Satisfactory Level Of Quality Research Articles

Safe and competent nursing care: An argument for a minimum standard?

There is no agreed minimum standard with regard to what is considered safe, competent nursing care. Limited resources and organizational constraints make it challenging to develop a minimum standard. As part of their everyday practice, nurses have to ration nursing care and prioritize what care to postpone, leave out, and/or omit. In developed countries where public healthcare is tax-funded, a minimum level of healthcare is a patient right; however, what this entails in a given patient’s actual situation is unclear. Thus, both patients and nurses would benefit from the development of a minimum standard of nursing care. Clarity on this matter is also of ethical and legal concern. In this article, we explore the case for developing a minimum standard to ensure safe and competent nursing care services. Any such standard must encompass knowledge of basic principles of clinical nursing and preservation of moral values, as well as managerial issues, such as manpower planning, skill-mix, and time to care. In order for such standards to aid in providing safe and competent nursing care, they should be in compliance with accepted evidence-based nursing knowledge, based on patients’ needs and legal rights to healthcare and on nurses’ codes of ethics. That is, a minimum standard must uphold a satisfactory level of quality in terms of both professionalism and ethics. Rather than being fixed, the minimum standard should be adjusted according to patients’ needs in different settings and may thus be different in different contexts and countries.

Estilo de vida de adolescentes e sua relação com fatores de risco para Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica

O estilo de vida dos adolescentes tem sido associado a comportamentos prejudiciais à saúde que estão diretamente relacionados aos hábitos de vida. Esse estudo objetivou analisar o estilo de vida de adolescentes e a sua relação com os fatores de risco para Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica, bem como traçar o perfil sociodemográfico; identificar os principais fatores de risco cardiovasculares e investigar os hábitos de vida dos adolescentes relacionados à prevalência da HAS. Tratou-se de um estudo exploratório, descritivo e transversal com estratégia de análise de dados quantitativa, desenvolvido em uma instituição de ensino médio no município de Crateús-CE. Para tanto, foi realizada coleta de dados sociodemográficos, antropométricos e clínicos dos participantes do estudo e aplicado o Questionário Estilo de Vida Fantástico (QEVF). Participaram do estudo 144 estudantes da Escola Estadual de Educação Profissional Manoel Mano, onde 52,77% (n=76) eram do gênero feminino e se auto denominavam de cor parda (54,86%, n=79). A idade média dos participantes foi 15,88 ± 0,08 anos, sendo que 35,41% (n=51) possuíam entre 16 e 17 anos. Com relação aos dados clínicos da amostra do estudo foi verificado que os participantes apresentaram valor médio de frequência cardíaca (FC) de 84,59 ± 1,10 bpm. Considerando a pontuação máxima do QEVF, foi possível evidenciar níveis satisfatórios de qualidade de vida, com média de escore geral de 90 ± 0,86 pontos. Face aos resultados obtidos foi possível detectar que os adolescentes participantes do estudo apresentaram em seu estilo de vida fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de HAS: má alimentação e sedentarismo. Todavia também foi verificado que a amostra em estudo apresentou peso corporal e IMC dentro da normalidade, não evidenciando índices para a obesidade. Assim, a proposição de medidas e ações que proporcionem um melhor estilo de vida aos estudantes participantes desse estudo deve ser implantada.

Examining the quantity and quality of online sustainability disclosure within the Jordanian industrial sector: a test of GRI guidelines

Reporting on corporate sustainability practices as being in congruence with social expectations is the core idea of legitimacy theory. Therefore, nowadays many organizations are making efforts to inform their stakeholders about the social, environmental and economic changes in their performance. Consistent with the argument above, this paper aims to examine the quantity and quality of corporate online sustainability information of the industrial sector in Jordan based on the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines. In line with content analysis method, this paper analyzes the quantitative sustainability indicators disclosed during last 7 years (2012–2018) by all the industrial sub-sectors listed on the website of Amman Stock Exchange. The results revealed that although all Jordanian industrial sub-sectors practice of the quantitative sustainability disclosure is in a modest degree in the period of 2012–2018, the emphasis on environmental and economic indicators was less than on social indicators in the corporate online reports. Results on qualitative analysis indicated that, considering all sustainability indicators, only the disclosure on indirect economic impacts, procurement practices, product responsibility, and economic performance have been reported at satisfactory levels of quality but with no compliance of GRI guidelines. According to the obtained results, policy makers in the Jordanian industrial sector should be very important players in order to open the channels of dialogue with corporate managers on the importance of their role in taking more responsibility for their non-financial operations. Consequently, this should ensure more transparent accountability through more quantitative and qualitative sustainability disclosure in the corporate reports.

