Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and Morale: Two Problems with the Use of Subjective Weil-Being Indicators

Horley, James

doi:10.1093/geront/24.2.124

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“…However, due to our small sample sizes, the effect of low education on alexithymia can only be speculated. Life satisfaction is considered to describe an individual’s subjective perception of their psychological well-being [41]. Earlier studies have shown [42]that low life satisfaction is associated with such factors as depression and poor social support.…”

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Factors Associated with Alexithymia in Patients Suffering from Depression

Honkalampi

Saarinen

Hintikka

et al. 1999

Psychother Psychosom

127

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Background: We studied the factors associated with alexithymia in 137 depressed outpatients. Methods: Diagnosis of depression was confirmed by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. Alexithymia was screened using the 20-item version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Severity of depression was assessed using the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory, and other psychiatric symptoms with the help of the Symptoms Checklist (SCL-90). Life satisfaction was also assessed with a structured scale. Results: Almost half of the patients were considered alexithymic. They were significantly more often male, unmarried and had a lower education than the nonalexithymic patients. Alexithymic patients more often showed psychiatric symptoms (SCL-90) and were also more often severely depressed and dissatisfied with their life than were the other patients. Logistic regression analyses revealed that four factors were independently associated with alexithymia: male gender, a low level of education, low life satisfaction and severe depression. Sleep disturbances were independently associated with alexithymia in men and severe depression in women. Conclusions: Alexithymia is very common among patients with depressive disorder. An awareness of these risk factors would be useful in improving the efficacy of treatment.

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Factors Associated with Alexithymia in Patients Suffering from Depression

Honkalampi

Saarinen

Hintikka

et al. 1999

Psychother Psychosom

127

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“…Também Horley (1984) afirma que a participação familiar é um preditor importante de Bem Estar subjectivo do idoso.…”

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O bem estar da pessoa idosa em meio rural

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Silva²

2012

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O presente trabalho que tem por quadro de referência o Paradigma Ecológico-Ambiental da velhice, sustentado no Modelo ambiental de Lawton, procura averiguar «Quais os níveis de Bem Estar de um grupo de idosos residentes em meio rural», tentando ainda identificar «Que variáveis se constituem como mais importantes para o Bem Estar destes idosos». Constituiu-se para tal uma amostra de 40 pessoas residentes em meio rural (concelho de Mação), às quais foi solicitada resposta a um questionário adaptado para o efeito e à Escala de Ânimo de Lawton. Os resultados evidenciaram a existência de níveis médios de Bem Estar, apontando para uma adequada relação idoso/meio.

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“…Such traditional measures of morbidity and mortality provide information about the lowest levels of health, but indicate little about other important aspects of an individualÕs level of health, including the impact of health problems on quality of life and life satisfaction [3]. In the 1980s, the search began for additional measures to supplement traditional measures of morbidity and mortality [4][5][6]. In 1993, the WHO put forward a definition of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL): the perception by the individual regarding their position in life, in the context of their culture and value systems, and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns [7].…”

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Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality among community-dwelling older persons

Yang²,

et al. 2007

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Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures predict cause-specific mortality, but few studies have explored whether generic self-reported HRQOL measures are independently associated with mortality in community-dwelling older persons. We postulated that a general measure of HRQOL, the short form 36-item questionnaire (SF-36), would be independently predictive of mortality among community-dwelling older persons. To evaluate this hypothesis, we followed a fixed cohort of 4,424 community-dwelling older persons recruited from a 2000 population-based survey in Taiwan until 2003 and investigated whether HRQOL was predictive of 3-year mortality, even after adjusting for traditional clinical risk variables. The data were collected via a door-to-door survey, and interviewers collected information on the subjects' demographics, medical history, utilization of health services, functional ability, falls, and self-reported physical and mental symptoms. Of the 6053 eligible subjects, 4,424 residents agreed to participate in the baseline survey and were contacted in 2003. During the 3-year period, the 3-year cumulative mortality rate for the study population was 5%. Mortality was significantly higher among males (5.57% vs. 4.27%, p = 0.049), and cumulative mortality increased with age (chi (2)-test for trend; chi (2) = 7.734, p = 0.001). For all scales except bodily pain, there was a significant relationship between a 10-point lower baseline score and mortality. Our primary multivariate risk model, which included two summary measures of HRQOL and significant clinical variables, demonstrated that a 10-point decrease in either the baseline Physical Component Summary (PCS) score or the baseline Mental Component Summary (MCS) score was associated with higher mortality (PCS: RR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.39-1.83; p < 0.001; MCS: RR: 1.16, 95% CI: 1.01-1.34; p = 0.036). The findings suggested that low baseline PCS and MCS scores were important independent risk factors for 3-year mortality among community-dwelling older persons, even after adjusting for other risk factors.

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Life Satisfaction, Happiness, and Morale: Two Problems with the Use of Subjective Weil-Being Indicators

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Factors Associated with Alexithymia in Patients Suffering from Depression

Factors Associated with Alexithymia in Patients Suffering from Depression

O bem estar da pessoa idosa em meio rural

Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality among community-dwelling older persons

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