Quality of Life Paradox in Gastrointestinal Disorders
| Autor: | Tasha B. Murphy, Miranda A.L. van Tilburg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Gastrointestinal Diseases business.industry Disease medicine.disease Inflammatory bowel disease Treatment efficacy Quality of life (healthcare) Functional gastrointestinal disorder Disease severity Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Severity of illness Quality of Life medicine Physical therapy Humans Female Intensive care medicine business Tetraplegia |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Pediatrics. 166:11-14 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3476 |
| Popis: | In medicine, severity of illness and impact of treatments are most often measured by changes in disease processes, to prevent morbidity and mortality. For patients, however, a more relevant measure is how their illness symptoms impact their lives physically, emotionally, occupationally, socially, and cognitively. Hence, the concept of “quality of life” has increasingly been used in research and clinical practice to quantify disease impact and evaluate treatment efficacy. In theory, disease severity affects symptoms and disability, which then decreases one’s quality of life. However, this is not always the case. Sometimes, patients with severe disease or substantial disability report good quality of life. For example, tetraplegia patients on ventilators report higher quality of life than expected by physicians as well as patients who were not on a ventilator |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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