Knowra Quality of life Quality of life Quality of life is a person's assessment of physical, psychological, and social well-being. It reflects how someone experiences life, not only their health or material circumstances.
Physical health : The condition and functioning of the body's systems, including strength, mobility, and freedom from disease. Physical functioning is one dimension people consider when judging their lives.
Health-related quality of life : The effects of health status and treatment on a person's physical, emotional, and social functioning. This narrower measure isolates health's contribution to overall quality of life.
Standard of living : A measure of material prosperity based on resources such as income, housing, and access to goods and services. It captures material conditions but not the full experience of well-being.
Subjective well-being : People's evaluations of their lives, including life satisfaction and positive and negative feelings. Self-reported experience raises questions about how personal judgments should be interpreted.
Mental health : A state of emotional, psychological, and social well-being that affects thought, mood, and behavior. Psychological well-being shapes how people experience daily life.
Quality-adjusted life year : A measure combining length of life and health-related quality of life into years adjusted for health state. It lets health economists compare treatments by survival and health-related well-being.
Well-being : A broad state of positive physical, psychological, and social functioning or experience. Quality of life is one way to assess well-being, though definitions and measures vary.
Health utility : A numerical value assigned to a health state, often representing preferences for living in that state. Utility values depend on whose preferences are used and how health states are described.
Social support : Practical and emotional assistance available through relationships, communities, and institutions. Supportive relationships can improve well-being even when illness or hardship persists.
EQ-5D : A standardized questionnaire and descriptive system for measuring health-related quality of life across five dimensions. Its scores turn reported health states into comparable estimates.
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