Quality of life for older women [microform] : older women living alone : hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, September 27, 1988.

"Comm. pub. no. 100-704."

Quality of life indicators; a review of state-of-the-art and guidelines derived to assist in developing environmental indicators.

Bibliography: p. 78-83.

Compendium of quality of life research /

Includes bibliographies.

Minimum standards for quality of life /

Mode of access: Internet.

Illinois Rural Life Panel survey : spring 2000 report : addressing issues about the quality of life, availability of skilled labor, housing, access to computer technology, impact of the Internet, and womens' health /

"First printing: March 2001"--T.p. verso.

Illinois state transportation plan, 2007 : safety, cost effective, quality of life, economic prosperity, environment.

"12/07"--Colophon.

Quality of life training curriculum : choice, integration, advocacy.

Project director: Kathleen Carmody.

The common pursuit : improving the quality of life for Illinois citizens with disabilities : implications for restructuring the planning and management of state services /

"February, 1991."

Youth consider the quality of life : a panel presentation prepared for the American Medical Association's Congress on the Quality of Life, March 22-25, 1972; Chicago, Illinois /

Mode of access: Internet.

Making appropriations for military quality of life functions of the Department of Defense, military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes : conference report (to accompany H.R. 2528).

"November 18 (legislative day, November 17), 2005."

Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2528, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006 : report (to accompany H. Res. 564).

"November 18 (legislative day, November 17), 2005."

Overweight/Obesity and Quality of Life: A Comparison of Mexican and Mexican-American Adolescents

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Illusions in advanced cancer: The effect of belief systems and attitudes on quality of life

Patients with advanced cancer frequently express positive attitudes and can be unduly optimistic about the potential benefits of treatment. In order to evaluate an illusory domain in the context of advanced cancer, we developed a scale of will to live and characterized the beliefs that patients held about the curability of their cancer, and how committed they were to using alternative treatments. A measure of quality of life was used as the dependent variable in order to assess the association between these attributes. After a preliminary exploration confirmed the presence of an illusory domain, these concepts were prospectively tested in 149 ambulant patients with advanced cancer who attended for palliative systemic treatment, radiation treatment or supportive care. The scale of global quality of life was reliable (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.72). The distribution of the scores of will to live was skewed, with no respondent scoring poorly, and the scale was reliable (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.82). The scale of belief in curability showed diverse beliefs. In some cases, there was a discrepancy between respondents' beliefs in curability and what they believed to be the report by their doctors. There was also an association between a committed use of alternative treatments and a belief in the curability of the cancer (p

Use of complementary and alternative medicine and quality of life: changes at the end of life

The purpose of this study was to compare the physical, psychological and social dimensions associated with quality-of-life outcomes over the last year of life, between advanced cancer users and nonusers of complementary and alternative medicine. One hundred and eleven patients were identified through Queensland Cancer Registry records, and followed up every four to six weeks until close to death using standardized protocols. Outcome measures were symptom burden, psychological distress, subjective wellbeing, satisfaction with conventional medicine and need for control over treatment decisions. At the initial interview, 36 (32%) participants had used complementary/ alternative medicine the previous week; mainly vitamins, minerals and tonics and herbal remedies. Among all participants, 53 (48%) used at least one form of complementary/ alternative medicine over the study period. Only six (11%) visited alternative practitioners on a regular basis. Overall, complementary/ alternative medicine users reported higher levels of anxiety and pain, less satisfaction with conventional medicine and lower need for control over treatment decisions compared with nonusers. These differences tend to change as death approaches. A more rigorous assessment of complementary/ alternative medicine use, psychological distress, pain and subjective wellbeing among patients with advanced cancer is needed in the clinical setting.