PBHL 2203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Body Image, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Artery Disease
19 Mar 2017
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Quality of life has several components including physical functioning, psychological status, social functioning, and disease- or treatment related symptomatology. Researchers focus on how much the disease and treatment interfere with the activities of daily living, such as sleeping, eating, going to work, and engaging in recreational activities. The quality of life assessment looks at the extent of a patient"s normal life activities that have been compromised by disease and treatment. Many chronic diseases affect all aspects of a patient"s life. For acute diseases, there is a temporary phase when all life activities are disrupted. Chronic disease may also carry the need to make intermittent or permanent changes in physical, vocational, and social activities. Patients can be in as state of crisis marked by physical, social, and psychological disequilibrium. If the patients copping efforts fail, the result can amplify the symptoms and their meaning, which may worsen health.
