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The management of subjective quality of life by short-stay hospital patients: an exploratory study Mellor, David, Cummins, Robert, Karlinski, Evelyn and Storer, Shane P. 2003, The management of subjective quality of life by short-stay hospital patients: an exploratory study, Health and quality of life outcomes, vol. 1, no. 39, pp. 1-9. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mellor-managementofsubjective-2003.pdf Published version application/pdf 270.35KB 106 Title The management of subjective quality of life by short-stay hospital patients: an exploratory study Author(s) Mellor, David Cummins, Robert Karlinski, Evelyn Storer, Shane P. Journal name Health and quality of life outcomes Volume number 1 Issue number 39 Start page 1 End page 9 Publisher BioMed Central Ltd. Place of publication London, England Publication date 2003-09-08 ISSN 1477-7525 Summary Background: This study tested the homeostatic model of subjective quality of life in a group of 47 short stay patients as they progressed through the stages of hospitalization for surgery. Method: Participants completed a questionnaire measuring subjective quality of life, positive and negative affect, self-esteem, optimism and cognitive flexibility, the day prior to admission (T1), two days post-operation (T2) and one week after discharge (T3). Neuroticism and Extroversion were measured at Time 1. Results: All variables remained stable across the three times, apart from positive affect, which dropped significantly post-operation but returned to its previous level post discharge. Conclusion: Although the homeostatic model of subjective quality of life was supported at Time 1, the analyses raise doubts about the stability of personality. This finding is consistent with recent discussions of personality. Notes This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2003 Mellor et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002210 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connected to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 10 Mar 2009, 08:11:51 EST Tue, 12 May 2009, 15:06:00 EST Fri, 07 Jan 2011, 13:11:35 EST Fri, 07 Jan 2011, 13:17:31 EST Fri, 07 Jan 2011, 13:21:10 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 461 Abstract Views, 106 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:18:22 EST

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