ICA and ICS-based rankings of EU countries according to quality of mirror data on intra-Community trade in goods in the years 2014?2017

Research background: As a system of official EU statistics, Intrastat contains data collected by Member States aggregated by Eurostat on the Union?s level in the form of COMEXT database. Country-level data are based on declarations made by businesses dispatching or acquiring goods from other EU Member States. Since the same transaction is declared twice ? as an ICS in one country and at the same time as an ICA in another country by the partner ? the database contains mirror data. Analysis of mirror data lets us assess the quality of public statistics data on international trade.
 Purpose of the article: The aim of the article is to rank EU Member States according to quality of data on intra-Community trade in goods collected by Intrastat. Foreign trade stimulates economic development on one hand and is the development?s reflection on the other. Thus it is very important that official statistics in this area be of good quality. Analysis of mirror data from partner states in intra-Community trade in goods allows us to claim that not every Member State pro-vides data of satisfactory quality level.
 Methods: We used the authors? methodology of assessing quality of mirror data. These include data asymmetry indices, both proposed by Eurostat and the authors? own proposals. We have also examined the changes in the above mentioned rankings over time.
 Findings & Value added: The result of the survey is ordering of EU Member States according to the quality of data on intra-Community trade in goods. The rankings are presented for the period of 2014?2017, during which there were 28 Member States of the EU. Changes in distinct countries? positions were shown as a result of changes in overall quality of statistical data collected in these countries. The research methodology can be used in the process of monitoring data quality of the Intrastat system.

DIMENSIONS OF SERVICE OFFER, AS AN ASSUMPTION OF BUILDING LONG TERM RELATIONS WITH THE CUSTOMERS OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES / DIMENZIJE USLUŽNE PONUDE KAO PRETPOSTAVKA GRAĐENJA DUGOROČNIH ODNOSA SA KUPCIMA TELEKOMUNIKACIJSKIH USLUGA

he purpose of this paper is expressed in the need to research the significance of individual dimensions of service offers for customers and their influence to readiness to build long-term relations with the company BH Telecom Sarajevo. The subject of the research are dimensions of service offers and their influence to the possibility of building long-term relations and cooperation between service provider and customers, namely inclinations of customers to “get attached” to their telecom provider. The goal of the research is defined in the need to ascertain which sub-dimensions of service offer is the most significant assumption of building long-term relations with customers, starting with the belief that mutual cooperation will be created and that it will ensure values for participants in the service process. The research deepens the comprehension of the influence of dimensions of service offer to the willingness of buyers for building of relations, which is considered to be a key assumption for customer loyalty to the company. Based on the results of research it is possible to conclude that three sub-dimensions of service offer have a direct and positive influence to the dimension of willingness of customers for building relations with the company BH Telecom, which include materialization of offer, followed by the brand and company image, whereas it least depends on the service quality and process of service providing, which refers to the conclusion that the customer perceives in advance satisfactory level of quality and level of provided service.

Modern Approaches to Greening the Urban Environment (on the Example of the Shevchenkovsky District, Kharkov)

