Health Quality Of Life Domains Research Articles

The Role of Self-Compassion, Self-Esteem of Bullying Victims: A Qualitative Study

Bullying is any form of intimidation or violent behavior carried out intentionally by one or a group of people who are stronger or more powerful towards another person, which aims to hurt and is carried out continuously. Bullying has a very bad impact on victims, especially teenagers. For example, it is easy to experience fear, anxiety and can lead to depression. This bullying behavior can affect the development of self-esteem, resulting in low self-esteem in teenagers. This gives rise to thoughts of one's own worthlessness and makes it difficult to socialize with the surrounding environment. Self-esteem is the basis for a person's assessment of himself both positively and negatively as a whole. This research uses quantitative methods with a literature review approach. Various sources relevant to the research topic were collected and then analyzed. So the results of this study show that increasing teenagers' self-esteem is effective in minimizing teenage victims of bullying. Therefore, it can be concluded that self- esteem is found to be related to bullying. Self-compassion in the health quality of life of adolescents is significant in the dimensions of physical, psychological well- being, relationships with parents and autonomy, as well as the school environment. However, self-compassion was found not to be very significant in the dimensions of social support and peers, because self-compassion in improving various health quality of life domains indicates the importance of developing a compassionate attitude towards oneself for adolescents in order to improve their quality of life.

Mediating effect of symptom severity on the relationship between aggression, impulsivity and quality of life outcomes among patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses.

Aggression and impulsivity among individuals with schizophrenia have been associated with poor clinical outcomes including worsening of symptoms and substance abuse which have been linked to a lower quality of life (QoL). The current study aimed to look at the mediating effect of symptom severity on the relationship between aggression, impulsivity and QoL among outpatients with schizophrenia and related psychoses in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Data (n = 397) were collected from outpatients seeking treatment at the Institute of Mental Health. The World Health Organization quality of life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) scale, the symptoms checklist-90 revised (SCL-90-R), Buss Perry aggression questionnaire (BPAQ), and the Barratt impulsiveness scales (BIS) were used to assess subjective well-being, symptom severity, aggression, and impulsivity, respectively. Mediation analysis was performed using the PROCESS macro to understand the mediating effect of symptom severity. Motor impulsivity (MI) was indirectly associated with both the physical and psychological health domains of QoL while self-control was indirectly associated with the physical, psychological, and environmental health QoL domains through increased symptom severity. The significant indirect effect of symptom severity in our study highlights one potential pathway through which impulsivity impacts the QoL of individuals with schizophrenia and related psychoses. Elucidating other factors besides symptom severity that have an indirect effect on the QoL of individuals provides alternative approaches for treatment through which better clinical outcomes can be achieved.

How health outcomes differ between youth who suffer a traumatic, sport-related knee injury and matched controls - implications for rehabilitation and understanding post-traumatic osteoarthritis risk

How health outcomes differ between youth who suffer a traumatic, sport-related knee injury and matched controls - implications for rehabilitation and understanding post-traumatic osteoarthritis risk

The relationship between quality of life and sense of coherence in patients presenting for care in a chiropractic practice-based research network

IntroductionAntonovsky’s sense of coherence (SOC) has been shown to positively correlate with quality of life (QoL). We examined the relationship between socio-demographic data and clinical covariates along with various QoL domains to SOC in patients presenting for care within a chiropractic practice-based research network. MethodsIn addition to providing socio-demographic information and clinical covariates, patients attending care within a PBRN completed the PROMIS-29 and PROMIS global health to measure of QoL and SOC-29 to measure SOC at baseline. In addition to descriptive statistics, we utilized a random forest analysis to assess the predictively ability of covariates to SOC. ResultsOur dataset was comprised of a convenience sample of 1980 responders (average age = 40.72 years; 1494 females and 486 males). The mean T scores (T1/T2) for the various QoL domains physical functioning (50.97), anxiety (52.03), depression (47.47), fatigue (51.15), ability to participate in social roles and activities (54.44), sleep disturbance (59.85), pain interference (51.27), global physical health (GPH) (49.34) and global mental health (GMH) (50.69). Mean pain intensity rating was 4.23. The mean SOC-29 was 148.34. The most important covariates to changes in SOC were: GPH, depression, anxiety age, fatigue and sleep disturbance. Partial dependence plots revealed that increasing GPH, GMH and age of patient predict increasing SOC. A high SOC was predicted in the presence of low GPH given a high GMH scoring. ConclusionsThe mental health QoL domains had a stronger predictability for SOC than physical health domains.

