Quality of Life

Quality of life

Picture of individual’s life situation in the

specific moment of time

Inverse relationship to the size of the gap

between an individual’s expectations and the
reality of the situation
Influencing the quality of life

Change in patient’s actual condition

Change in patient’s expectations

Changing the actual condition

Tolerating the habits

Avoiding an aggressive treatment

Fullfilling
the spare time
the sense of safety
the sence of self-esteem
Changing the expectations

Changing the values’es hierarchy

Spiritual life and needs

asking of sense of life
fulfilling the sense of freedom
Measuring the quality of life

Physical function

Emotional or psychological function

Social function

Symptoms of disease or its treatment