Purpose. Scientific and practical justification for the introduction of plantings of ornamental perennial cereals and roses of a landscape group in the urban system of the Shevchenkovsky district, Kharkov. Methods For inventory of lawn stands, ArcGIS software was used. The basis for creating an inventory map of lawn stands was two basic maps - “Basemap Imagery” and “OpenStreetMap. The calculation of the total area of the research objects was carried out by using the Attribute Table. Assessment of the design coverage and constitutional structure of the species composition of lawn stands was carried out by A. A. Laptev and E. V. Avdeev. Observation of the ecological state of urban rose gardens was carried out by route examination, the presence of pathologies was determined visually. To determine the optimization measures, the SWOT analysis method was used. Results. An inventory map of urban lawn stands was developed. According to the results of a visual assessment, the T. G. Shevchenko city garden is the standard of landscaping in many territories and has a high level of quality of lawn stands. "23 August" Square sections of lawn populations near the Botanical garden station metro, square on the Klochkovskaya street includes areas of lawn stands with an excellent, good, satisfactory and unsatisfactory level of quality. The surface of Sargin Yar is well planned, the sites have an excellent, good and satisfactory level of quality. Based on the results of lawn stands comprehensive assessment, maps of the quality levels of urban lawn stands for the main recreational zones of the Shevchenkovsky district have been developed. The use of decorative cereals in particular, the impregnation of cylindrical, Chinese Miscanthus, feather grass feather, cane falaris, lightning blue is proposed. Using the SWOT analysis method, the strengths and weaknesses of the lawn stands of the Shevchenkovsky district, the possibilities and risks of their creation are determined. According to the results of an integrated ecological assessment of the varieties of landscape roses "Cordula" and "Tornado", the feasibility of their use in urban gardening is shown. Keeping these varieties in container culture can positively affect the artistic expressiveness of the urban sulfur, will provide a "high concentration of beauty" and solve the problems of wintering. Conclusions. Taking into account the principle of relevance in order to minimize the cost of further supporting the urban landscape, it is possible to develop cost-effective projects for landscaping areas with an unsatisfactory level of quality of lawn cover using decorative cereals. The proposed types of cereal plants are resistant to environmental factors, unpretentious, require minimal maintenance, have a high aesthetic appeal and decorativeness, low cost of creation.

Multi-institutional evaluation using the end-to-end test for implementation of dynamic techniques of radiation therapy in Thailand.

In this study, an accuracy survey of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric arc radiation therapy (VMAT) implementation in radiotherapy centers in Thailand was conducted. It is well recognized that there is a need for radiotherapy centers to evaluate the accuracy levels of their current practices, and use the related information to identify opportunities for future development. An end-to-end test using a CIRS thorax phantom was carried out at 8 participating centers. Based on each center's protocol for simulation and planning, linac-based IMRT or VMAT plans were generated following the IAEA (CRP E24017) guidelines. Point doses in the region of PTVs and OARs were obtained from 5 ionization chamber readings and the dose distribution from the radiochromic films. The global gamma indices of the measurement doses and the treatment planning system calculation doses were compared. The large majority of the RT centers (6/8) fulfilled the dosimetric goals, with the measured and calculated doses at the specification points agreeing within ±3% for PTV and ±5% for OARS. At 2 centers, TPS underestimated the lung doses by about 6% and spinal cord doses by 8%. The mean percentage gamma pass rates for the 8 centers were 98.29±0.67% (for the 3%/3mm criterion) and 96.72±0.84% (for the 2%/2mm criterion). The 8 participating RT centers achieved a satisfactory quality level of IMRT/VMAT clinical implementation.

Optimal resource allocation using reinforcement learning for IoT content-centric services

The exponential growing rate of the networking technologies has led to a dramatical large scope of the connected computing environment. Internet-of-Things (IoT) is considered an alternative for obtaining high performance by the enhanced capabilities in system controls, resource allocations, data exchanges, and flexible adoptions. However, current IoT is encountering the bottleneck of the resource allocation due to the mismatching networking service quality and complicated service offering environments. This paper concentrates on the issue of resource allocations in IoT and utilizes the satisfactory level of Quality of Experience (QoE) to achieve intelligent content-centric services. A novel approach is proposed by this work, which utilizes the mechanism of Reinforcement Learning (RL) to obtain high accurate QoE in resource allocations. Two RL-based algorithms have been proposed for cost mapping tables creations and optimal resource allocations. Our experiment evaluations have assessed the efficiency of implementing the proposed approach.

Hybrid Broadcast/Broadband TV Services and Media Synchronization: Demands, Preferences and Expectations of Spanish Consumers

