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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Future Orientation and Health Quality of Life in Primary Care: Vitality as a Mediator

Hirsch, Jameson K., Molnar, Danielle, Chang, Edward C., Sirois, Fuschia M. 01 July 2015 (has links)
Purpose: Temporal perspective, including views about future goals, may influence motivational processes related to health. An adaptive sense of future orientation is linked to better health, but little research has examined potential underlying factors, such as vitality. Method: In a sample of 101 primary care patients, we examined whether belief in the changeability of the future was related to mental and physical energization and, in turn, to health-related quality of life. Participants were working, uninsured primary care patients, who completed self-report measures of future orientation, vitality, and health-related quality of life. Results: Mediation models, covarying age, sex, and race/ethnicity indicated that vitality significantly mediated the association between future orientation and the outcomes of general health, mental health, social functioning, bodily pain, and role limitations due to emotional and physical reasons. Vitality exerted an indirect-only effect on the relation between future orientation and physical functioning. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that adaptive beliefs about the future may promote, or allow access to, physical and mental energy and, in turn, may result in better mental and physical health functioning. Individual-level and public health interventions designed to promote future orientation and vitality may beneficially influence quality of life and well-being.
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Experience of adjuvant treatment among postmenopausal women with breast cancer : health - related quality of life, symptom experience, stressful events and coping strategies /

Browall, Maria, January 2008 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet, 2008. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.
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Health economic evaluation methods for decision-making in preventive dentistry /

Oscarson, Nils, January 2006 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2006. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.
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The physical and mental health of spouse caregivers in dementia finding meaning as a mediator of burden /

McLennon, Susan M. January 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 6, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-97).
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The physical and mental health of spouse caregivers in dementia : finding meaning as a mediator of burden /

McLennon, Susan M. January 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-97). Also available online.
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An investigation of the relationship between religiosity and subjective well-being in older adults : the mediating role of optimism

Trede, Teri A. January 2006 (has links)
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2006. / Title from PDF of title page. Document formatted into pages; contains 243 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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The Impact of Oral Health in Adolescent Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Ralstrom, Elizabeth Frances 26 August 2010 (has links)
No description available.
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Developing paediatric quality indicators for UK general practice

Gill, Peter John January 2013 (has links)
The overall aim of this thesis is to define a candidate set of quality indicators that are evidence-based, feasible to implement, and have the potential to improve the quality of care provided for children in UK general practice. The indicators were developed using a three-stage process. First, the areas and aspects of care of highest priority for quality indicator development were identified. This was achieved by seeking the views of primary care clinicians and by undertaking a formal analysis of unplanned hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Then, the evidence-base to underpin indicator development was identified through an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews of interventions relevant to the primary care of children. A search of SIGN and NICE national guidelines was also conducted to inform the evidence-base. Lastly, an expert panel determined the formulation and selection of indicators by applying the RAND appropriateness methodology. This process created a final set of 26 quality indicators in six priority areas: early recognition of potentially serious illness (n=7); child protection and safeguarding (n=4); mental health (n=4); health promotion (n=1); routinely managed conditions (n=6); and general practice management (n=4). The main strength of these indicators is that they reflect a strong professional consensus on their validity and feasibility. The main weakness is that the indicators are underpinned by evidence mainly derived from expert opinion rather than formal research; the requirement for professional consensus means that they do not challenge existing models of care delivery.
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Programa de responsabilidade social de empresa na melhoria da gestão de hospitais filantrópicos: estudo de caso / Company social responsibility program to improve philanthropic hospital management: case study

