The author conducted semistructured interviews based on the Keith and Schalock's quality of life model.
Wilson and Cleary [ 23] have developed a quality of life model that expresses the relevant logical connections among several quality of life measurements along a sequential pathway.
These differences were abolished after adjustment for quality of life (Model 8), exercise self-efficacy (Model 3), fear of falling (Model 6) and mobility limitations (Model 5).
In the acceptable quality of life model, as compared to model 4, having a healthy diet and age of death of next of kin remained significant.
Wilson and Cleary (1995) proposed a quality of life model that includes individual and environmental characteristics, biological and physiological variables and symptoms status that impact functional status.
Other important mediators were higher levels of mobility limitations (Model 5), lower quality of life (Model 8), leaving the house on fewer days (Model 4), and exercise outcomes expectations (Model 2).
In the separate acceptable quality and length of life models, we found a significant positive effect of having a healthy diet on acceptable quality of life (0.06), but not on acceptable length of life.
A systematic literature review was conducted to (a) identify the most frequently used health-related quality of life (HRQOL) models and (b) critique those models.
The availability of longitudinal data allows the LWDS to contribute towards a deeper understanding of the dynamics of living with diabetes; and to build complex psychosocial models of the determinants of disease progression, quality of life and models of patients' assessments of the quality of their care.
In this study, we introduce a new assessment procedure intended to provide perspective on individuals' priorities, based on Rapkin and Schwartz' (2004) quality of life appraisal model.
