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QUALITY OF LIFE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live (as distinct from material comfort)
Example:
the new art museum is expected to improve the quality of life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("quality of life" is a kind of...):
gratification; satisfaction (state of being gratified or satisfied)
Context examples:
A subscale complement to the FACT-G questionnaire developed specifically for evaluating quality of life of bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients.
(FACT-BMT Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
A parent report or patient self report for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in healthy children and adolescents and those with acute and chronic health conditions.
(Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, NCI Thesaurus)
After 90 days, the patients were evaluated for outcomes, including disability, neurological function, and quality of life.
(Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke, National Institutes of Health)
Energy therapy is being studied in patients receiving cancer therapy, to find out if it can improve quality of life, boost the immune system, or reduce side effects.
(Energy therapy, NCI Dictionary)
"While it isn't a cure for migraines, this treatment has the potential to really improve the quality of life for many children," said Kaye.
(Innovative Treatment Offers Relief to Children with Frequent Migraine Headaches, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Patient-Focused Outcomes places a greater emphasis on quality of life issues.
(Patient-Focused Outcomes, NCI Thesaurus)
The goal of palliative care is an achievement of the best quality of life for patients and their families.
(Palliative therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
The goal is to make you comfortable and improve your quality of life.
(Palliative Care, NIH: National Institute of Nursing Research)
Surgery that does not alter the course of a disease, but improves the quality of life.
(Palliative Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)
The study findings suggest that stimulating antioxidant defences in mice reduces cognitive impairments caused by low blood sugar, which could help to improve the quality of life for diabetic patients.
(Antioxidants May Prevent Cognitive Impairment in Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
