Predictors of Quality of Life in Different Age Groups Across Adulthood

Villas-Boas, Susana; Oliveira, Albertina Lima de; Ramos, Natália; Montero, Inmaculada C. Báez

doi:10.1080/15350770.2018.1500330

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“…When we analyse disease conditions, the individual level is thus a relational level in its very nature because there is no personal well-being outside a relevant context. As briefly anticipated, the satisfaction from significant relationships is indeed one of the most powerful predictors of well-being and quality of life (Feeney & Collins, 2015;Villas-Boas, Lima Oliveira, Ramos, & Montero, 2019). Although the presence of social networks must not be confounded with the actual availability and use of social support, we know that, in general, social capital is a powerful buffer against distress, health problems and poor well-being (Ehsan, Klaas, Bastianen, & Spini, 2019).…”

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Systems thinking and the biopsychosocial approach: A multilevel framework for patient‐centred care

Tramonti

Giorgi

Fanali³

2020

Syst Res Behav Sci

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Patient‐centred care is an approach intended to include service‐users' needs and perspectives as crucial aspects of clinical treatment, superseding any attempt to paternalistic and unilateral attitude in the therapeutic relationship. It is a call to think about persons and not simply of their diseases and implies the adoption of a biopsychosocial perspective and shared decision making. Nonetheless, thinking about persons inevitably means taking the context into due consideration, as individuals are not isolated and any kind of illness experience cannot be thought as a simple matter of inner thoughts and feelings. This perspective article builds on the core tenets of systems thinking and the biopsychosocial approach, with the aim of developing a multilevel approach to patient‐centred care. Within this framework, a literature review has been conducted to gather relevant research findings concerning each level of analysis and the interrelations of such levels. Systems thinking is an ideal framework for capturing the multilayered aspects of illness, from the biological processes that lead to a given disease to the social context where people live. From this angle, we can argue that systems‐centred care is the framework we actually need to truly accomplish patient‐centred goals. This means seeing people as complex dynamical systems and always bearing in mind the ecology of their lives. This also means gearing research and clinical practice towards this direction because complex phenomena like health require adequate methods of inquiry and treatment plans. A multilevel approach is the main road to effective and enduring outcomes. On the contrary, fragmentation of knowledge and excessive specialization without integration can pave the way to short‐term solutions and weak or vanishing improvements in the long run, with obvious costs for persons, families and the community.

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Section: Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 94%

Systems thinking and the biopsychosocial approach: A multilevel framework for patient‐centred care

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Giorgi

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2020

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“…Quality of life is studied in relation to a particular area of life and the factors that affect it. Usually, factors such as health, life satisfaction, happiness, psychosocial adjustment, well-being, or physical activity are taken into account [ 1 , 2 , 3 ].…”

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“…According to the WHO (World Health Organization) definition, quality of life (QOL) is “an individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns” [ 1 , 3 , 4 ]. In medicine, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), introduced by Schipper et al, is used more often [ 1 , 2 , 5 ]. It is based on the WHO definition of health.…”

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“…It is based on the WHO definition of health. The WHO defines health as follows: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (the WHO definition of Health, Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference) [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ].…”

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“…Currently, most definitions address five dimensions of health-related quality of life. These are: physical, psychological, social, and cognitive functioning, as well as a general sense of well-being [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]. The medical view of the quality of life emphasizes the great influence of such factors as sex, age, education, or the level of physical activity [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 7 , 10 ].…”

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Physical Activity and Quality of Life of University Students, Their Parents, and Grandparents in Poland—Selected Determinants

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Nowak

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Physical activity is one of the factors conditioning human health. Research shows a positive impact of regular physical activity on the quality of human life. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the physical activity of university students, their parents, and their grandparents, and the overall quality of their lives in individual domains (physical, mental, social, environmental), as well as the perceived state of health in relation to selected determinants. The research included 1001 participants, including 253 students related to physical culture and health promotion studying at the University of Szczecin (faculties: physical education, tourism and recreation, public health, sports diagnostics), and their 336 parents and 412 grandparents. Purposive sampling was used to outline the determinants of quality of life and family factors in physical activity. The diagnostic survey was carried out based on the standardized WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization Quality of Life) questionnaire. Statistically significant differences were shown in the studied generations regarding the assessment of quality of life and satisfaction with health in the physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains. The oldest generation gave the lowest assessment of quality of life and was the least satisfied with their health regarding particular domains. Female students were more satisfied with their health compared to grandmothers and grandfathers, whereas male students compared to mothers and fathers. Fathers achieved the highest scores in the psychological and social domains, but, in case of the latter, differences were found between mothers’ and fathers’ assessments. Intergenerational differences were found in quality of life and the assessment of health status. Current participation in broadly understood physical culture was often a result of positive attitudes towards physical education and doing sport in the past, which meant higher scores in the physical domain each time. The study demonstrated that taking up physical activity impacted the quality of life and assessment of health in the past and currently.

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Aging and autism: Do measures of autism symptoms, co‐occurring mental health conditions, or quality of life differ between younger and older autistic adults?

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Previous research has indicated that autistic adults experience higher rates of co‐occurring mental health difficulties and poorer quality of life (QoL) than their non‐autistic peers. Little is known, however, about these aspects in older age or whether younger and older autistic adults experience similar patterns This cross‐sectional study investigated potential age‐related effects on autism symptoms, self‐reported mental health, and QoL in younger and older autistic adults (n = 79, aged 19–71 years) compared to a non‐autistic control group (n = 57) matched for gender, age and IQ. Results showed that autistic adults had higher levels of self‐reported autism symptoms and poorer QoL than controls. There were no significant age effects on autism symptoms or on most self‐rated mental health symptoms. However, significantly more autistic adults in the younger versus older group scored above the clinical threshold for anxiety, somatoform disorders and eating disorders. Older autistic adults rated social QoL as significantly better than younger autistic adults; there was no significant age difference in the control group. Self‐reported QoL was best predicted by self‐ratings of severity of depressive symptoms in both groups. Further research is needed to track autism and co‐occurring mental health symptomatology across the lifespan, so that service provision can be tailored accordingly. Lay Summary Young autistic adults have reported more psychological difficulties and poorer quality of life (QoL) than the general population. We investigated whether these difficulties continue into older age. Autism symptoms and mental health problems were common in autistic adults, with no difference between age groups, except for anxiety, physical and eating problems. Although QoL was poorer in both younger and older autistic compared to non‐autistic adults, older autistic adults reported better social QoL than those who were younger.

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Predictors of Quality of Life in Different Age Groups Across Adulthood

Cited by 24 publications

References 24 publications

Systems thinking and the biopsychosocial approach: A multilevel framework for patient‐centred care

Systems thinking and the biopsychosocial approach: A multilevel framework for patient‐centred care

Physical Activity and Quality of Life of University Students, Their Parents, and Grandparents in Poland—Selected Determinants

Aging and autism: Do measures of autism symptoms, co‐occurring mental health conditions, or quality of life differ between younger and older autistic adults?

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