Research findings have shown discrepancies between child and proxy (i.e. parent) reports when measuring subjective determinants [ 26- 29].
This report developed a model that identifies objective and subjective determinants of treatment satisfaction and preference and the linkages among them.
The purpose of this study was to test a model of objective and subjective determinants of treatment satisfaction and preference, specifically that treatment affects objective clinical outcomes, which in turn affect perceived consequences, which in turn affect satisfaction and preference judgments.
Two better known HRQL examples are the Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQOL) and the Patient Generated Index (PGI), both of which allow respondents to identify personally relevant groups of related activities/goals and rate them according to their subjective importance as determinants of life quality [ 26- 29].
For a comprehensive early review on the determinants of subjective well-being see, e.g. Diener (1984).
There is growing interest in psychosocial factors with positive attitudes, such as trust, optimism, and sociability, as determinants for subjective well-being [3], [4], [5], [6].
The singular physical, psychosocial, and environmental characteristics of institutionalized older people justify the study of determinants of subjective health in these populations.
This theory suggests that people's intention to perform a specific behavior is predicted or influenced by three determinants: attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control.
The method models the determinants of subjective well-being in terms of health and other outcomes, and estimates exchange rate, or marginal rate of substitution, between income and health or social care with well-being as the dependent variable.
The SAGE survey covers a broad range of topics, including health and its determinants, disability, subjective well-being, emotional and financial well-being, health care utilization, and health systems responsiveness.
Post-testing showed that participating pupils obtained an increased knowledge of drugs, their drug-resisting skills were enhanced, and behavior determinants (attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy, and intention) became more negative towards drugs.
