Publications

Old age is recognised in life-span psychology as a developmental period in which changes occur in the psychological, biological and social spheres. The consequences of declining levels of mobility are a change in self-image, the most important structure of personality....

The aim of the study was to assess the relationship with the partner of women after breast amputation and their social activity. Material and method. The study was conducted among 121 women after breast amputation, aged 40-70 years. The research tool was an original survey questionnaire. To ...

Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of patients after hip replacement (EPSB) compared to the preoperative period and to assess the effectiveness of this method in reducing pain associated with osteoarthritis. The secondary aim ...

This article presents different ways of understanding the concept of quality of life. It shows which factors can determine quality of life and how the issue is recognised in the context of medicine and psychology. Attention is also drawn to its subjective and objective...

Introduction. Acceptance of the disease promotes the mobilisation of the patient's strengths and also makes it possible to prevent a reduction in quality of life as a consequence of chronic disease. Objective. To determine the degree of disease acceptance among patients with diabetes and its impact on quality of life and...

Cancer is often synonymous with a prolonged and burdensome treatment process for the patient and a deterioration in quality of life (QoL). Attitude towards the disease influences the treatment process and the level of acceptance of the disease determines the patient's well-being, confidence in...

The aim of the research presented in this paper is to assess the severity of cancer pain in people with cancer, to evaluate the relationship between cancer pain and health-related quality of life in people with cancer in terms of functional...

Recently, there has been a successive increase in interest in the quality of life of chronically ill patients. With the amount of research, new definitions of the concept and specific tools to measure it are emerging. A review of the literature indicates a reduction in quality ...

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of psychological adjustment to cancer on health-related quality of life in oncology patients. 100 patients of the Oncology Centre in Warsaw were studied. The type of attitude and strategy associated with adaptation ...

Quality of life (QoL) is a multidimensional concept that refers to the situation of patients as assessed by themselves. Although there is no universal definition to date, the concept of QoL has been introduced into medicine. The assessment of QoL is a valuable complement to objective information ...

Introduction. The aim of the present study was to establish the relationship between type of treatment and quality of life in oncology patients and to examine factors that differentiate patients' quality of life at the level of physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning with...

This article deals with the analysis of quality of life taking into account health status. The authors define the term quality of life. They characterise quality of life using subjective as well as objective instruments. They devote considerable attention to generic questionnaires (generic...

Chronic illness is itself a source of negative tensions and emotions and, as such, predictively generates lower quality of life. Research on the consequences of chronic illness is increasingly moving away from an exclusively biomedical model of assessing ...

Over the past decade or so, significant progress has been made in the fields of medicine, nursing and the social sciences regarding research on health-related quality of life. The interest in this issue is linked to the recognition and acceptance of a new model of ...

Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death in most countries around the world. Due to their nature and aetiology, the risk of chronic diseases increases with age. The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases is also influenced by the ageing of the population....