The combination of broadcast and broadband (hybrid) technologies for delivering TV related media contents is already a reality. It has been motivated by the large amount and diversity of media contents, together with the ubiquity and multiple connectivity capabilities of modern consumption devices. The use of connected TVs and companion devices (e.g., tablets, smartphones etc.) is gaining momentum. It enables personalized and enriched TV media experiences, by also exploiting social communication opportunities. Likewise, the media consumption paradigm is worldwide evolving from passive and isolated consumer experiences toward interactive and group shared experiences between remote consumers. Nevertheless, despite the specification of standards, such as hybrid broadcast broadband TV, and the efforts from operators and content providers in the last years, the adoption of hybrid TV media services in Europe is still not as high as expected. This paper presents the concept and some examples of hybrid TV media services , emphasizing the importance of including a combination of media synchronization solutions, known as hybrid sync , to guarantee a satisfactory level of quality of experience. Additionally, it includes the summary and discussion of the results of a research study focused on more than 1000 Spanish users’ habits, preferences, and expectations regarding four representative hybrid TV media services. Many valuable insights and conclusions have been derived. For instance, the current low market adoption of hybrid TV media services, despite their advantages and the high interest of consumers, and that key technological challenges still need to be overcome. The obtained results and impressions foresee the impact (or potential) of such services in the upcoming TV related media consumption landscape. Therefore, devising proper standard-compliant technological solutions (paying special attention to hybrid sync) and equipment should be continued producing appropriate contents, deploying proper hybrid TV media services and applications. As well, it should be convenient to undertake marketing and commercial efforts to boost their deployment. The contributions of this paper can be very valuable to the interested agents to be aware of the remaining challenges, envisage the opportunities, and drive their efforts to maximize the market adoption of such services.

Oštećenje vida kod osoba sa intelektualnom ometenošću

Vision is one of the most important sensory modalities for receiving information about the world and has an important role in child development. Visual impairment is a significant obstacle for optimal everyday functioning of a person and for achieving a satisfactory level of quality of life as well. Unrecognized visual difficulties can negatively affect the development, social behavior, and learning of children with intellectual disability (ID), which means that early visual assessment in children from this population, is of a great significance. The results of different studies suggest that most children and adults with ID have vision problems and that those problems are of a greater degree than in general population. Some authors believe that people with ID should be observed as persons with visual impairment, until proven otherwise. When it comes to assessing visual functions in people with ID, the assessment of distant visual acuity is the most common. However, it is also very important to conduct a detailed assessment which (among else) includes observing visual behavior over time. In cases when it is not possible to apply the same tests as in the general population, adapted tests which include specific needs of person with ID are used. The knowledge about the impact of multiple disabilities on visual functions, functional vision and characteristics of visual functioning ensures timely reaction of professionals and prevention of secondary developmental difficulties.

Avaliação da Qualidade Ambiental Urbana (QAU) aplicada antes e depois do processo de regularização fundiária: estudo de caso Vila Terra Santa – Curitiba/PR

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a Qualidade Ambiental Urbana (QAU), em um processo de regularização fundiária em ocupação irregular localizada em Área de Preservação Permanente (APP). Para verificar as mudanças ocorridas no processo de regularização, foi analisado um estudo de caso: Vila Terra Santa, em Curitiba/PR. Foram levantados dados primários e secundários em dois períodos distintos, sendo o período I anterior (ano 2000-2007) e o II posterior (ano 2008-2013) à regularização fundiária. A metodologia de análise da Qualidade Ambiental Urbana foi adaptada para esta pesquisa e consistiu em oito categorias de análise, as quais contém 34 variáveis e 43 indicadores voltados para aspectos socioambientais e de infraestrutura. Também foi desenvolvido um sistema de Índice de Qualidade Ambiental Urbana (IQAU) parcial, por categoria de análise. Para melhor avaliação, foram atribuídos valores para cada variável e para cada categoria, por fim, para o IQAU final, foram indicados classes de qualidade de A a E, estando A em nível de qualidade extremamente satisfatório e E muito insatisfatório, tendo outras três classes entre esses extremos. Com os resultados foi possível identificar que houve melhoria em seis categorias de análise após o processo de regularização, que ficaram evidenciados em 65% das 34 variáveis avaliadas, comparando os dois períodos. O IQAU final apontou um índice de 40,15 no período I, alocado na classe D que é o nível de qualidade insatisfatório. No período II, o índice foi de 72,98, classificando a qualidade ambiental da Vila Terra Santa em B, muito satisfatória. Os resultados dos índices no QAU demonstraram a viabilidade de aplicação dos mesmos como ferramentas de apoio à tomada de decisão para os gestores.

Are Publicly Available Online Businesses Lists Appropriate to be used as Sampling Frames in Croatian Business Surveys?

