Quality of Life and Person-Centered Outcomes: Considerations for Behavioral Medicine
| Autor: | Jane Speight, Hairong Nan, Sarah D. Kowitt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Gerontology
Operationalization 030503 health policy & services Chronic care management Rationalization (economics) humanities Clinical trial 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Behavioral medicine Life expectancy Patient-reported outcome 030212 general & internal medicine 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Principles and Concepts of Behavioral Medicine ISBN: 9780387938257 |
| Popis: | Quality of life (QoL) is frequently considered an important endpoint, in addition to biomedical outcomes, in clinical trials, and its assessment is becoming increasingly commonplace in routine clinical practice. The past few decades have demonstrated the value of QoL measurement for various purposes: to identify the holistic impact of chronic medical conditions, to determine ways to improve medical treatments, and to guide the selection, rationalization, and evaluation of treatments and regimens. In this chapter, we examine QoL – how it is conceptualized, operationalized, and measured in research and practice. Given that life expectancy has increased significantly in the past century, and an increasing number of people are living with one or more medical conditions, the effects of chronic care management and collaborative approaches to healthcare delivery are discussed alongside behavioral interventions to improve QoL. With the growing emphasis on QoL in clinical care and recent policy initiatives, considerations for how to integrate QoL into a complex environment are introduced and explored. |
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