Abstract: On the basis of available oncological research on the quality of life, this construct is defined as a general, dynamic, and global construct, and a revised version of a questionnaire for its assessment, composed of 68 items, is presented. An ...
Summary: The questionnaire “Quality of Life with Chronic Disease” (German: “Profil der Lebensqualität chronisch Kranker”, PLC) measures the quality of life experienced by patients with chronic diseases on the physical, emotional and social levels, making ...
Summary: The concept of psychiatric day hospitals for the elderly is becoming increasingly popular in Germany. However, studies on the quality of treatment in gerontopsychiatric day hospitals are not available. Parameters suited for a quality assessment ...
Assessing the Quality of Life Among Dementia: The Psychometric Quality of Self-Report ScalesSummary: Self-report questionnaires are used to measure quality of life. Its application is discussed controversially to investigate persons with cognitive ...
Heart or liver-transplantation in adolescentsSummary:Results of interviews with experts. The following paper presents the results of interviews with transplant experts. Objective: What counseling concepts do experts use? How do they describe the quality ...
Quality of Life in Chronically Ill and Psychologically Disturbed Children: First Results Using the Children's Quality of Life Scales (Inventar zur Erfassung der Lebensqualität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen, ILK)Summary:Objectives: The assessment of the ...
Die Pankreastransplantation stellt zwischenzeitlich ein klinisch etabliertes Therapieverfahren dar. Vor allem bei niereninsuffizienten Typ-1-Diabetikern ist die simultane Pankreas-Nierentransplantation im Moment das optimale Therapieverfahren. Die ...
Die Anzahl alter Menschen nimmt proportional zu den Krebsfällen in der Geriatrie zu. Es ist entsprechend notwendig, eine Brücke zwischen diesen scheinbar divergenten Welten zu schaffen. Dies soll ermöglichen, eine ältere Person mit Krebs mit den Augen des ...
Einführung: Die Vena femoralis superficialis (VFS) eignet sich gut als Überbrückungsmaterial bei infrainguinalen Rekonstruktionen. Die potentielle Entwicklung einer sekundären akuten oder chronischen venösen Hypertonie nach ihrer Entfernung kann eine ...
Food Addiction and Alcohol Use Prior to Bariatric SurgeryAbstract:Aims: In individuals prior to bariatric surgery, the prevalence rates of food addiction (FA), alcohol-related disorder, anxiety and depressive ...
The Intercultural Measuring of Quality of Life in the Elderly: The WHOQOL-OLD ProjectAbstract: The WHOQOL-OLD is an international cooperation of 22 research centres under the sponsorship of the WHO for the development of an intercultural instrument for ...
Abstract: The sense of coherence (SOC) is a central concept in Antonovsky's salutogenesis model. This global orientation determines how effectively an elderly person is able to activate proper generalized resistance resources (GRRs) for his or her health ...
Life Quality and Well-Being in Old AgeAbstract: Life quality and well-being are relevant clinical criteria for the evaluation of therapeutic interventions in the elderly. Therefore suitable diagnostic instruments are necessary. In the present paper, the ...
Quality of Life of Older Caregivers of Demented RelativesAbstract: Within the WHOQOL-OLD project quality of life (QoL) of both older dementia caregivers and older noncaregivers (60 years and older) was measured using the WHOQOL-BREF and the new module ...
Self-Reported Cognitive Functioning and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Mild Cognitive ImpairmentAbstract: In a surveillance study, 2001 patients with clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment were examined before and into 12 weeks of ...