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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"subjective quality of life."”.
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Subjective Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients
With the ever increasing ability of medical technology to prolong life, quality of life is an increasingly legitimate medical outcome. This is an ethnographic study on the perceived quality of life of hemodialysis dependent end stage renal disease patients. The study used participant observations …
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Subjective Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients
With the ever increasing ability of medical technology to prolong life, quality of life is an increasingly legitimate medical outcome. This is an ethnographic study on the perceived quality of life of hemodialysis dependent end stage renal disease patients. The study used participant observations …
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Long-term subjective quality of life and adjustment following traumatic brain injury
… consequencesth at force a person to change life goals and fundamental beliefs about the self. Two relatively underresearched areas in the field of traumatic brain injury are long-term outcome, and self-perceived outcome. This research combines the two in order to investigate long-term …
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Erfarenheter av stigmatisering och diskriminering bland personer med psykisk sjukdom
The overall aim of this thesis is to 1) investigate the prevalence of stigmatizing experiences and beliefs of devaluation and discrimination among persons with mental illness, and 2) to investigate the relationship between beliefs of devalua¬tion/¬discrimination, rejection experiences and …
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Spinal cord injury and quality of life: what determines quality of life and what is the relationship between physical activity, fitness and quality of life
This thesis is comprised of two investigations. The first investigation, using naturalistic inquiry, determined the domains that represented quality of life for persons with a spinal cord injury. Seven persons with complete quadriplegic injuries (one female, six males) and eight persons with …
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Spiritual Well-Being and Quality of Life among Persons with Paraplegia
<p>With the advent of better emergency response and medical advances, the life expectancy of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) is about 85% to 90% compared to that of non-disabled persons. Since SCI survivors are living well into their 70s, quality of life (QOL) is a major concern. The purpose …
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Quality of life amidst the lights of Las Vegas
Recent literature on quality of life indicators and sustainability has focused on quantifiable measurements, not qualitative. In actuality, the whole concept of quality of life is a subjective valuation of a myriad of issues by individuals. The purpose of this thesis, based on the testing of a …
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Psychosocial rehabilitation for people with mental illness in the South African context : an evaluation from a service-users perspective
The aim of this study was to explore perceived significant changes in the quality of life of people with mental illness accessing psychosocial rehabilitation programmes. Furthermore a comparison was drawn between the outcomes experienced by these service-users and the vision and aims of Cape Mental …
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Gyvenimo kokybė ir jos vertinimo ypatumai /
The aim of the thesis is to analyse factors determining the quality of life and conditions ensuring the quality of life. Objectives of the thesis: 1. To analyse the factors determining the quality of life; 2. To describe criteria and models of quality of life monitoring and evaluation; 3. To …
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Mineworkers' quality of life in remote communities : a multiple case study in the Brazilian Amazon
… performance or on their implications for the quality of life (QOL) of mineworkers and their families and for the pre-existing local communities. This multidisciplinary case study research used a subjective quality of life approach to investigate the levels of satisfaction with QOL and specific …