title: [Evaluation of quality of life: a clinical challenge].
abstract: The possibility to estimate QUALITY OF LIFE opens new perspectives in the appraising of therapeutic results. The author suggests a scale based on a critical study of the previously known medical and psychiatric tools and some original concepts which make it useful in the field of public health. The estimate obtained with scale takes into account both subjective and objective data. The results bring to light the possibilities to intégrate the "SIQUAV" scale (and its "DIONYSOS" application program) as complementary means for clinical reflexion and action. After a survey of the significant data obtained through the assessment and validation study (which show in all cases the importance of psychic life, relationships and social esteem), the article covers some problems relating to QUALITY OF LIFE in the context of public health and to its relationship with the meaning and ethics of therapeutic practices.
authors.affiliation: Fondation John Bost, La Force.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brioul
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008603:Mental Health; D011634:Public Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: L'évaluation de la qualité de vie: un enjeu pour la clinique.