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Quality of life of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer
2021
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common malignancies with poor prognosis and high mortality. Advanced-stage disease at diagnosis and the dominant clinical symptoms significantly deteriorate the quality of life. The paper presents an analysis of the results of quality of life studies in patients with locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer, as well as the relationship between therapeutic decisions and quality of life indicators. It has been shown that the initial assessment of life quality can have prognostic value.Appropriate symptomatic treatment of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer improves the quality of life, increases the compliance and prolongs survival. The asses…
Change in physical activity and health-related quality of life in old age : a 10-year follow-up study
2019
The aim of the study was to examine the association between change in leisure‐time physical activity (LTPA) and change in health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) and symptoms of depression during a 10‐year follow‐up. This prospective study included 1036 men and women (mean age at baseline = 61.2 years) from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study. Leisure‐time physical activity was measured with a questionnaire, HRQoL with SF36 and depression symptoms with Beck's depression inventory (BDI). The association between the change in LTPA and change in HRQoL and BDI were investigated with sex‐stratified general linear models adjusted for age, smoking, educational attainment, comorbidity score, and baselin…
Work-life Balance Decision-making of Norwegian Students: Implications for Human Resources Management
2016
Objective : The paper aims at identifying and assessing the significance of work-life balance determinants between the Youth of highly developed societies and its implications for human resources management on the example of Norway. Research Design & Methods : The research target group consists of 236 respondents recruited among Norwegian tertiary education students. It employed literature analysis, two-stage exploratory research: direct individual in-depth interviews, survey based on a self-administered, web-based questionnaire with single-answer, limited choice qualitative & quantitative, as well as explanatory research (informal moderated group discussions). Findings: The research on per…
Health-related Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Survivors Attending an Exercise Intervention Study : A Five-year Follow-up
2020
Background/Aim: As the number of breast cancer survivors is increasing, their long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL)has become an important issue. The aim of the study is to follow up the HRQoL of breast cancer survivors (BCS) in a prospectiverandomized exercise intervention study and to compare HRQoL to that of the age-matched general female population. Patients and Methods: Following adjuvant treatment, 537 patients aged 35-68 and capable of exercise training were randomized to a 12-monthexercise trial. In 182 of those patients, HRQoL was measured by the generic 15D at baseline and followed up for five years.Furthermore, the HRQoL of all BCS answering the 15D at five-year follow…
The role of teachers’ controlling behaviour in physical education on adolescents’ health-related quality of life : test of a conditional process model
2019
Students’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) may depend on the extent to which the school environment fostered by their teacher is perceived as autonomy-supportive. We tested a conditional process model in a physical education context in which students’ perception of their teachers’ autonomy-supportive behaviour moderated the relationship between perceived controlling behaviour and HRQoL via need frustration. School students (N = 1042) completed self-report measures of perceived teachers’ autonomy support, perceived controlling behaviour, need frustration, and HRQoL. As predicted, the effect of perceived teachers’ controlling behaviour on HRQoL was mediated by need frustration. Perceive…
Akceptacja choroby jako mediator zależności pomiędzy niepełnosprawnością neurologiczną a jakością życia uwarunkowaną stanem zdrowia osób ze stwardnie…
2020
Stwardnienie rozsiane (sclerosis multiplex – SM) jest postępującą demielinizacyjną chorobą ośrodkowego układu nerwowego, która może prowadzić do trwałej niepełnosprawności. Z tego względu stanowi wyzwanie dla procesu adaptacji psychicznej i może prowadzić do obniżenia jakości życia. Celem pracy było określenie relacji pomiędzy niepełnosprawnością neurologiczną występującą w przebiegu SM, przystosowaniem do choroby wyrażonym przez stopień jej akceptacji oraz jakością życia uwarunkowaną stanem zdrowia. Materiał i metody: W badaniu wzięło udział 137 osób ze zdiagnozowanym SM. W badaniach wykorzystano Skalę niepełnosprawności neurologicznej szpitala Guy, Skalę akceptacji choroby oraz Skalę wpły…
Niepełnosprawność a jakość życia pacjentów ze stwardnieniem rozsianym : mediacyjna rola zapotrzebowania na wsparcie społeczne
2019
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive neurological disease that leads to significant disability and can affect health related quality of life. Social support may be one of the predictors of quality of life in MS. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between disability associated with the course of multiple sclerosis, social support and quality of life. 137 people diagnosed with MS participated in the study. Extended Disability Status Scale (EDSS), Guy's Neurological Disability Scale (GNDS), Berlin Social Support Scales and the Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale 29 (MSIS-29) were used in the study. The study showed no significant relationship between disability and perceiv…
Pokolenie X i Y - podobieństwa i różnice w osobowości i hierarchii wartości między kierownikami a pracownikami na tle poczucia jakości życia
2014
CANCER SURVIVORSHIP: THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSUMING AN ACTIVE ROLE
2019
Advances in the early detection and treatment of cancer have led to an increase in the number of people who have overcome the disease, reaching 5% of the current population in our country. As indicated by the Sociedad Española de Oncología Médica [Spanish Society of Medical Oncology], this situation involves new challenges that require, among other things, the identification of and attention to the quality of life and the psychosocial needs of this growing population. The objective of this article is to reflect on the importance of comprehensive, specialized, and multidisciplinary care, in which the survivor has a more active participation. However, previously, the debate on the concept of …
Validity and reliability of the Italian version of the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire (CLDQ-I) for the assessment of health-related quality of l…
2005
Background.: The Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire is a specific health-related quality of life assessment designed for patients with liver diseases. Aim.: The aim of this paper is to report on the validity, reliability and sensitivity to change of the Italian version (Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire-I) in subjects with HCV infection. Subjects.: The Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire-I was administered to 350 subjects with HCV infection together with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment, abbreviated version, a generic quality of life assessment. Methods.: The instrument was translated from English, backtranslated and reviewed in focus groups in the framework of a …