Quality of life, life satisfaction, and spirituality: comparing outcomes between rehabilitation and cancer patients.
OBJECTIVE
To determine differences in quality of life, life satisfaction, and spirituality across different patient groups and to determine what factors may relate to these three outcomes across rehabilitation and cancer patients.


METHODS
Subjects were first stratified by five diagnostic groupings. Patient data were then regrouped for additional analytic purposes into two large cohorts. All subjects completed questionnaires once. Differences in scores and correlations were computed, and regression models were specified.


RESULTS
Group differences were found across the quality of life measures used in the study. There were also differences in life satisfaction and spiritual well-being. Spirituality was found to be associated with both quality of life and life satisfaction, although it was not a significant predictor in a multivariate context.


CONCLUSIONS
In general, subjects with prostate cancer reported higher scores across all measures. Spirituality showed a strong association with both life satisfaction and quality of life, and it was a significant predictor of life satisfaction among rehabilitation subjects. Factors such as age, marital status, and work status, in addition to specific dimensions of quality of life, such as social functioning and functional well-being, were found to be associated with total quality of life.
Tate
Denise G
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University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Forchheimer
Martin
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D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires