Conceptual model of health-related quality of life
Conceptual model of health-related quality of life
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1547-5069.2005.00058.x
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Larson, JL
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作者：
Ferrans, CE;Zerwic, JJ;Larson, JL
Purpose: To revise the Wilson and Cleary model of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), with suggestions for applying each of the components, and to facilitate the use of HRQoL in nursing and health care.Organizing Construct: HRQoL, based on relevant literature over the past 20 years.Methods: The original model was revised in three substantive ways: (a) indicating that biological function is influenced by characteristics of both individuals and environments; (b) deleting nonmedical factors; and (c) deleting the labels on the arrows that tend to restrict characterization of the relationships.Findings: Theoretical background is provided for each of the major components of the model, and examples of instruments to measure them, were added.Conclusions: In quality-of-life research, the current challenge is to devise models to clarify the elements of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and the causal relationships among them. This revision of Wilson and Cleary's model includes a taxonomy of the variables that often have been used to measure HRQoL. This revision should be useful in research and clinical practice.
