Patients' needs, satisfaction, and health related quality of life: towards a comprehensive model.
Year: 2004
Type: editorial
Abstract: With the publication of its 100 th paper, the new open access Journal Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (HQLO), achieves a significant milestone.Launching a journal in this field was not just a challenge with respect to nomenclature, [1] but also provided a forum for disseminating research which emphasises the unique contributions as well as the inter-relationships among determinants of health, provision of care, and outcomes.So far, prominence (as measured by the number of scientific manuscripts accepted for publication) has been given mainly to the unique contributions of health-related quality of life (HRQL).Other determinants like health needs and satisfaction have sporadically been considered [2][3][4][5][6][7].A few additional papers have focused on approaches to detect ill health.In this editorial we would like to explore the relationship between needs, satisfaction and quality of life, identify gaps in the current knowledge base, and encourage future research in these areas. 'Need': conceptually complexNo consensus seems to be exist about the meaning and concept of 'need' in health, sociology and political literature [11][12][13].The ambiguity of the concept of 'needs' and enormity of the task imposed upon practitioners has made the transition from service-led to needs-led much harder [14]; this vagueness is more apparent when a specific need fails to fall neatly into 'health care' or 'social care' domains, each of which is correlated with the other.Patients with depreciated perception of health status have
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W2105912416