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Topophilia and the Quality of Life [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2005
With this research I tested the hypothesis that individual preferences for specific ecosystem components and restorative environments are significantly associated with quality of life (QOL). A total of 379 human subjects responded to a structured 18-item questionnaire on topophilia and to the 26-item World Health Organization's Quality of Life (WHOQOL ...
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Quality of life of psoriatic patients – modulatory variables

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2016
Background. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the quality of life (QoL) of patients with dermatological conditions. The problem of the stigma associated with some dermatological conditions has been discerned, as patients suffering ...
Marta Maria Gawlik, Barbara Topczewska, Donata Kurpas   +2 more
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Measurement of life Quality in old habitat and its visualization Case Study: the hashemi district in 10 zone of Tehran metropol [PDF]

جغرافیا و آمایش شهری منطقه‌ای, 2012
Rapid growth of cities during the recent decades may contribute to the formation of improper and irregular textures. In addition, old textures in the cities are wearing and the quality of life has been greatly declined in these areas. Therefore, planning
Hassan Salmani, Dr. Ali Akbar Taghvaiee, Dr. Mojtaba Rafieeyan   +2 more
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Living with diabetes: quality of care and quality of life

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2011
Pilar Isla PeraDepartment of Public Health Nursing, Mental and Mother and Child Health, University of Barcelona, SpainBackground: The aim of this research was to characterize the experience of living with diabetes mellitus (DM) and identify patients& ...
Pilar Isla Pera
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General population normative values for the EORTC QLQ-C30 by age, sex, and health condition for the French general population

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Background General population normative values for the widely used health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measure EORTC QLQ-C30 support the interpretation of trial results and HRQoL of patients in clinical practice. Here, we provide sex-, age- and health
Micha J. Pilz, Fanny L.C. Loth, Sandra Nolte, Anna M.M. Thurner, Eva-Maria Gamper, Amélie Anota, Gregor Liegl, Johannes M. Giesinger, on behalf of the EORTC Quality of Life Group   +8 more
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The value and quality of life

European Review, 1999
A medical view on ‘the value of life’ can be inferred from medical accounts of the quality of life: a life has value if it embodies certain qualities. Scales have been developed to quantify quality of life. While the term ‘quality of life’ is used frequently in everyday discourse, perceptions of what it might actually mean differ greatly and are often ...
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C-QUALITY: cost and quality-of-life pharmacoeconomic analysis of antidepressants used in major depressive disorder in the regional Italian settings of Veneto and Sardinia

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2013
Claudio Mencacci,1 Eugenio Aguglia,2 Giovanni Biggio,3 Lodovico Cappellari,4 Guido Di Sciascio,5 Andrea Fagiolini,6 Giuseppe Maina,7 Alfonso Tortorella,8 Pablo Katz,9 Claudio Ripellino9 1Department of Mental Health, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Milan ...
Mencacci C, Aguglia E, Biggio G, Cappellari L, Di Sciascio G, Fagiolini A, Maina G, Tortorella A, Katz P, Ripellino C   +9 more
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Quimp (quality of life impairment): an addition to the quality of life lexicon

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2017
There has been a constant growth in the number of publications each year concerning “quality of life (QoL)” and “dermatology,” since the publication of the Dermatology Life Quality Index in 1994. Numerous dermatology and disease-specific QoL instruments have since been created.
Chernyshov, Pavel P.V., Bewley, Anthony, van Cranenburgh, Oda O.D., Jemec, Gregor, Salek, Sam S.S., Sampogna, Francesca, Svensson, Linder, Michael Dennis, Pustišek, Nives, Manolache, Liana, Szepietowski, Jacek J.C., Tomas-Aragones, Lucía, Marron, Servando S.E., Poot, Françoise, Augustin, Matthias   +14 more
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Quality of Life in Adult Individuals Living With or at Risk of a Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndrome: A Scoping Review of the Qualitative Literature

Cancer Medicine
Background The in‐depth understanding of the impact of a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome (HCPS) on the health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) of individuals with a hereditary cancer burden contributes to the improvement of counselling ...
M. Sztankay, S. Wheelwright, V. Vassiliou, E. M. A. Bleiker, B. Rahman, B. Holzner, A. Yener, V. Engele, A. S. Oberguggenberger, EORTC Quality of Life Group   +9 more
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Quality of Life Philosophy II: What is a Human Being?

The Scientific World Journal, 2003
The human being is a complex matter and many believe that just trying to understand life and what it means to be human is a futile undertaking. We believe that we have to try to understand life and get a grip on the many faces of life, because it can be ...
Søren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Maximilian Kromann, Joav Merrick   +3 more
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