Bakgrund: Befolkningens hälsoutveckling följs ofta genom enkätundersökningar. Dessa har ofta med en generell fråga om självskattad hälsa, vilket har visat sig ha samband med såväl fysiska som psykiska faktorer. För enkätundersökningar riktade till ungdomar används ofta en fråga om självskattat mående. Det är dock inte empiriskt klarlagt vad självskattat mående hos ungdomar egentligen mäter. Syfte: Studien syftar till att undersöka i vilken utsträckning självskattat mående hos ungdomar mäter hälsorelaterad livskvalitet, där både positiva och negativa aspekter av hälsa ingår, positiv hälsa i form av positiv psykisk hälsa, psykisk ohälsa i form av symptom på depression/ångest, fysisk ohälsa gällande symptom på smärta/värk samt medicinska tillstånd i form av astma, födoämnesallergi, allergi, migrän och öronsus/tinnitus. Metod: En kvantitativ metod med tvärsnittsdesign användes med data från enkätundersökningen Liv och Hälsa Ung 2014, där 4047 elever från årskurs nio på högstadiet och årskurs två på gymnasiet i Västmanland inkluderades. Korrelationsanalyser genomfördes. Resultat: Självskattat mående mäter hälsorelaterad livskvalitet, positiv psykisk hälsa och psykisk ohälsa i måttlig utsträckning, smärta/värk i liten utsträckning och medicinska tillstånd i mycket liten utsträckning.  Slutsats: Självskattat mående mäter psykiska faktorer mer än fysiska faktorer. Självskattat mående mäter även hälsorelaterad livskvalitet i måttlig utsträckning, vilket motsvarar ett helhetsperspektiv på hälsa. Självskattat mående bland ungdomar är inte en adekvat indikator för fysisk ohälsa vilket bör tas i beaktande när denna fråga tolkas i befolkningsundersökningar. / Background: The health development of the population is often followed by questionnaires. These often include a general question of self rated health, which has been shown to be associated with both physical and mental factors. For questionnaires aimed at adolescents, a genereal question of self rated well-being is often used. However, it is not empirically clear what that question really measure. Aim: This study aims at investigating to which extent self rated well-being among adolescents measures health related quality of life, including both positive and negative aspects of health, positive health in terms of positive mental health, mental health in terms of symptoms of depression/anxiety, physical health complaints and medical conditions. Method: A quantitative method with a cross-sectional design was used with data from ”Survey of Adolescent Life in Vestmanland” (SALVe), 2014, which included 4047 students in grade 9 in elementary school and grade 2 in high school in Västmanland. Correlation analysis were used. Results: Self rated well-being is measuring health related quality of life, positive mental health and mental health to a moderate extent, physical complaints to a small extent and medical conditions to a very small extent. Conclusion: Self rated well-being measures mental factors more than physical factors. Self rated well-being also measures health-related quality of life to a moderate extent, which corresponds with a holistic perspective of health. Self rated well-being among adolescents is not an adequate indicator of physical complaints and medical conditions, which should be taken into consideration when the result of the question is interpreted in population surveys.

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The dissertation {\clq}qHealth Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Eating Disorders`` is divided into theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part is analyzes the problems with eating disorders. It is especially focused on its two basics forms, anorexia nervosa and bulimia which are illnesses occasioned by hypothrepsia. The next part drala with history, symptoms, cause, medication, process, prognosis and complications resulting from these disorders, including the main diagnostic criteria and prevalence data. Women are affected by both diseases more frequently than man. Mental anorexia occurs mostly between the 14th and 15th year of the life, mental bulimia at the age of 13 to 20 years. The second part is practicaly aimed at evaluation of SF-36 forms, where I verify hypotheses how eating disorders influence quality of life of theirs carriers and how the changes in quality of life are dependant on the grade of education. The analysed results indicate the difference between the sick and the healthy individuals and also the fact the level of education is important too.

UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE FAKULTA TĚLESNÉ VÝCHOVY A SPORTU The effect of physical activity and nutrition interventions on physical fitness and quality of life during the first year after kidney transplantation Abstract of disertation Zpracovala: Mgr. Klára Švagrová Školitel: Prof. Ing. Václav Bunc, CSc. Školící pracoviště: Laboratoř sportovní motoriky Praha, 2012 ABSTRACT Kidney transplantation is the best known treatment of chronic kidney failure. However, it is often accompanied by a number of health complications. The transplantation itself positively affects both physical fitness and quality of life during the first year after the transplant surgery which are seriously diminished when compared to the healthy population. This improvement can be even enhanced by appropriate physical activity and nutrition interventions otherwise both the physical fitness and quality of life would start declining after the first post-transplant year again. The aim of this study was to confirm a positive effect of a long-term physical activity and nutrition interventions on health-related physical fitness and health-related quality of life in a representative sample of individuals in the first year after the kidney transplantation. At the same time it was fundamental to verify that the experimental trial can be...

The scope of this dissertation focuses on issues related to the quality of life of children suffering with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and their carers and the associated social impact on families affected by this progressive and incurable disease. It describes ethical aspects of help to families with SMA and serious decisions in relation to the need to connect to artificial ventilation. Spinal Muscular Atrophy - SMA is a motoneuron disease i.e. disease of neurons, which are responsible for conscious movements of muscles e.g. running, head movement and swallowing. The prevalence is approximately 1 newborn for 6000 live births and approximately 1 person of 40 people is the carrier of the disease. SMA affects all the bone muscles i.e. proximal muscles are often affected the most. Everyone affected is in some point in life, depending on stage and type, reliant on mechanical or electrical wheelchair, in many cases also on artificial ventilation and permanent 24hr care. Families affected by this illness accept the fact of this progressive and incurable illness differently, this dissertation reflects upon such different perceptions on quality of life of the affected children, the carers. It forms a contribution in building a foundation for organising multi-discipline teams of experts with sole purpose of therapeutical interventions, to support the child and his/hers family. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines palliative care as "improving quality of life of patients facing life-threatening illnesses, and their families, through the prevention and relief of suffering by early identification and treatment of pain and other problems, whether physical, psychological, social or spiritual." Palliative care prepares families for these situations and should be provided along with whatever treatment options families choose. This dissertation is a comprehensive information base to support children affected by SMA and their families in early care in Czech Republic and in the process of inclusive educational integration into mainstream society.

Estudo descritivo, correlacional e longitudinal que teve como objetivos estudar a validade e a confiabilidade da Burns Specific Pain Anxiety Scale-BSPAS que avalia ansiedade frente a procedimentos dolorosos e a Impact of Event Scale-IES que avalia o estresse pós-traumático. Participaram do estudo 91 indivíduos maiores de 15 anos de idade, internados na Unidade de Queimados do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto. Seguiramse as seguintes etapas: 1ª etapa: coleta de dados relacionados à internação e ao tratamento. 2ª etapa: seguimento de manifestações dolorosas, durante sete dias, com a aplicação da Escala Visual Analógica para Dor, em três momentos diferentes do dia: a) imediatamente antes do banho e curativo (DIABC); b) imediatamente depois do banho e curativo (DIDBC); e c) dor no período de descanso, por volta das 20 horas (DDPD). 3ª etapa: no oitavo dia, aplicação da BSPAS - Versão Português, da IES - Versão Português e do Inventário de Ansiedade-Estado de Spielberger (IDATE). 