PMID- 21659399
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110816
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1758-1095 (Electronic)
IS  - 0141-0768 (Print)
IS  - 0141-0768 (Linking)
VI  - 104
IP  - 6
DP  - 2011 Jun
TI  - Chronic diseases influence major life changing decisions: a new domain in quality 
      of life research.
PG  - 241-50
LID - 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110010 [doi]
AB  - The purpose of this review is to identify knowledge about the influence of 
      chronic disease on major life changing decisions (MLCDs). This review was carried 
      out in three stages: identification of key search terms; selection of databases 
      and searching parameters; and evaluation of references. Only two articles matched 
      the main search term 'major life changing decisions'. No article reviewed or 
      measured the influence of chronic disease on major life changing decisions. 
      However, 76 articles and various sections of seven books were identified that 
      provided insight into this area and these are reviewed in detail. This literature 
      review has brought together previously scattered information on chronic disease 
      impact on important patient life decisions. These include decisions related to 
      having children, marriage and divorce, job and career choice, social life, 
      holidays, travelling and education. Lifestyle decisions viewed by patients as 
      major decisions are also documented. The influence of cancer on life decisions is 
      discussed, as are affected life decisions of other family members. Very little 
      information is available about the long-term impact of chronic disease on 
      patients' lives and methodology to assess long-term impact is incomplete. This 
      review points to a novel dimension to health-related outcome research, the impact 
      of chronic disease on major life changing decisions, and its possible implication 
      for patients' future health.
FAU - Bhatti, Zu
AU  - Bhatti Z
AD  - Centre for Socioeconomic Research, School of Pharmacy and Department of 
      Dermatology and Wound Healing, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK. 
      drzaheer121@hotmail.com
FAU - Salek, Ms
AU  - Salek M
FAU - Finlay, Ay
AU  - Finlay A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - J R Soc Med
JT  - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
JID - 7802879
SB  - IM
MH  - *Chronic Disease
MH  - *Decision Making
MH  - Employment/psychology
MH  - Family
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Life Change Events
MH  - Life Style
MH  - Male
MH  - Neoplasms/psychology
MH  - Pregnancy/psychology
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Research Design
PMC - PMC3110968
EDAT- 2011/06/11 06:00
MHDA- 2011/08/17 06:00
PMCR- 2014/06/01
CRDT- 2011/06/11 06:00
PHST- 2011/06/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/06/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/08/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 104/6/241 [pii]
AID - JRSM-11-0010 [pii]
AID - 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110010 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J R Soc Med. 2011 Jun;104(6):241-50. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110010.