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Quality of Life
Quailty of Life gives attention to the management of chronic illness in 3 ways
It looks into how the dieseas and treatment interfers with the daily routines of life (eat/sleep/work/recreation/etc..). For more advance diseases, assessment includes toilet visiting, and eating without assistance.
Study of the quality of life produces documentation of how vocational, social and personal activities can assist to design interventions to improve the quality of life. It also assist in pinpointing the problems that are likely to emerge with the patients with dieseases and hels in the anticipation of interventions required.
In summary the study of Quality of life assists in :
- physical functioning
- psychological status
- diseases or treatment related symptomatology
It looks into how the dieseas and treatment interfers with the daily routines of life (eat/sleep/work/recreation/etc..). For more advance diseases, assessment includes toilet visiting, and eating without assistance.
Study of the quality of life produces documentation of how vocational, social and personal activities can assist to design interventions to improve the quality of life. It also assist in pinpointing the problems that are likely to emerge with the patients with dieseases and hels in the anticipation of interventions required.
In summary the study of Quality of life assists in :
- Access the impact of treatment- identify unpleasent treatment and identify some determiinants of poor adherence to therapies
- Compare therapy
- Inform decision makers about care that maximises long term survival with highest quality of life possible.
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