Quality Of Life

Question 1

Quality of life in chronic illness can be viewed within the context of:

Answer 1

-healthy and functioning
-psychological and spiritual well being
-societal roles
-economic status

Question 2

Quality of life is impacted by

Answer 2

-societal and economic conditions
-living arrangements
-community environment
-culture
-personal values
-happiness
-life satisfaction
-spiritual well being

Question 3

How does someone assess quality of life

Answer 3

-satisfaction/enjoyment with life
-capacity to work
-perform activities of daily living
-access to health care
-relationships

Question 4

There is a high degree of what when measuring QOL? How would you properly measure it then?

Answer 4

Subjectivity, but using a scale will help measure

Question 5

Symptoms can be a vicious…..

Answer 5

Cycle

Question 6

Knowledge of how symptoms affect clients health and function can lead to a

Answer 6

Better understanding of their quality of life in chronic illness

Question 7

What are illness perceptions?

Answer 7

Refer to an individuals cognitive and emotional perceptions of illness

Question 8

Five dimensions of illness perception

Answer 8

-consequences
-causes
-identity
-timeline
-cure and control

Question 9

Poorer illness perceptions are associated with

Answer 9

Increased illness smyptoms, greater anxiety, depression, increased disease activity, psychological distress, reduced med adherence and poorer QOL

Question 10

Illness intrusiveness

Answer 10

Disruption of lifestyles, activities and interests that are imposed by the illness and its treatments

Question 11

Examples of illness intrusiveness

Answer 11

Disease related anatomical changes, side effects, reduced personal control

Question 12

Common sense model of illness self regulation

Answer 12

Individuals develope cognitive representations of their illness which guide their responses and behaviours

Question 13

Psychological distress as a mediator to quality of life

Answer 13

Impact emotional wellbeing, interfere with functioning, reduce reasources to cope, symptoms, social support relationship

Question 14

Coping as a mediator to quality of life

Answer 14

Mediates relationship between perceived health threats and illness outcomes
-emotion/problem focused
-adaptive/maladaptive

Question 15

Lower self efficacy is strongly associated with

Answer 15

-poorer disease and pain management
-lower medication adherence
-increased psychological distress
-reduced QOL

Question 16

Psychological interventions are likely to

Answer 16

Enhance quality of life if they target the mediating psychological processes associated with illness perceptions and psychological distress

Question 17

Interventions to support caregivers can improve QOL for

Answer 17

Both patients and caregivers

Question 18

Cognitive appraisal

Answer 18

I have experienced an event and am deciding “is this harmful” “is this not harmful”