Castro, Paulo Carrara de 26 May 2009 (has links)
INTRODUÇÂO: A conformação do sistema de prestação de serviços sociais e de saúde no Brasil contou desde o período colonial com a presença de instituições singulares de origem portuguesa, cuja pioneira foi a Santa Casa de Lisboa, fundada em 1498. Hoje essas instituições são responsáveis por 40% das internações realizadas pelo SUS no Brasil e cerca de 55% das realizadas em São Paulo. A despeito da enorme importância, já apresentada acima, na constituição da rede prestadora de serviços do SUS, as instituições filantrópicas sofrem de enormes dificuldades gerenciais, que são o resultado da dificuldade em se obter recursos humanos qualificados e da falta de recursos financeiros, particularmente aqueles originários de fontes públicas. Essa realidade proporcionou condições para que outros atores sociais, na atual evolução da estrutura sócioeconômica do país e especialmente no estado de São Paulo, se mobilizassem para criar novas formas de apoio a essas instituições filantrópicas. Nesse contexto a Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz, empresa responsável pela distribuição de energia em cerca de metade dos municípios do interior do estado de São Paulo desencadeasse um processo de apoio à melhoria da gestão dos hospitais filantrópicos atuantes na sua área de concessão de energia. Este trabalho buscou avaliar a formulação e desenvolvimento da implantação do Programa de Revitalização dos Hospitais Filantrópicos desenvolvido pela CPFL em duas regiões do estado e seus resultados. METODOLOGIA: tratase de um estudo de caso, no qual se destacam a descrição e o relacionamento entre os fatores em cada situação, sendo que aos dados numéricos é dado um papel coadjuvante. Para a elaboração deste trabalho, no entanto, foi dada especial importância aos dados numéricos da assessoria prestada aos hospitais filantrópicos, pelo fato de servirem de base para a construção de um banco de dados municiador de informações sobre a evolução do programa. Portanto a analise a ser desenvolvida será também voltada à avaliação feita externamente aos hospitais filantrópicos incluídos nesta primeira fase do programa. RESULTADOS. Na descrição do processo de elaboração do programa de Revitalização, houve uma definição de acordos e parcerias entre diferentes agentes sociais que propiciaram a elaboração do Programa de Revitalização voltado à excelência da gestão. O programa se constituiu ao final com 4 componentes: criação de redes de apoio aos hospitais, assessoria direta, cursos e voluntariado. No que se refere à assessoria direta, a estratégia que se estabeleceu foi a de disponibilizar consultores em duplas com 16 hs semanais de trabalho presencial em 6 hospitais definidos como referencias nos sistemas regionais e locais das regiões de Franca e Piracicaba. Essas regiões foram escolhidas por só terem hospitais filantrópicos em sua área de atuação.. Na avaliação quantitativa realizada pelo CQH em 4 visitas feitas aos hospitais mencionados, a evolução da pontuação obtida pelos hospitais foi bastante significativa, pois dada média inicial de 112,70, a média final foi de 379,50 para um total possível de 500 pontos. Na avaliação feita da relação entre a evolução da pontuação e as pautas de assuntos tratados nos Comitês de Revitalização dos hospitais e classificados por critérios de excelência, observouse uma menor freqüência de discussões sobre os critérios de excelência relacionados ao perfil do hospital, à sociedade e sobre informações e conhecimento institucionais. Nos demais critérios a frequencia de pauta foi maior, porem se observa um melhor desempenho em termos de avaliação em liderança, em estratégias e planos e em clientes. O não tão bom desempenho em gestão de pessoas e gestão de processos pode ser atribuída a maior dificuldade em implementar determinadas ações que redundem em efeitos constatáveis a curto prazo. CONCLUSÔES: houve uma política eficaz de construção e implementação de um programa de responsabilidade social da empresa que congregou diferentes atores sociais. A estratégia de assessoria direta se mostrou adequada para promover impactos mensuráveis e significativos na gestão dos hospitais. A criação dos comitês de interlocução nos hospitais com representação de seus diversos setores se mostrou adequada, porém ainda necessita ser melhorada para que se possa alcançar