quality of life

Preferred Label : quality of life;

MeSH definition : A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral and social environment; the overall condition of a human life.; A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease.;

MeSH synonym : life quality;

CISMeF synonym : life qualities;

DeCS synonym : Health-Related Quality Of Life; HRQOL;

MeSH hyponym : Health Related Quality Of Life; HRQOL;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality of life;

Details

Origin ID

D011788;

UMLS CUI

C0034380;

Allowable qualifiers
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- HRQOL [LOINC method]
- Health-related Quality of Life [NCIt concept]
- Overall Quality of Life [NCIt concept]
- Quality of life [Terme SASMAG]
- Spitzer quality of life index (assessment scale) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- Health-Related Quality Of Life [MeSH concept]
- quality of life [MeSH concept]
See also
- Economic Indexes [DeCS]
- Environmental Quality [DeCS]
- Human Ecology [DeCS]
- cost of illness [MeSH Descriptor]
- karnofsky performance status [MeSH Descriptor]
- life style [MeSH Descriptor]
- sickness impact profile [MeSH Descriptor]
- value of life [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- quality-adjusted life years [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Quality of life [LOINC component]
Semantic type(s)
- Idea or Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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