Quality of Life and the Patientʼs Response to Treatment
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- Vol. 7 (Supplement) , S132-S136
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005344-198507001-00026
Abstract
Summary: Quality of life resides mainly in an individual's satisfaction with his role at work, at home, and in his community. Illness and treatment affect quality of life to the extent that they damage an individual's ability to perform these roles to his own satisfaction. Clinicians will increasingly have to take account of quality of life in assessing the effect of an illness and of their treatment for it. This is particularly so in chronic diseases for which there is no “cure” and in asymptomatic conditions, such as hypertension.Keywords
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