melhores resultados. / INTRODUCTION: Distinctive Portuguese institutions, as pioneer Santa Casa de Lisboa founded in 1498, have contributed to the structure of the social and health care service system in Brazil since the colonial period. Currently these institutions account for 40% of SUS (Unified Health System) hospitalizations in Brazil, and approximately 55% of hospitalizations in São Paulo. Despite the major importance mentioned above, philanthropic institutions have immense managerial difficulties in order to take part in the SUS services network, resulting in drawbacks to attain qualified human resources and lack of financial resources, mainly those of public source origin. This scenario enables other social players, in the current stage of the socioeconomic structure of the country and especially in the state of São Paulo, to mobilize in order to create new ways to support these philanthropic institutions. In the present context, Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz, the company responsible for distributing electricity to roughly half of the cities in the interior of São Paulo triggered a process to support improvement in the management of philanthropic hospitals operating in its area of power concession. This study aimed to evaluate the preparation and development of the implementation of the Philanthropic Hospital Revitalization Program developed by CPFL in two regions of the state, and its results. METHOD: case study in which the description and relationship among factors in each situation stand out, with figures playing a supporting role. In order to prepare the study, however, special attention was given to the figures of the consulting services provided to philanthropic hospitals, given they were the foundation to build the information database on the development of the program. Therefore the analysis developed was also oriented toward the assessment carried out externally to the philanthropic hospitals included in the first stage of the program. RESULTS. In the description of the process to prepare the Revitalization Program, agreements and partnerships among the different social agents that enabled the preparation of the Revitalization Program oriented toward management excellence were defined. The program comprised 4 components: development of hospital support networks, direct consulting, courses and volunteer work. In relation to direct consulting, the strategy established was to make a pair of consultants available 16 hours per week with onsite work in 6 hospitals defined as references in the regional and local systems of the Franca and Piracicaba regions. The regions were chosen because they only had philanthropic hospitals in their area of action. The quantitative assessment performed through CQH in 4 visits to the hospitals mentioned, and the development and score reached by hospitals was very significant, given there was a progression from an initial mean of 112.70, to a final mean of 379.50 within a total possible 500point score. Regarding the assessment of the relationship between the development of the score and agenda of the issues discussed at Hospitals Revitalization Committees and classified per excellence criteria, there were less frequent discussions on excellence criteria related to hospital profile, society and on information and institutional knowledge. Remaining criteria were more frequent in the agenda, but better performance in terms of leadership assessment, strategies and plans and clients was observed. Performance in people and process management was not as good maybe due to more drawbacks to implement certain actions that result in long term observable effects. CONCLUSIONS: there was an effective policy to build and implement a company social responsibility program that joined different social players. The direct consulting strategy was shown to be appropriate to promote measurable and significant impact on hospital management. The creation of interface committees at hospitals, with representatives from its several sectors proved appropriate, but still has to be enhanced in order to reach better results.
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Avaliação da Qualidade de Vida de trabalhadores da Indústria de Calçados do sertão Paraibano / Assessment of quality of life of workers Footwear Industry of the interior of northeasten Paraiba

