Quality-of-life (QOL) measurement grew out of work by social scientists and health-services researchers in the 1960s and 1970s to define the value of health-care spending Measuring QOL has some similarity with other forms of clinical testing but, because the objects of measurement are subjective...
and similar approaches being implemented by Club Med resorts and the LIFT program, composed of multiple grants aimed at empowering underserved youth interested in aviation, at Alaska Airlines to illustrate the importance of both large- and small-scale strategies in achieving quality of life (QoL)....
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Quality of life can both influence and be an outcome of general health perceptions after heart surgery Lars Mathisen*1,2, Marit H Andersen1,3, Marijke Veenstra4, Astrid K Wahl5, Berit R Hanestad5 and Erik Fosse1 ...
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Open Access Social and dental status along the life course and oral health impacts in adolescents: a population-based birth cohort Karen G Peres*1, Marco A Peres1, Cora LP Araujo2, Ana MB Menezes2 and Pedro C Hallal2 Address: 1...
(SEPAR) and it is a support program for patients with COPD and was designed to help them understand their disease and treat- ment by changing their misconceptions, improving adher- ence to prescribed treatments and healthy habits (eg. reducing smoking), and consequently their quality of life. ...
Engineers can expect to be increasingly asked to recommend improvements to the biogeochemical cycling, such as enhancements to the food life cycles (e.g., animal feeding operations, farmlands,rangelands, and groceries). How can engineering innovation improve the efficiency of various human activities ...
Lifestyle self-management as an intervention for people living with multiple sclerosis (plwMS) is an emerging area of research. Previous reviews have highlighted a need to systematically identify effective self-management regimens that influence the health and well-being of plwMS using a common metri...
Grants and payments should be made to needy students in the form of educational opportunity grants, supplementary matching grants, federal scholarship grants to institutions and work-study programs. A national student loan program should be established. Aid should be awarded to the most able graduate...
The LIFE-RIFT assesses the extent to which psychopathology has impacted current functioning in work, household chores, interpersonal relationships with partner, family, and friends, recreational activities, and life satisfaction. A reliable and valid measure of functioning, the LIFE-RIFT, assesses impairm...
Dr Swenor reports grants from National Institute on Aging during the conduct of the study. Dr Rosman reports grants from National Eye Institute (grant UG1-EY020522-08) outside the submitted work. Dr Ramke reports funding from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (as a Commonwealth Rutherford ...