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The development of a quality of life scale for patients with life threatening illness in a Chinese context.

by Ho Mun-Wan, Audrey. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references. / Title Page --- p.i / Thesis Committee --- p.ii / Table of Contents --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.ix / List of Figures --- p.xii / List of Tables --- p.xiv / List of Appendices --- p.xviii / Acknowledgements --- p.xxi / Statement of Originality --- p.xxiii / Chapter CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION: STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM --- p.1-11 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Death and Quality of Life --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Pain and Quality of Life --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Measuring Quality of Life in Chinese Population --- p.8 / Chapter 1.5 --- The Research Problem and Sample --- p.10 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK --- p.12-62 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.13 / Chapter Part A: --- The Concept of Quality of Life / Chapter 2.2 --- Definitions of Quality of Life --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- Towards a Structural Definition of Quality of Life --- p.19 / Chapter 2.4 --- Quality of Life: Subjective or Objective? --- p.22 / Chapter 2.5 --- Quality of Life and Social Cultural Context --- p.28 / Chapter Part B: --- Ideology and Psychology of Death and Dying / Chapter 2.6 --- Chinese Ideas on Death and Dying --- p.31 / Chapter 2.7 --- Western Religions in Hong Kong --- p.38 / Chapter 2.8 --- Local Folk Beliefs on Death and Dying --- p.41 / Chapter 2.9 --- Psychology of Death and Dying --- p.42 / Chapter Part C: --- Measuring the Quality of Life of Terminally I11 Patients / Chapter 2.10 --- Quality of Life of End Stage Cancer Patients of the West --- p.48 / Chapter 2.11 --- Factors Affecting Quality of Life of Terminally I11 Patients --- p.51 / Chapter 2.12 --- Existing Measures on Quality of Life and Pain --- p.55 / Chapter 2.13 --- Summary --- p.61 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- TOWARDS CONSTRUCTING A CHINESE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE THE TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS --- p.64-107 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction: The Need for a Chinese Quality of Life Questionnaire (CQLQ) --- p.65 / Chapter 3.2 --- Preparatory Survey I: Identification of the Needs of Patients by Medical and Health Professionals --- p.67 / Chapter 3.3 --- Preparatory Survey II: Identification of the Needs of Patients by Severely I11 Patients --- p.75 / Chapter 3.4 --- Design of the Chinese Quality of Life Questionnaire (CQLQ) --- p.84 / Chapter 3.5 --- Preparatory Survey III: First Validation of the Chinese Quality of Life Questionnaire --- p.87 / Chapter 3.6 --- Preparatory Survey IV: Second Validation of the Chinese Quality of Life Questionnaire --- p.104 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.107 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHINESE PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE FROM THE McGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE --- p.108-128 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.109 / Chapter 4.2 --- Preparatory Survey I: Collection of Cantonese Pain Descriptors --- p.110 / Chapter 4.3 --- Preparatory Survey II: Pilot Test of the Preliminary Pain Descriptors --- p.112 / Chapter 4.4 --- Modification of the Cantonese Pain Questionnaire --- p.115 / Chapter 4.5 --- Preparatory Survey III: Pilot Test of the Modified Pain Descriptors --- p.122 / Chapter 4.6 --- Preparatory Survey The Development of A Scoring System --- p.122 / Chapter 4.7 --- Preparatory Survey V: Pilot Test of the Final Draft of the Chinese Pain Questionnaire (CPQ) --- p.126 / Chapter 4.8 --- Summary --- p.128 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- EXPLORING THE VALIDITY OF TWO NEWLY DEVELOPED QUESTIONNAIRES: CQLQ AND CPQ - A FEASIBILITY STUDY --- p.129-161 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.130 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Study Design and Methodology --- p.130 / Chapter 5.3 --- "The Demographic, Social, Economic, and Illness Status of Subjects" --- p.145 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.161 / Chapter CHAPTER VI --- THE VALIDATION FINDINGS --- p.162-241 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.163 / Part A / Chapter 6.2 --- Reporting on the Concurrent Validity in a Patient Sample --- p.163 / Chapter 6.3 --- Reporting on the CQLQ Validation Findings --- p.177 / Chapter 6.4 --- Reporting on the CQLQ Reliability --- p.211 / Chapter 6.5 --- Age and Quality of Life --- p.214 / Part B / Chapter 6.6 --- Reporting on the Validation of the CPQ Findings --- p.223 / Chapter 6.7 --- Summary of CPQ Findings --- p.241 / Chapter CHAPTER VII --- "STRUCTURAL, PAIN-ILLNESS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE" --- p.242-286 / Chapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.243 / Chapter 7.2 --- Structural Model of Quality of Life --- p.243 / Chapter 7.3 --- Pain-Illness Model of Quality of Life --- p.264 / Chapter 7.4 --- Psychological Model of Quality of Life --- p.282 / Chapter 7.5 --- Summary --- p.286 / Chapter CHAPTER VIII --- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS / Chapter 8.1 --- Introduction --- p.288 / Chapter 8.2 --- The Chinese Quality of Life Questionnaire --- p.288 / Chapter 8.3 --- The Validity of the Chinese Quality of Life Questionnaire --- p.291 / Chapter 8.4 --- The Chinese Pain Questionnaire --- p.300 / Chapter 8.5 --- Liimitations and Implications --- p.304 / REFERENCES --- p.306-314 / APPENDICES --- p.315-408

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318822
Date January 1991
ContributorsHo, Mun-Wan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Clinical and Pathological Sciences.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xxiii, 408 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageHong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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