Pinheiro, Maria Berenice Gomes Nascimento 08 October 2013 (has links)
Submitted by Rosina Valeria Lanzellotti Mattiussi Teixeira (rosina.teixeira@unisantos.br) on 2015-04-30T12:57:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Berenice Gomes Nascimento Pinheiro.pdf: 1785191 bytes, checksum: 0f8533897500801b83f6e11e4e956b6d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-30T12:57:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Berenice Gomes Nascimento Pinheiro.pdf: 1785191 bytes, checksum: 0f8533897500801b83f6e11e4e956b6d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-08 / INTRODUCTION: Quality of life definition is complex and subjective, involving physical, technological and socio-psychological factors that affect the culture and renew the organizational climate and the welfare of workers. Workers are continuously in a process of adaptation and anxiety, which can lead to burnout syndrome. OBJECTIVES: Assess the quality of Life of workers in the Paraiba footwear industries. Characterize the epidemiological profile of workers as socio demographic variables, and identify the presence of Burnout Syndrome. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with the application of three questionnaires, the first with socio demographic data, the second quality of life assessment, Short Form 36 (SF36) which is a validated questionnaire, and finally, to verify the burnout syndrome using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). The survey was conducted in the city of Patos-PB with 200 workers from the formal and informal industries. We performed the descriptive analysis, Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test followed by multiple comparisons test of Dunn. Was also held the Spearman correlation analysis. The significance level was 5%. RESULTS: 82.50% of the footwear industry workers are male, with a mean age of 34 years (SD = 10.7 years), 78.5 % received only a minimum wage and 52.0 % of the factories were of the formal type. With respect to the size of the factories, 45.50% were small and 45.0% of medium-sized. The worst scores, according to the SF36, were in relation to the general state of health and vitality, and in the fields of burnout, 47.0 % of participants found himself with an average index of the syndrome, showing the worst score in relation to Depersonalization (46.5%) and reduced Personal fulfillment (43.0%). Women showed a worse quality of life with respect to functional capacity, pain, social aspects and mental health than men (p < 0.001). In burnout domains women have the worst personal fulfillment (p<0.05). Formal workers have a better quality of life (p<0.001), and informal workers showed greater emotional exhaustion and depersonalization (p<0.001). With respect to industry size, the results showed that employees of small businesses has increased workload (p<0.05), but midsize companies present the best functional capacity, workers refer less pain, has better general health and vitality (p<0.05). When laminated with the domains of burnout big companies present greater personal breakdown and depersonalization (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Due to the fact that companies don't prioritise workers quality of life, rather than seek to encourage and increase the ability of its employees, mainly aiming to rise and professional fulfilment, are causing a greater number of workers to sacrifice his life and claims for businesses. Measures should be taken to improve the quality of life of those employees. / INTRODUÇÃO: A definição de Qualidade de Vida é complexa e subjetiva, envolvendo fatores físicos, tecnológicos e sociopsicológicos que afetam a cultura e renovam o clima organizacional, e o bem estar dos trabalhadores. Os trabalhadores estão continuamente em um processo de adaptação e ansiedade, que podem levar a síndrome de burnout. OBJETIVOS: Verificar a Qualidade de Vida dos trabalhadores das indústrias de calçados do sertão paraibano. Bem como caracterizar o perfil epidemiológico dos trabalhadores quanto as variáveis sócio demográficas, e identificar a presença da Síndrome de Burnout. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal com a aplicação de três questionários, sendo o primeiro de dados sócio demográficos, o segundo de avaliação de qualidade de vida, Short Form 36 (SF36) que é um questionário validado, e por fim, para verificar a síndrome de burnout utilizou-se o Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). A pesquisa foi realizada no município de Patos-PB com 200 trabalhadores das indústrias formais e informais. Foi realizada a análise descritiva, teste de Qui-quadrado, teste U de Mann-Whitney e teste de Kruskal-Wallis, seguido do teste de comparações múltiplas de Dunn. Também foi realizada a análise de correlação de Spearman. O Nível de significância foi de 5%. RESULTADOS: 82,5% dos trabalhadores da indústria calçadista são do sexo masculino, com idade média de 34 anos (desvio padrão=10,7 anos), 78,50% recebiam apenas um salário mínimo e 52% das fábricas eram do tipo formal. Com relação ao porte das fábricas, 45,50% eram de pequeno e 45% de médio porte. Os piores escores, segundo o SF36, foram em relação ao Estado geral de Saúde e Vitalidade, e nos domínios do burnout, 47% dos participantes encontrou-se com um índice médio da síndrome, apresentando o pior escore em relação à Despersonalização Pessoal (46,50%) e reduzida Realização Pessoal (43%). As mulheres apresentaram uma pior qualidade de vida com relação à capacidade funcional, dor, aspectos sociais e saúde mental do que os homens (p<0,001). Nos domínios de burnout as mulheres têm a pior realização pessoal (p<0,05). Os trabalhadores formais tem uma melhor qualidade de vida (p<0,001), e os trabalhadores informais apresentaram maior esgotamento emocional e despersonalização (p<0,001). Com relação ao porte, os resultados apontaram que os trabalhadores das empresas de pequeno porte tem maior carga horária (p<0,05), porém as empresas de médio porte apresentam a melhor capacidade funcional, os trabalhadores referem menos dor, tem melhor estado geral de saúde e vitalidade (p<0,05). Quando estratificados com os domínios do burnout as empresas de grande porte apresentam maior esgotamento pessoal e maior despersonalização (p<0,05). CONCLUSÃO: Devido ao fato das empresas não priorizarem à qualidade de vida do trabalhador, uma vez que, ao invés de procurarem incentivar e aumentar a capacidade dos seus funcionários, principalmente visando ascenção e realização profissional, estão fazendo com que um maior número de trabalhadores sacrifique sua vida e pretensões pelo bem estar das empresas. Medidas devem ser tomadas para melhorar a qualidade de vida desses funcionários.

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