The Quality of Life Definition: Where Are We Going?

Abstract

The quality of life (QoL) concept now includes new aspects related to patients’ well-being because QoL has become more of a personal perception than an an objective and measurable entity. Here, we discuss the principal aspects of QoL-related aspects in urology and andrology by using a narrative review. Some aspects concerning the QoL are essential when managing uro-andrological patients. The aim of treatments should not only include the absence of disease or symptoms relief but also the improvement of a patient’s QoL with regard to his/her internal status and relationship with others. In this sense, any therapeutic approach should be based on the patient’s perspectives and not only on the instrumental and laboratory findings. Finally, we discussed the role of a patient’s sexual partner adding an extra dimension to the patient-centerd approach as part of the QoL concept in andrology.

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“…By analysing various definitions, one can adopt a generalised interpretation of this concept in the context of the city [29,44,[46][47][48][49]. The quality of life in the city is the whole of the living conditions of individuals and communities, shaped in the social, economic, environmental and awareness dimensions in a specific space of a territorial unit, which in an objective and subjective (quantitative and qualitative) perspective determine the sense of satisfying the needs and fulfilling life aspirations in a given place and time [29,49]. Therefore, a holistic approach to measuring the quality of life requires the association of objective indicators (measurable with the available statistical data) with subjective indicators related to feelings, assessments in surveys [56].…”

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