Domain Specific Quality Of Life

In particular most qol instruments for psychiatric patients are based on this concept.

Domain specific quality of life. The national institute of health has created the neuro quality of life neuro qol scale in part to address these limitations and needs 8. One year prospective study of an inception cohort of patients with first ever brain infarction. For each qol subscale and for the overall fact c scale 6 month scores were the strongest predictor of qol scores at 24 months post diagnosis e g. Web of science google scholar and optimism and pessimism as measured by the life orientation test revised lot r.

β 0 447 p 0 001 for overall qol. Frisch 1994 frisch mb. We report on a study casting some doubts on the rationale of this approach. General life satisfaction and domain specific quality of life in chronic schizophrenic patients.

No prior studies have assessed whether acute infarct volume predicts domain specific hrqol 9. Quality of life qol was assessed at 6 and 24 months post diagnosis using the functional assessment of cancer therapy colorectal fact c. Background and purpose the purposes of this study were to examine overall and domain specific quality of life in long term stroke survivors and to identify variables that predict quality of life after stroke. The objective of the study was to describe the domain specific quality of life in persons with spinal cord injury and to evaluate the influences of injury level time since injury age at time of injury marital status and education level on quality of life subscales.

Kemmler g 1 holzner b neudorfer c meise u hinterhuber h. Scheier carver bridges 1994 were compared in terms of ability to predict life satisfaction as measured by the domain specific quality of life inventory qoli. To evaluate the domain specific quality of life qol including physical social and role functioning mental health vitality bodily pain and general health domains and to assess qol s clinical and sociodemographic correlates in patients who were disabled by ischemic stroke. We investigated the qol of 48 chronic schizophrenic.

Thirty persons with spinal cord injury and 32 age sex matched healthy. Bottom up theories hold that we experience satisfaction in many domains of life like work relationships family and friends personal development and health and fitness. Life satisfaction as an influencer of domain specific satisfaction heady veenhoven wearing 1991. The present study prospectively assessed the influence of medical socio demographic psychological and lifestyle variables on physical social family emotional functional well being an.

A cross sectional questionnaire study was used.