4ª etapa (composta por fases A e B): entre o 4º e o 6º meses (fase A) e entre o 9º e o 12º meses, após o acontecimento da queimadura (fase B), aplicação da IES-VP, da Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg (EAER), do Inventário de Depressão de Beck (IDB) e do SF-36. Nas três primeiras etapas, participaram do estudo 91 pacientes (64 homens e 27 mulheres). A superfície corporal queimada (SCQ) média foi de 18% (1-60%), sendo os locais anatômicos mais atingidos membros superiores (66; 72,5%), tórax (61; 67%) e cabeça/face (43; 47,3%). Os agentes causadores de queimaduras mais comuns foram os líquidos quentes (15,4%) e os agentes inflamáveis, principalmente o álcool, (38,5%). Na 4ª etapa, participaram 77 pacientes, na fase A, e 76, na fase B. Na avaliação da validade de construto convergente, a BSPAS-VP apresentou correlações fortes e positivas com a IES-VP (0,52; p<0,01), fortes e moderadas com as subescalas que avaliam pensamentos intrusivos (0,54; p<0,01) e reações de evitação (0,37; p<0,01) e correlações moderadas com as avaliações de dor: DIABC (0,32; p<0,01), DIDBC (0,31; p<0,01) e DDPD (0,31; <0,01). A IES-VP total apresentou correlações moderadas e positivas com o IDB (0,63; p<0,01), moderadas e negativas com a EAER (-0,58; p<0,01) e moderadas a baixas e negativas com os domínios Dor (r=-0,24; p<0,05), Aspectos Sociais (r=-0,34;p<0,01) e Saúde Mental (r=-0,27; p<0,05), entre o 4º e o 6º meses e baixa e de pouca aplicabilidade para a prática com o domínio Estado Geral de Saúde (r=-0,24; p<0,05), entre o 9º e o 12º meses, do SF-36. Na aplicação da BSPAS-VP e da IES-VP, observaram-se valores médios mais altos para o sexo feminino (55,15 e 63,96, respectivamente), entre os indivíduos com SCQ maior que 20% (54,90 e 62,98, respectivamente) e para os indivíduos que referiam as cicatrizes visíveis (52,53 e 61,40, respectivamente), porém, quando testadas as diferenças por meio do Teste t de Student para amostras independentes, essas não foram estatisticamente significantes. Na análise dos componentes principais por meio da Matrix de Rotação Varimax, a IES-VP apresentou-se como uma escala bidimensional e a BSPAS-VP, unidimensional, conforme a proposta original de cada escala. O Alfa de Cronbach de ambas as escalas foi alto, 0,90 para a BSPAS-VP e 0,87 para a IES-VP, mostrando forte consistência interna entre seus itens. Quando aplicado o Teste t para amostras dependentes, a IES-VP apresentou-se sensível para detectar mudanças no tempo. Conclui-se que a BSPAS-VP e a IES-VP são instrumentos confiáveis e válidos para a avaliação de ansiedade-estado relacionada à dor no paciente queimado e para a avaliação do impacto do evento, respectivamente. / This descriptive, correlation and longitudinal study aimed to study the validity and reliability of the Burns Specific Pain Anxiety Scale-BSPAS, which assesses anxiety about painful procedures, and the Impact of Event Scale-IES, which assesses post-traumatic stress. Study participants were 91 individuals over 15 years of age, hospitalized at the Burns Unity of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School Hospital das Clínicas. The following steps were followed: 1st step: data collection about hospitalization and treatment. 2nd step: follow-up of painful manifestations for seven days, applying the Visual Analogue Scale for Pain at three different times each day: a) immediately before bathing and wound dressing (DIABC); b) immediately after bathing and wound dressing (DIDBC); and c) pain in the rest period, around 20:00h (DDPD). 3rd step: on the eighth day, application of the BSPAS Portuguese Version, IES Portuguese Version and Spielbergers State Anxiety Inventory (SAI). 4th step (including phases A and B): between the 4th and 6th month (phase A) and between the 9th and 12th month after the burn event (phase B), application of the IES-VP, Rosenbergs Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the SF-36. In the first three steps, study participants were 91 patients (64 men and 27 women). The mean burned body surface (BBS) was 18% (1-60%), with upper limbs (66; 72.5%), thorax (61; 67%) and head/face (43; 47.3%) as the most affected anatomical sites. The most common causal agents of the burns were hot fluids (15.4%) and inflammable agents, mainly alcohol (38.5%). In the 4th step, 77 patients participated in phase A and 76 in phase B. In convergent construct validity, the BSPAS-VP presented