Health-related quality of life
By: Erik C. Hoffmann, editor
Series: Public health in the 21st century series; Public health in the 21st century series
Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781607417231
Description: "In public health and in medicine, the concept of health-related quality of life refers to a person or group's perceived physical and mental health over time. Physicians have often used health-related quality of life (HRQOL) to measure the effects of chronic illness in their patients to better understand how an illness interferes with a person's day-to-day life. Similarly, public health professionals use health-related quality of life to measure the effects of numerous disorders, short- and long-term disabilities, and diseases in different populations. Tracking health-related quality of life in different populations can identify subgroups with poor physical or mental health and can help guide policies or interventions to improve their health. Most conceptualizations of HRQL emphasize the effects of disease on physical, social/role, psychological/emotional, and cognitive functioning. This important book gathers the latest research from around the world in this field."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Impact factors of osteoporosis on health-related quality of life / Naomi Masunari, Saeko Fujiwara; title: Health-related quality of life in old age : the impact of reproductive history / Sylvia Kirchengast, Beatrix Haslinger; title: The impact of the type of urinary diversion, after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer, on quality of life / Ja Hyeon Ku; title: German version of PORPUS-P : reference values, reliability, construct validity, discriminant and concurrent validity / Annika Waldmann ... [et al.]; title: Health related quality of life in musculoskeletal disorders : therapeutic patient education / Montserrat Nuñez ... [et al.]; title: Quality of life and health status in sarcoidosis patients / Branislav S. Gvozdenovic ... [et al.]; title: Quality of life and bone health / E.M. Dennison, C. Holroyd, C. Cooper; title: Validity and reliability of the standardized asthma quality of life questionnaire; title: AQLQ(S) in Greece / E. Grammatopoulou, E.K. Skordilis, D. Koutsouki; title: Clinical determinants of health-related quality of life in an elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus population / Angelos Papadopoulos, Nick Kontodimopoulos, Dimitris Niakas.