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1. The relationship between quality of life and health-related quality of life in young males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Author

Wei, Yi, Speechley, Kathy Nixon, Zou, Guangyong, and Campbell, Craig

Subjects
*QUALITY of life, *DUCHENNE muscular dystrophy, *MEDICAL terminology, *YOUNG men, *PATIENTS, *DISEASES, *HEALTH, *MENTAL health, *HEALTH status indicators, *PSYCHOLOGY of parents, *PSYCHOMETRICS, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *CROSS-sectional method, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

Aim: This study investigated the relationship between quality of life (QoL) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and assessed factors other than health that contribute to differences in QoL in young males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).Method: In this cross-sectional study, QoL and HRQoL measures were completed by 98 parents and 85 children. The Quality of My Life (QoML) questionnaire measured QoL and HRQoL as single-items, and the Pediatric Quality of Life 4.0 Generic Core (PedsQL) questionnaire was used as a multidimensional measure of HRQoL. Simple regression was used to examine the relationship between single-item measures of HRQoL and QoL. Multivariable regression was used to investigate factors that may contribute to difference in QoL and HRQoL.Results: While ratings of QoL and HRQoL were significantly correlated with one another, HRQoL only accounted for 21% and 44% of the variability in QoL by child- and parent-reports respectively. None of the factors measured contributed ratings of the child's QoL to be much higher than HRQoL.Interpretation: QoL and HRQoL are related but distinct constructs as rated by children with DMD and their parents. Further research is needed to elucidate factors outside HRQoL that contribute to QoL.What This Paper Adds: Quality of life (QoL) and health-related quality of life are distinct concepts rated by young males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and their parents. Factors outside of 'health' contribute to overall QoL in the paediatric population with DMD. This article's abstract has been translated into Spanish and Portuguese. Follow the links from the abstract to view the translations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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2. The Discharged Psychiatric Patient: A Review of Social, Social-Psychological, and Psychiatric Correlates of Outcome.

Author

Avison, William R. and Speechley, Kathy Nixon

Subjects
PATHOLOGICAL psychology, PSYCHOTHERAPY patients, PEOPLE with mental illness, SOCIAL psychology, SOCIAL psychiatry, MENTAL health
Abstract

The authors review research over the past decade on the social, social-psychological, and psychiatric correlates of community adaptation among discharged psychiatric patients. A review of 33 studies suggests that little theoretical or methodological progress has been made in identifying the factors that are conducive to the adjustment of discharged patients on their return to the community. To stimulate subsequent efforts in this area, the authors suggest applying new approaches, such as the stress process perspective that has been used to study mental health in the general population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1987
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3. Surviving Childhood Cancer: The Psychosocial Impact On Parents

Author

Speechley, Kathy Nixon

Subjects
Mental Health, Health Sciences
Abstract

Childhood cancer is no longer viewed as inevitably fatal but rather as a chronic life-threatening illness. Child cancer patients and their families are now faced with longer phases of treatment and an inability to predict the future. Beyond a general recognition of the potential hardships they must endure, we know very little about the psychosocial consequences for the families of children who are surviving cancer.;The present study was designed to assess whether the presence of chronic strain, as experienced by families of child cancer survivors, is associated with (a) increased psychological distress, as measured by levels of depression and anxiety in the parents or (b) lower family adaptation, as measured by levels of functioning in the family and by marital adjustment. The ability of certain personal and social resources to moderate the association of chronic strain with psychological distress and family adaptation was also assessed.;Outcomes for survivors' families were assessed by using a matched comparison sample of parents whose children have never experienced a chronic life-threatening illness and who lived in the neighbourhoods of the survivors' families. A total of 143 parents (80 mothers and 63 fathers) of 80 cancer survivors and 151 parents (79 mothers and 72 fathers) of 80 healthy children completed self-administered questionnaires.;Overall, the families of cancer survivors were not found to be at higher risk for psychological distress or family dysfunction than families with healthy children. The relationship of chronic strain with psychological distress was observed under the condition of low levels of experienced social support, however. Social support appeared to buffer the effect that chronic strain had on depression in fathers and on anxiety in mothers and fathers. Parents of child cancer survivors may represent appropriate targets for intervention, if the assumed direction of the relationships found here can be confirmed through longitudinal research.

Published
1987

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