Roman MOLIKEVICH

PLACE AND ROLE OF HEALTH INDICATORS IN RESEARCH OF QUALITY OF LIFE.

The article considers the content of the category of “quality of life” from the perspective of different sciences: philosophy, economics, sociology, social ecology, medicine, social geography. Was highlighted the role of health in the interpretation of the category. Was noted the fundamental features of studying the quality of life in social geography. The author proposes a model of the projection formation of quality of life in geospace, which reflects the basic needs (by the levels of Maslow) and categories of health (physical, mental, social and spiritual).The author focuses on the features of the objective, subjective, and integrated approaches to the assessment of quality of life. Analyzed the main methods and approaches to the assessment of the quality of life with health and demographic indicators, including the methodology of the UN, Economic Commission for Europe, the EU, OECD, scientific journal “International Living”; European subjective methods of medical profile: Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), Sickness Impact Profile (SIP 68), EUROQOL, PQVS, SF-36 and others. We also consider the approach of Russian scientists to the evaluation of the quality of life using the category of “quality of the population.” Among the approaches, which are used in Ukraine, was analyzed “The national matrix of indicators of quality of life in Ukraine”, which was formed by the Institute of Demography and Social Studies named after M.V. Ptukha NAS of Ukraine; model of assessing the quality of life of the population at the level of regions of Ukraine, which was established  by I.V. Gukalova (Institute of Geography, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). Based on analysis of the frequency of using of demographic and health indicators in the assessment of quality of life was proved that the medical and demographic situation is a synthetic indicator of the quality of life of the population.

Keywords: quality of life, health, medical-demographic situation.

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