strong and positive correlations with the IES-VP (0.52; p<0.01), strong and moderate with the subscales that assess intrusive thoughts (0.54; p<0.01) and reactions of avoidance (0.37; p<0.01) and moderate correlations with the pain assessments: DIABC (0.32; p<0.01), DIDBC (0.31; p<0.01) and DDPD (0.31; <0.01). Total IES-VP presented moderate and positive correlations with the BDI (0.63; p<0.01), moderate and negative with the RSES (-0.58; p<0.01) and moderate to low and negative with the Pain (r=-0.24; p<0.05), Social Aspects (r=-0.34;p<0.01) and Mental Health (r=-0.27; p<0.05) domains between the 4th and 6th month, besides low correlation and little applicability to practice with the General Health State (r=-0.24; p<0.05) domain of the SF-36 between the 9th and 12th month. When applying the BSPAS-VP and IES-VP, higher mean scores were observed for women (55.15 and 63.96, respectively), among individuals with a BBS of more than 20% (54.90 and 62.98, respectively) and for people who mentioned visible scars (52.53 and 61.40, respectively). When differences were tested through Students t-test for independent samples, however, these were not statistically significant. In the main components analysis through the Varimax Rotation Matrix, IES-VP appeared as a bidimensional scale and BSPAS-VP as a unidimensional scale, in accordance with each scales original proposal. Both scales obtained a high Cronbachs Alpha, 0.90 for BSPAS-VP and 0.87 for IES-VP, showing strong internal consistency of its items. When the t-test for independent samples was applied, the IES-VP showed sensitivity to detect changes over time. It is concluded that the BSPAS-VP and the IES-VP are reliable and valid instrument to assess state-anxiety related to pain in burned patients and to assess the impact of the event, respectively.

Introdução: O tratamento do câncer retal melhorou ao longo das décadas com aprimoramento e surgimento de novas terapêuticas resultando em maior sobrevida. Assim, os resultados e o impacto pós-tratamento sobre a QVRS são cada vez mais considerados e não só a ausência da doença. Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida imediata e tardia relacionada à saúde em pacientes tratados de câncer retal com intenção curativa. Método: Estudo descritivo-exploratório, com delineamento de coorte prospectivo, de caráter observacional para geração de hipóteses acerca da qualidade de vida de pacientes com câncer de reto. Conduzimos com aplicação de entrevista por questionário específico para dados demográficos; questionário estruturado EORTC QLQ-C30 e EORTC-CR38 para avaliação da QVRS aplicados no início do tratamento, três meses após a cirurgia e 12 meses após. A casuística foi composta de 58 pessoas, totalizando 29 pacientes puderam participar conforme critérios de inclusão e 12 que puderam responder os questionários após 12 meses. Os escores de cada paciente foram comparados - início, após 3 meses de intervenção e 12 meses com ou sem estoma. Os dados foram organizados em planilha Excel e análise dos dados realizada utilizando o software R (R-project) versão 3.1.2. Resultados: Após três meses houve piora da satisfação sexual, Problemas sexuais femininos e Perspectiva futura. Melhoram os Sintomas Gastrointestinais, problemas esfincterianos e perda de peso. Após 12 meses a Perspectiva futura deteriorou, porém houve melhora dos Problemas relacionados ao estoma, Problemas esfincterianos e Imagem Corporal. Conclusão: Apesar de toda complexidade do tratamento multidisciplinar do câncer de reto dentro de um serviço especializado, a qualidade de vida ficou preservada e foi satisfatória na maioria dos quesitos estudados / Introduction: The treatment of rectal cancer has improved over the decades with improvement and emergence of new therapies resulting in greater survival. Thus, the results and post-treatment impact on HRQoL are increasingly considered and not just the absence of the disease. Objective: To evaluate the immediate and late health-related quality of life in patients treated for rectal cancer with curative intent. Method: A descriptive-exploratory study, with a prospective cohort design, with an observational character to generate hypotheses about the quality of life of patients with rectal cancer. We conducted with questionnaire interview application specific to demographic data; structured questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC-CR38 for the evaluation of HRQoL