p < 0.001) risk of reduction in the quality of life and aggravated anxiety and depression. Conclusion. In post-COVID-19 period, patients with COPD are at high risk of disease exacerbation requiring review of outpatient COPD baseline therapy in post-COVID-19-patients. COPD patients who had mild SARS-CoV-2 require long-term monitoring of their coagulation profile and diffusive capacity of lungs and are recommended long-term psychological support. Keywords: COPD, COVID-19, post-COVID, body plethysmography, diffusive capacity of lungs.

Research on New Chinglish usage Mode based on emotion computing model: Acceptance and Preference of Chinese College Students

Abstract This study delves into the characteristics and emotional dimensions of New Chinglish, scrutinizing its expressive connotations. By examining the inner architecture of an emotion computation model, we propose a multi-layered cognitive affective computing model. This model integrates personality traits, mood states, and emotional conditions to refine the mapping relationship between PAD mood states and emotional responses. We introduce this multi-layer cognitive model as a novel method for preference mining, integrated with multi-objective decision-making processes. Additionally, we investigate the reception of New Chinglish among Chinese college students by examining various layers of engagement. We categorize the emotional types of New Chinglish utilizing the affective computing model, explore the students’ reception towards positive or negative expressions, and analyze preference patterns based on the attributes of New Chinglish. The findings indicate a favorable overall acceptance of New Chinglish among Chinese college students, with average scores for usage attitude and behavioral intention being 3.215 and 3.236, respectively. The three most favored aspects are humor (2.7986), phonetic appeal (2.5805), and innovativeness (2.4325).

Family Resilience in Implementing Parenting in Sandwich Generation Families (Phenomenological Study on Sandwich Generation Families in Sumberpucung Village)

Living as a sandwich generation can enable one to feel overwhelmed by the double roles they're playing. The burden of foster care in the sandwich generation family is the feelings experienced by caregivers referring to emotional, physical, social, and financial conditions and affecting personal, family, and social lives. This method of research uses qualitative research with a model of phenomenological approach and uses data collection techniques such as observation, interview and documentation techniques. First, the physical health burden arises from the exhaustion of childcare and work. Second, the mental health burdens arise from financial problems and poor social stereotypes about women who work remotely. Third, the financial burden emerges from the abundance of needs to be met so that the sandwich generation has no savings. Fourthly, the burden of social life is because the busy working sandwich generation is less able to communicate with their families. Family resilience. First, the physical economic endurance of the family's sandwich generation meets primary needs by working. This work is done by a couple of sandwich generations to meet the needs of the family. Second, social resilience where the family of the sandwich generation always implants religious values as well as building effective communication with family members. Third, the psychological resilience of the way the family deals with problems in a quiet and calming way.

Pengaruh Kepuasan Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Dokter yang Dimoderasi oleh Spiritualitas

Job satisfaction is a positive emotional condition as a result of job appraisal. Spirituality possessed by a doctor is an inner condition that grows because it interprets work in his life. This study aims to examine and explain the relationship between job satisfaction and physician performance, which is moderated by spirituality. From the questionnaires that were distributed, a total of 150 respondents were obtained consisting of general practitioners (71 people), doctors with Masters degrees (65 people), specialist doctors (9 people) and doctors with Doctoral education as many as 5 people. The doctors have worked for < 5 years (63 people), 5-10 years (32 people), 10-20 years (31 people) and > 20 years (24 people). The results of the construct validity test (job satisfaction) obtained data that there were 5 valid statement indicators. While the validity of spirituality obtained 4 valid data, and on the performance, parameters obtained 6 valid performance indicators. The results of the analysis obtained data that job satisfaction has a positive significant effect on the performance of doctors (P = 0.000). Spirituality has a positive significant effect on doctors' performance with a significance level of P=0.000. However, spirituality as a moderating variable has a negative effect, which means it reduces the effect of job satisfaction on performance. The spirituality factor reduces job satisfaction. It can be logically explained that job satisfaction is not solely a determinant of performance. Spirituality reflects the vocation of dedication as a doctor who has special knowledge to help human health and humanity. Spiritually, working doctors do not pursue job satisfaction merely, but there is a spirituality of dedication that aims to help save the souls of fellow human beings.

Frequency of depression among mental health patients in the POST-COVID-19 ERA.

Objective: The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scales were used to determine the frequency of depression and anxiety in COVID-19-positive people. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Qateef Hospital Kingdom of Saudia Arabia. Period: 25th April, 2021 to 18th May, 2021. Material & Methods: 450 participants were enrolled in this study. Both genders were included who had COVID positive but suffering from depression and anxiety were included in this study. In this study all participants were completed questionnaires describing their social and demographic status, as well as PHQ-9 for depression and GAD-7 for anxiety. To analyze the continuous and categorical data the SPSS version 20 was used. Results: Over four hundred and fifty subjects participated in this cross-sectional study with the age of 49.91±12.2 years. In addition, according to the findings when the PHQ-9 scoring is significant in old age people whereas the GAD-7 is significantly found in young age. Conclusion: The study found the evidence about the probable psychologic difficulties associated with this pandemic and underline the necessity for PHQ-9 and GAD-7 for assessing mental health. The findings of this research provide light on the emotional condition of post-COVID-19 patients and indicate the necessity for depression and anxiety treatment by a psychiatrist. This research will focus in the future on how strongly depression and anxiety in the participants predict mental disorders following COVID-19.

