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Psychosocial factors as predictors of quality of life in chronic Portuguese patients

dc.contributor.authorVilhena, E.
dc.contributor.authorPais-Ribeiro, J.
dc.contributor.authorSilva, I.
dc.contributor.authorPedro, E.
dc.contributor.authorMeneses, R.
dc.contributor.authorCardoso, H.
dc.contributor.authorMartins-Silva, A.
dc.contributor.authorMendonça, D.
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-04T12:16:12Z
dc.date.available2015-08-04T12:16:12Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Chronic illnesses are diseases of long duration and generally of slow progression. They cause significant quality of life impairment. The aim of this study was to analyse psychosocial predictors of quality of life and of subjective well-being in chronic Portuguese patients. METHODS: Chronic disease patients (n = 774) were recruited from central Portuguese Hospitals. Participants completed self-reported questionnaires assessing socio-demographic, clinical, psychosocial and outcome variables: quality of life (HRQL) and subjective well-being (SWB). MANCOVA analyses were used to test psychosocial factors as determinants of HRQL and SWB. RESULTS: After controlling for socio-demographic and clinical variables, results showed that dispositional optimism, positive affect, spirituality, social support and treatment adherence are significant predictors of HRQL and SWB. Similar predictors of quality of life, such as positive affect, treatment adherence and spirituality, were found for subgroups of disease classified by medical condition. CONCLUSIONS: The work identifies psychosocial factors associated with quality of life. The predictors for the entire group of different chronic diseases are similar to the ones found in different chronic disease subgroups: positive affect, social support, treatment adherence and spirituality. Patients with more positive affect, additional social support, an adequate treatment adherence and a feel-good spirituality, felt better with the disease conditions and consequently had a better quality of life. This study contributes to understanding and improving the processes associated with quality of life, which is relevant for health care providers and chronic diseases support.por
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by a grant from the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (PTDC/PSI/71635/2006, PTDC/PSI/ 73175/2006, SFRH/PROTEC/49284/2008)por
dc.identifier.citationHealth Qual Life Outcomes. 2014 Jan 9;12:3por
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1477-7525-12-3
dc.identifier.issn1477-7525
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/1840
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherBioMed Centralpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.hqlo.com/content/12/1/3por
dc.subjectChronic diseasespor
dc.subjectMANCOVApor
dc.subjectPredictorspor
dc.subjectPsychosocial variablespor
dc.subjectSubjective well-beingpor
dc.subjectQuality of lifepor
dc.titlePsychosocial factors as predictors of quality of life in chronic Portuguese patientspor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/PTDC%2FPSI%2F73175%2F2006/PT
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceEnglandpor
oaire.citation.titleHealth and quality of life outcomespor
oaire.fundingStream5876-PPCDTI
oaire.fundingStream5876-PPCDTI
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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