QUALITY OF LIFE COMPARISON OF PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT DIABETES MELLITUS
Abstract
Quality of life is distinctly conceived as a construct, and, therefore, is distinctly defined and measured. The main purpose of this article was to compare the quality of life assessment in respondents with and without diabetes mellitus by using World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. Then, quality of life in several major domains, such as physical health, psychological domain, social relationships, and environment is assessed and compared. Finally, a quality of life profile in respondents with and without diabetes mellitus in the Czech and Slovak Republic is produced and compared.References
Brähler, E., Schumacher, J. & Strauss, B. (Eds.) (2003). Diagnostische Verfahren in der Psychotherapie [Diagnostic methods in psychotherapy]. Gottingen: Hogrefe.
Dragomerická, E. & Bartoňová, J. (2006). WHOQOL-BREF, WHOQOL-100. Users Guide to the Czech version of the quality of life of the World Health Organization. Prague: Prague Psychiatric Center.
Hancock, T. (2000). Quality of life indicators and the DHC. South-eastern Ontario.
Kováč, D. (2006). Kultiváciou osobnosti k excelentnej kvalite života [The cultivation of personalities and excellent quality of life]. In I. Ruisel et al., Úvahy o inteligencii a osobnosti [Reflections on intelligence and personality] (pp. 11-38). Bratislava: Slovak Academic Press.
Lane, J. E. (1996). Constitutions and political theory. Manchester Univ. Press: Manchester.
Pacione, M. (2003). Urban environmental quality and human wellbeing—a social geographical perspective. Landscape and Urban Planning, 65, 19-30.
Pullmann, R., Kompiš, D., & Bochníčková, D. (2007). Kvalita života: Môžeme kvalitu života merať? [Quality of life: Quality of life can we measure it?]. In: Kvalita života. Zborník z konferencie [Quality of life. Conference proceedings]. Bratislava: Slovak Medical Society.
Rapley, M. (2003). Quality of Life Research: A Critical Introduction. Sage Publications: London.
Ryan, C. M. (1997). Psychological factors and diabetes mellitus. In: J. Pickup, & G. Williams, Textbook of diabetes (pp. 66.1-66.16). Oxford: Blackwell.
Stewart, A. L., Greenfield, S., Hays, R. D., Wells, K., Rogers, W. H., Berry, S. D., McGlynn, E. A., & Ware, J. E. (1989). Functional Status and Well-being of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Results from the Medical Outcomes Study. JAMA Internal Medicine, 262, 907-913.
The Whoqol Group (1994). The development of the World Health Organization quality of life assessmen tinstrument: The WHOQOL. In: J. Orley, & W. Kuyen (Eds.), Quality of life assessment: International perspectives. Berlin: Springer.
Tokárová, A. et al. (2002). Sociálna práca. Kapitoly z dejín, teórie a metodiky sociálnej práce [Social Work: The History, Theory and Methodology of Social Work]. Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov.
Copyright information
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 - CC BY 3.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
info@iseic.cz, www.iseic.cz, ojs.journals.cz