Quality of life after stroke: a prospective longitudinal study

To measure the impact of stroke on quality of life (QOL), and analyze whether race, gender, age, income, or living alone moderated those changes, using prospective longitudinal methods. Participants in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study without history of stroke completed baseline SF-12 Mental (MCS) and Physical Component Summary (PCS) measures and a depression scale. Measures were repeated (M=1231days later) by 136 participants after an incident medically documented stroke and by 136 demographically matched stroke-free controls. Stroke participants showed significant worsening than controls in all three QOL measures. Controls also declined significantly in PCS. Standardized effect sizes for stroke versus control participants after adjusting for covariates were similar across the three measures and ranged from .366 to .465 standard deviation units. Stroke survivors who lived alone were at greater risk for increases in depressive symptoms. Multiple declines in QOL occur after stroke, and social isolation heightens risk for increasing depression after stroke. Our prospective design and use of a population-based sample with matched controls suggests similar effects in both physical health and mental health QOL domains and offers unique strengths in understanding the impact of stroke on QOL.

Quality of life in patients with spinal cord injury

The primary objective of this study was to assess the quality of life (QoL) in spinal cord injury (SCI) survivors. Secondary objectives were to determine the effects of various sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on QoL. This cross-sectional study included 54 patients with SCI. The Turkish version of the Short-Form-36 Health Survey was used to assess health-related QoL. Functional status was measured with Functional Independence Measure. Higher values were obtained in younger individuals for bodily pain, in paraplegic patients for physical functioning, role-physical, social functioning, and role-emotional. Moreover, it was observed that functional status correlated well with physical functioning, role-physical, social functioning, and role-emotional. Among the complications investigated, bladder incontinence is related to low health-related QoL in most domains. SCI may interfere with some health domains of QoL according to the patient's age, neurologic levels, functional status and presence of complications, mainly bladder incontinence.

Relationship between spinal mobility measures and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

The aim of this study was to assess spinal mobility status and Quality of life (QoL) of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and determine the relationship between spinal mobility and measures of clinical condition including QoL. A total of 74 patients with AS were included in this study. Disease specific instruments Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI), Bath Ankylosing Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) were applied, and mobility testing: occiput-wall distance and chest expansion. QoL was assessed by the Short Form-36 (SF-36). The mean age was 48.5 years; there were significant correlations between BASMI score and age (P < 0.001), disease duration (P < 0.001), symptoms duration (P < 0.001) and BASFI (P < 0.001). BASMI was negatively correlated with SF-36 physical function subscale (P < 0.001) and general health subscale (P = 0.029). In multivariate regression analysis, BASFI score (P < 0.001) was independently associated factor with physical function domain of SF-36. This study showed that in AS spinal mobility measures are associated with physical function, general health, emotional role and mental health domains of QoL.

Quality of life in physical health domains predicts adherence among myocardial infarction patients even after adjusting for depressive symptoms

Objective To prospectively study the relationship of quality of life (QOL) to adherence among myocardial infarction (MI) patients and also to determine if either QOL or depressive symptoms (DEP) has a primary role in predicting adherence. Methods Acute-MI patients (N=285) were administered questionnaires on QOL, DEP, and adherence in-hospital and 4 months post-MI. The seven adherence behaviors measured included (1) following a low-salt diet, (2) following a low-fat or weight loss diet, (3) taking prescribed medication, (4) exercising regularly, (5) decreasing stress, (6) carrying medical supplies for self-care, and (7) trying to socialize more with others. Hierarchical regression analyses examined cross-sectional and prospective relations between adherence and both physical and mental health QOL domains. Each QOL domain was modeled as “adherence=QOL domain+DEP.” Results Physical health QOL was related to adherence using cross-sectional and prospective approaches even with DEP independently still related to adherence. Conversely, in separate models using cross-sectional and prospective approaches, mental health QOL was not related to adherence while DEP was related to adherence. Conclusion Focused attention on those with low scores in physical health QOL or greater DEP may be an efficient approach to improve adherence in patients recovering from an MI.