Abstract Background: In order to conduct a probability business survey, a high quality sampling frame of enterprises is needed. Objectives: The goal of the paper is to investigate publicly available online businesses lists which can be used as sampling frames in business surveys in Croatia and to find out whether they have a satisfactory quality level. Methods/Approach: Publicly available businesses lists in Croatia are examined and their appropriateness for use in different modes of data collection as business sampling frames is inspected. The advantages and disadvantages of businesses lists are discussed and compared. Results: Overall 11 online businesses lists are considered as business sampling frames in the paper. The comparison analysis has shown that businesses lists from the government institutions are the best choice when business surveys are conducted face-to-face, by mail and/or by telephone. However, none of the observed businesses lists is good enough to be used in a business web survey. Conclusions: The research has shown that the publicly available online businesses lists are of a satisfactory level of quality only if traditional data collection modes are used. Unfortunately, they are not appropriate in business web surveys. Therefore, the development of a business register in Croatia is a prerequisite for conducting probability and representative business web surveys in the future.

Mercado de trabalho nos meios de hospedagem: oferta e demanda de vagas

The labor market in organizations is related to the supply and demand of job vacancies and tends to be a phenomenon involving a variety of internal and external factors in the organization. This involves organizational processes, such as attraction and selection of people who require constant training and development to ensure organizational efficiency and effectiveness. The objective of this research was to analyze the correlation between supply and demand of job vacancies in the sphere of action of accommodation facilities. To achieve the proposed objective,16 organizations of the segment of Tourism in Santa Catarina State were studied. The research was characterized as quantitative, qualitative and exploratory. Data collection was conducted through a questionnaire with multiple choice questions submitted online. The supply and demand of jobs in the accommodation environment requires constant renewal in the processes of personnel management, since it identified the need for improvement in what concerns the attraction and selection processes of people and personnel planning. In addition, the Tourism segment lacks people with the conditions and qualifications needed for efficient operations and satisfactory level of quality.

Sequential separation method for the determination of uranium and thorium in soil using diamyl amylphosphonate and Aliquat®336 impregnated polymer resins

The accurate and rapid determination of radionuclides in soil is very important to monitor the radioactivity of radionuclides for reduction of hazardous effects to human health. Here, a sequential separation method with a fusion technique was developed to separate uranium and thorium isotopes from a soil sample using polymer resins (UTEVA® and TEVA®) packed columns. The radioactivity of separated U and Th was measured using alpha-particle spectrometry. The developed method was evaluated by assessing the key validation parameters of the selectivity, radioactivity range of linearity, scores for quality control, accuracy, tracer recovery yield, and quantification of uncertainty. The method offered a fast analysis of U and Th isotopes of the soil samples with very high chemical recovery yield and the effective removal of interferences, and demonstrated a satisfactory quality level for the selected criteria of the performance for the method validation. The developed method might be promising for use in a determination of the radioactivity of solid samples containing various interferences.

EROL GELENBE: A CAREER IN MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROBABILITY MODELS

We focus on Erol Gelenbe's scientific and technical contributions to probability models in the computer and information sciences, but limit our survey to the last fifteen years. We start with a brief overview of his work as a single author, as well as his work in collaboration with over 200 co-authors. We discuss some of his recent and innovative work regarding a new probability model that represents Intermittent Energy Sources for Computing and Communications, introducingEnergy Packet Networkswhich are a probabilistic representation of the flow, storage and consumption of electrical energy at the microscopic level (in electronic chips), and at the macroscopic level (e.g. in buildings or data centers) and for its routing and dynamic usage by consuming units (such as computer elements, chips or machines). We next discuss his work on designing computer and communication systems that parsimoniously use energy in order to achieve a satisfactory level of quality of service (QoS). Trade-offs between system QoS and energy consumption are also considered. Then we turn to Prof. Gelenbe's pioneering work on Autonomic Communications and the design and implementation of CPN, the Cognitive Packet Network, and we also briefly review his spiking random neural network that was used in CPN. This is followed by a brief review of work that he conducted since 1999 on human evacuation from dangerous or catastrophic environments, and the design of technology driven Emergency Management Systems. His research since the late 2000s on Gene Regulatory Networks is then covered together with its application to the detecting possible disease from microarray data. Finally, we briefly discuss some novel analytical models that he developed in this period with publications appearing in journals of physics and applied mathematics.

