BACKGROUND Life satisfaction (LS) of cerebrovascular disease survivors and their family caregivers may relate to socioeconomic factors, impaired functions, health-related quality of life (QoL), but their respective influences remain unclear. This study assessed, two years post-stroke onset, the effects of these factors on patients' LS and family caregivers' LS in Luxembourg. METHODS All strok...

Materials and methods Cross-sectional study conducted between April 2013 and December 2014. Sociodemographic data were evaluated and for the quality of life we used the WHOQOL BREF. Cronotypes and daily preferences sleep were investigated by Chronotype Questionnaire Munich (MCTQ ). Sleep quality was assessed by questionnaire Pittisburgh Sleep Quality Index. Physical examination was performed an...

OBJECTIVE The increasing proportion of older adults in the general population and the specific characteristics of this age group show the need for the development of specific instruments to measure quality of life in older adults. The study aimed at describing the development and validation of the Portuguese version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life for Older Persons (WHOQOL-OLD)...

O objetivo foi analisar a associação da prática de dança e ginástica com percepção qualidade vida seus domínios em um grupo idosas Curitiba/PR, Brasil. Participara do estudo 219 idosas, divididas grupos, sendo: não praticantes atividade física, ginástica. Estudo transversal verificando por meio regressão linear múltipla. Foram aplicados os instrumentos WHOQOL-BREF WHOQOL-OLD para avaliar vida. ...

BACKGROUND The WHOQOL-SRPB has been a useful module to measure aspects of QOL related to spirituality, religiousness, and personal beliefs, but recent research has pointed to potential problems with its proposed factor structure. Three of the eight facets of the WHOQOL-SRPB have been identified as potentially different from the others, and to date only a limited number of factor analyses of the...

Objetivo: investigar níveis de estresse e qualidade vida em mães crianças cardiopatas. Método: estudo caráter exploratório com 23 cardiopatas que responderam os questionários Parental Stress Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS: NICU) Qualidade Vida (WHOQOL-BREF). Resultados: as respostas ao WHOQOL-BREF indicaram 17% das reconhecem a sua como boa; 21% precisa melhorar 60% regular. A escala ...

Introdução: O Diabetes Mellitus (DM) é definido como um transtorno metabólico que aumenta os níveis glicêmicos na corrente sanguínea, isso se dá por sua característica de não secretar a insulina ou produzi-la, causando nos indivíduos quadros hiperglicemia. Objetivo: Compreender impactos o programa automonitoramento glicêmico gera qualidade vida pacientes diabéticos. Materiais e Métodos: Trata-s...