applied at the beginning of treatment, three months after surgery and 12 months after. The sample consisted of 58 people, totaling 29 patients who could participate according to inclusion criteria and 12 who could answer the questionnaires after 12 months. The scores of each patient were compared - beginning, after 3 months of intervention and 12 months with or without stoma. The data were organized in Excel spreadsheet and data analysis performed using software R (R-project) version 3.1.2. Results: After three months there was worsening of sexual satisfaction, Female sexual problems and Future perspective. Improve Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Sphincter Problems and Weight Loss. After 12 months, the future Perspective deteriorated, but there was improvement of the problems related to the stoma, Sphincter problems and Body Image. Conclusion: Despite the complexity of the multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer within a specialized service, the quality of life was preserved and was satisfactory in most of the studied questions

Introdução: O envelhecimento populacional, decorrente do aumento da expectativa de vida, foi, sem dúvida, uma importante conquista em nível global. Contudo, discute-se atualmente a necessidade premente de agregar qualidade aos anos de vida ganhos. Objetivo: Identificar fatores associados à Qualidade de Vida Relacionada à Saúde (QVRS) de idosos não institucionalizados do Município de São Paulo, em 2006. Método: Este estudo faz parte do Estudo Longitudinal SABE Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento. Os dados foram coletados em 2006, de uma amostra representativa composta por 1.160 idosos (idade 60 anos) que responderam ao Short-Form 12 (SF-12), questionário genérico que avalia QVRS. As variáveis dependentes foram os Componentes Físico (PCS) e Mental (MCS) do SF-12 e as análises foram conduzidas separadamente segundo sexo. Buscou-se a associação com variáveis demográficas, socioeconômicas, estado de saúde, incapacidade funcional, estilo de vida e relacionamento social, utilizando o método de regressão logística múltipla. Resultados: Entre as idosas, estiveram associados a baixos escores no PCS: idade 80 anos, multimorbidade, internação, ter incontinência urinária, ter depressão, ter dificuldades para executar atividades instrumentais e básicas da vida diária (AIVD e ABVD) e não praticar atividades físicas. Baixos escores no PCS dos homens associaram-se a idade 80 anos, renda insuficiente, multimorbidade, tomar dois ou mais medicamentos, ter dificuldades para ABVD e não praticar atividades físicas. Baixos escores no MCS das mulheres estiveram associados a ser fumante, auto-percepção negativa de saúde geral e saúde bucal, ocorrência de queda no último ano e ter depressão. Baixos escores no MCS entre os homens idosos associaram-se à auto-percepção negativa de saúde, ter incontinência urinária e ter depressão. Homens mais velhos (idade 70 anos) apresentaram melhores escores no MCS em relação aos mais jovens (60-69 anos). Discussão: No PCS, as únicas variáveis coincidentes entre homens e mulheres foram idade, prática de atividades físicas, multimorbidade e dificuldade para ABVD; enquanto no MCS foram auto-percepção de saúde e depressão. A análise separada por sexo possibilitou a identificação de modelos distintos de determinantes da QVRS de idosos. Conclusão: Os fatores que se associaram significativamente ao PCS-SF12 de idosos de ambos os sexos foram: auto-percepção de saúde, multimorbidade, dificuldades para desempenhar ABVD e prática de atividades físicas. Enquanto suficiência de renda e número de medicamentos associaram-se apenas para o sexo masculino e internação, incontinência urinária, depressão e dificuldades para desempenhar AIVD, apenas para o sexo feminino. Ao MCS-SF12 de ambos os sexos associaram-se apenas auto-percepção de saúde e depressão; enquanto para o sexo masculino associaram-se também faixa etária e incontinência urinária. Já para as mulheres também apresentaram associação significativa o tabagismo, a auto-percepção de saúde bucal e quedas / Background: The world had experienced a high increased in life expectancy during the last decades, which has been undoubtedly considered as a major achievement. Because the increase of elderly population, that presents highest prevalence of chronic conditions, besides other single characteristics, several researches have been developed due to determine ways to add quality to the gained years of life. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with elderly health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL), in São Paulo. Methods: This study is part of the Longitudinal Study SABE - Health, Welfare and Ageing (from Portuguese: Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento). Data were collected in 2006. The sample consisted of 1,160 elderly (age 60 years) who answered the Short-Form 12 (SF-12), a generic HRQoL questionnaire. Dependent variables were Physical (PCS) and Mental Components (MCS) of SF-12. All analysis were separated by sex and the independent variables approached demographic, socioeconomic, health status, functional disability, lifestyle and social networking conditions, using the multiple logistic regression. Results: Among old women, lower PCS scores were associated with age 80 years, multimorbidity, hospitalization, urinary incontinence, depression, difficulty to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily living (BADL and IADL) and lack of physical activities. Among old men, lower PCS scores were associated with age 80 years, insufficient income, multimorbidity, taking two or more medications, difficulty to perform BADL and the lack of physical activities. Among the women, lower MCS scores were associated with being a smoker, negative self-perception of general health and oral health, occurrence of falls in the last year and depression. Among the men, lower MCS scores were associated with negative self-perception of health, urinary incontinence and depression. Older men ( 70 years) had better MCS scores than younger (60-69 years). Conclusion: Significantly associated factors with the PCS-SF12 for both male and female elderly were: self-perceived health status, multimorbidity, incapacity for BADL and physical activity; while income and number of drugs were associated only for males. Hospitalization, urinary incontinence, depression and incapacity for IADL were associated only for females. To the MCS-SF12 of both sexes were associated only self-perceived health and depression, while age and urinary incontinence were associated for males. Females MCS-SF12 also had significant association with tobacco, self-perception of oral health and falls

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Abstract Morbid obesity is the most rapidly increasing health threat of developed countries, and the costs caused by it are already higher than those of smoking. In an increasing number of developing countries both starvation and morbid obesity are increasing simultaneously. Obesity in children and adolescents is also increasing rapidly. Conservative treatment almost invariably fails when treating morbid obesity. Results of pharmacotherapy have been disappointing after great expectations. Laparoscopic gastric banding has been used in the treatment of morbid obesity since 1993. The method was first used mostly in Europe. In the USA either an open or laparoscopic gastric bypass have been the most common methods of surgery. The aim of this study was to investigate the operation results of 280 patients operated in Vaasa Central Hospital during the 11 years after March 1996. Of these patients, 123 have been followed at least 5 years. The results have been analyzed with BAROS that measures the quality of life. Quality of life was measured prospectively 1 year after surgery with the 15D questionnaire that is validated in the Finnish population. The effect of gastric banding in esophageal motility and reflux was studied prospectively in 31 patients. Late results were analyzed in 123 patients 11 years after the first operation. Mean excess weight loss (EWL) was 56% in patients who had their band in place 7 years after surgery, and 46% in all patients. There was no mortality related to the operation, and there was only one serious complication. Disease-specific quality of life improved in 78.8% of the patients in 28 months of follow-up. Health-related quality of life was significantly improved 12 months after surgery, but improvement was not connected to the amount of weight loss. The band inhibited reflux 19 months after surgery. Complications, failures, and reoperations increase with longer follow-up. Weight loss is moderate 9 years after a gastric banding operation, and in carefully selected patients this operation is still a good option in the treatment of morbid obesity.