Reactor Neutrons in Multimodality Treatment of Locally Advanced Breast Carcinoma

We present long-term treatment outcomes of 201 patients with breast carcinoma who received a radical course of radiation therapy as a component of multimodality treatment. Ninety five of them received mixed photon-neutron therapy (the study group), and 106 patients received photon therapy (control group). All patients had stage III breast cancer. The presented data on the mixed photon-neutron therapy prove feasibility of achievement of high efficiency of treatment and satisfactory level of quality of patient’s life. This approach opens additional opportunities for expansion of a scope of neutrons in oncology.

Implication pharmaceutique dans le cadre d’essais cliniques institutionnels : évaluation de la qualité des opérations de mise sous forme pharmaceutique

For academic clinical trials, the hospital pharmacy may be required to perform the specific activity of preparing investigational drugs. With regards to such activity, and in light of the recent changes in the regulatory environment, the main objective of this study was to evaluate whether quality levels and traceability were in compliance with the applicable regulatory standards. In order to do so, two internal audits have been conducted, the first on the compliance of operations with existing regulatory standards and the second on the quality of traceability of the operations. The proportion of academic clinical trials is constantly growing and currently represents 41% of the total clinical trials in the establishment. An average of 29,000 therapeutic units of investigational drugs are prepared each year (84% under the form of capsules). An overall conformity level of 75% and 88% has been identified in the aforementioned audits, respectively. Such audits have also allowed for the identification of weaknesses in current practices as well as potential improvement areas to achieve better compliance. The hospital pharmacy can provide expertise for the preparation of specific dosage or drugs that are not available on the market. It also can be involved for the conception of appropriated packaging function of the study design. Results of audits encourage us to continue this activity with a satisfactory level of quality in accordance with the necessary requirements to ensure the safety of patients and the quality of clinical trials conducted.

A new design of facial artery perforator flaps for the reconstruction of small- to medium-sized intraoral defects.

The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and outcomes of a new design of facial artery perforator flaps, extending from the angle of the mouth to the border of the mandible, for the reconstruction of small- to medium-sized intraoral defects. The technique had been used in 23 patients between February 2009 and August 2012. The locations of intraoral defects included the tongue, the floor of the mouth, the inferior gingival mucosa, and the sublingual gland. All flaps were monitored for complications including skin loss and ischemia. The functions of appearance, swallowing, and speech were assessed 6 months after operation with the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire. All flaps presented with satisfactory results except for one, which demonstrated superficial tip necrosis that settled after conservative treatment. The follow-up period ranged from 6 to 12 months, and 1 patient died as a result of pulmonary metastasis, and 3 patients underwent second surgery because of local tumor recurrence (2patients) and cervical recurrence (1 patient). Nineteen patients were assessed with the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the mean (SD) scores of appearance, swallowing, and speech were 57.89 (14.45), 83.68 (19.98), and 81.58 (23.16), respectively. This design of facial artery perforator flaps could provide an efficient and cost-effective method for reconstruction of small- to medium-sized intraoral defects with a low surgical morbidity and satisfactory levels of quality of life.

Product Innovation: An Empirical Study into the Impact of Simultaneous Engineering on new Product Quality

The importance of new product development in remaining competitive, as well as of their quality as a source of competitive advantage is unquestioned. What is in doubt, however, is the traditional practice of organizing and implementing the development process because experience shows that satisfactory levels of quality are not always reached in new products. The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of a practical alternative, simultaneous engineering (through its fundamental principles), on the increase in quality of new products. The results appear to indicate that simultaneous engineering can account for the rise in new product quality. Early involvement is the basic principle of simultaneous engineering which has no effect on new product quality, and the use of multifunctional teams has the greatest effect on this variable representing the success of a new product.

Qualidade de vida entre adolescentes: estudo seccional empregando o SF-12

Adolescence is a stage of life when potentially harmful behaviors to health can be initiated. For this reason, the assessment of quality of life at this age is useful to identify higher risk groups that may prejudice general well-being. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and associated factors in a sample of 754 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19. For the measurement of quality of life a Portuguese language version of the 12-item short-form (SF-12) Health Survey questionnaire was used. The results revealed that satisfactory levels of quality of life are higher with the frequent practice of physical activities and the absence of conditions such as work activities and the consumption of tobacco and alcohol. The female sex was correlated with lower scores in mental aspects of quality of life.