Edukasi Mengenalkan Manfaat Pijat Bayi Untuk Meningkatkan Pengetahuan Ibu Yang Memiliki Bayi Usia 3-12 Bulan Di Desa Semen Kecamatan Semen Kabupaten Kediri

Massage for babies and toddlers can be interpreted as a comfortable touch of communication between mother and baby/toddler. Touch is a natural touch for babies and toddlers which can take the form of stroking, massaging or massaging. Baby massage is beneficial for the growth, development and healthy emotional condition of children. The aim of this community service is to increase the knowledge and ability to practice baby massage among mothers who have babies/toddlers to support children's growth and development. This activity is carried out by providing outreach in the form of leaflets and baby massage demonstrations about the benefits and techniques of baby massage. Knowledge measurement is carried out by giving a pretest before counseling and demonstration and a posttest after counseling and demonstration. This counseling was carried out in one of the residents' homes in Semen Village, Kediri Regency, which was attended by 14 mothers who had babies/toddlers. The results of the counseling were obtained before the counseling was given, there were 2 mothers (14.3%) with good knowledge and after the activity there was an increase to 10 mothers (71.4%) with good knowledge. It is hoped that further counseling will focus on providing nutrition for the growth and development of babies/toddlers.

Upaya Penanganan Dismenorea Berbasis Thibbun Nabawi Pada Remaja

Dysmenorrhoea is experienced by 90% of women in Indonesia, because of this, around 14% of women cannot participate in learning at school or carry out daily activities, thereby reducing their productivity. Adolescent girls are in an unstable emotional condition, if they do not get good information about the menstrual cycle then they are easy to experience primary menstrual disorders. Primary dysmenorrhea is experienced by many teenagers who are growing and developing both physically and psychologically. Several efforts have been made to reduce pain complaints in cases of dysmenorrhoea, including non-pharmacological intervention, including Rosulullah-style treatment, known as Thibbun Nabawi treatment, including listening to the Koran and breathing exercises, this treatment is cheap and can be done independently by everyone. people who experience it. The implementation of socialization at Al Islam High School is really needed considering that in this school there are many cases of Dysmennorrhea, and no one has provided an understanding of these cases and how to manage them non-pharmacologically so that they can be overcome without causing side effects. The target of this community service proposal is Al Islam Surakata High School students. The benefit of this activity is to increase understanding about menstrual disorders, especially dysmenorrhea and treatment of pain complaints when dysmenorrhea occurs at low cost and without side effects. impact, namely by means of Tibbun Nabawi.”

"Older persons providing or not providing informal care to non-family peers - The experience of Health-related Quality of Life. Results from the Swedish Citizen Panel survey "

In Scandinavia, older persons have managed to take care of themselves at home with the help of relatives, friends, non-family members and others’ [1]. However, previous research have focused on carers mainly providing formal care, and little is known on the impacts on the carers’ health when providing informal care among older persons [2]. In Sweden, almost half of the hours of caregiving are provided by older persons. In Public Care, to meet the elderly persons’ need of care and support, a recent trend in eldercare is so- called innovation, which is commonly done in collaboration between public care, and many other sectors, including citizens. One of the goals is to activate older persons in care policies, emphasize preventive measures in ageing policy, and, involve older persons in social communities. Among younger and older carers providing care to older persons with impaired health, caregiving has been considered such as predictor factor for illness, depressed mood, and long-term sick-leave. Older persons who provide care to older adults with dementia, and experience strain, had a high risk for mental illness. Providing care to partner with health disability, has a broad-based negative impact. In general, there is a lack of knowledge on the older adults’ HRQoL, and on the burden due to diverse informal activities of care provided for older persons to non-family peers.
 This study examined how and to what extent perceived health-related quality of life (HRQoL) differs between older adults providing and not providing informal care to non-family peers and whether their perceived HRQoL is associated with experiences of strain.
 Methods: Our study is based on a sub-sample of the Swedish Citizen Panel survey, “involuntary loneliness among senior citizens”, involving older adults (+65 years old; n = 10,096). A cross-sectional survey was conducted, most of the participants were Swedish men (67%) living in urban places.The Swedish Citizen Panel is an infrastructure for collecting panel data via online questionnaires to be utilized by academic researchers and Swedish authorities. Health-related quality of life was assessed throughout the EQ-5D-3L instrument.
 Results: The HRQoL among the men was lower HRQoL in all the analyses. However, type of activity provided, the older persons’ physical and emotional condition, and socioeconomic factors worsened HRQoL. Particularly, older participants suffering from pain, reported lower HRQoL, and experienced more strain. Care supported by organizations was most positive experiences compared to health-related care or social support.
 Conclusions: Distinguishing older persons who provide care to non-family peers at risk of illness according to the type of care provided, socioeconomic conditions, social networks, age and physical limitations, and further, examining the diversity in care practices in the outskirts of public health, all together should improve the informal older adults’ HRQoL, and enhance a more sustainable, and innovative informal eldercare in Sweden.