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This study was to evaluate the construct validity of WHOQOL-BREF & Disabilities module for physical disabilities (PD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) people, using Item Response Theory (IRT) Graded Response Model (GRM) analysis. As one of 14 centres for the field study of the WHOQOL Disabilities module, a stratified representative sample of Guangzhou general disabled people was approached for...
Mental disorders are the main cause of disability worldwide, and they cause a high social impact, a significant deterioration in people's cognitive and physical level and an important economic weakening to current health care systems. These facts show the importance of design, development and implementation of applications aimed at achieving an improvement of patients' quality of life. This paper...
This paper presents the findings of a literature review that explored the impact of assistive technologies (AT) on quality of life (QOL) for people with dementia. Of the 799 identified papers only 18 studies met the eligibility criteria. The review concludes that few empirical studies involve people with dementia using AT. There is a clear indication that people with mild to moderate dementia are...
In the information age, information and communication technology (ICT) is an asset for supporting people with disability to participate and be included in society. Research indicates that virtual worlds may help this group to gain independence and improve social participation. The aim of the present research was to explore the role that virtual worlds play in facilitating people with disability to...
Involvement in sport activities could improve one's life in terms of physical fitness and mental health. The participation of parents and children in sport activities is crucial in preventing the children from involvement in negative activities especially during their leisure time. This paper examined the involvement of students in sports activities during the school holidays. They normally have fewer...
The purpose of this study was to explore health benefits of using somatosensory video games (SVG) on older adults with disabilities. A total of 61 participants aged 65-92 in a nursing home were recruited and 22 of them voluntarily agreed to be in the experimental group with 4-week SVG trainings. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), SF-8 (Quality Metric), was used to measure and to compare before...
Developing quality of life technologies (QoLT) poses unique challenges to engineers and computer scientists. This paper provides a roadmap for design, development, and evaluation. We begin with a definition of quality of life and identify key attributes of QoLT. This is followed by a discussion of methods for identifying target populations and needs. Next, we describe the process of user-centered...
An electronic -- mechanical game was developed for elderly and disabled people so that they could have an enjoyable way to train their cognitive functions. Because our players were not familiar with electronic games, we proposed constraints and requirements to the game so that they were able to play the game and were willing to play repeatedly. Here, we describe our proposed game, gIkiiki-pom,h...
To understand the quality of life of hyperthyroidism patients and put forward to corresponding suggestions, Measure the quality of life of 342 hyperthyroidism patients and 197 healthy individuals as control was surveyed by adopting Short-Form 36-item survey (SF-36). The quality of life of hyperthyroidism patients was poorer than that of the general population in eight different fields scores of the...
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