Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot45210.32687/0869-866X-2020-28-6-1320-1325Научная статьяThe analysis of instruments of evaluation of quality of life of patients of elderly age in view of palliative medicineKhabrievR. U.-StasevichN. Yu.n.stasevich@outlook.comPolonskayaL. S.-ZlatkinaN. E.-KozlovS. I.-GaraevaA. S.-N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthThe State Budget Institution “The Federal Bureau of Medical Social Expertise” of the Mintrud of RussiaThe Institute of Professional Education of the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “The I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University” (Sechenov University) of Minzdrav of Russia151220202861320132506042021Copyright © 2020,2020In quality of life research, it is very important to understand the concept and methodology of its implementation. The quality of life study should be organized in accordance with standard generally accepted requirements. In order to obtain comparable data and to apply it in clinical practice, standard quality of life assessment tools should be implemented. The questionnaires are common as the tools assessing quality of life. In the United States and Europe, as well as in Russia, special centers are organized to develop such questionnaires. There are General questionnaires that can be used to assess quality of life in case of various diseases and special questionnaires targeted to specific group of diseases. Currently, more than 400 special questionnaires are used in practice. In Russia, due to urgency of increasing propagation of socially significant non-communicable diseases, especially in elderly population, particular attention is focused on research in the area of quality of life in field of palliative medicine, assigned to alleviate suffering of incurable patient. Its main goal is to maintain optimal quality of life of patient.quality of lifeanalysisassessmentpalliative medicineassessment toolsкачество жизнианализоценкапаллиативная медицинаинструменты оценки[Петри А., Сэбин К. Наглядная медицинская статистика. М.: ГЭОТАР-Медиа; 2015.][Амирджанова В. Н., Горячев Д. В., Коршунов Н. И., Ребров А. П., Сороцкая В. Н. Популяционные показатели качества жизни по опроснику SF-36 (результаты многоцентрового исследования качества жизни «МИРАЖ»). Научно-практическая ревматология. 2008;(1):36-48.][Бескровный И. М. Системный анализ как метод решения сложных логических проблем. Часть 1. Апории Зенона. Современные наукоемкие технологии. 2011;(3):20-6.][Жилина Н. М. Методы обработки информации в медицинских исследованиях. Новокузнецк: Изд-во НГИУВ - филиала ФГБОУ ДПО РМАНПО Минздрава России; 2019.][Коршунова Н. Пять слагаемых здорового образа жизни. Здоровье. 2000;(2):5-8.][Котов М. С., Подолужный В. И. Оценка качества жизни пациентов, связанного со здоровьем. Медицина в Кузбассе. 2007;(3):15-8.][Ravens-Sieberer U., Bullinger M. Assessing health-related quality of life in chronically ill children with the German KINDL: first psychometric and content analytical results. Qual. Life Res. 1998;7:399-407.][The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF. Copengagen: World Health Organization; 2004.][Varni J. W., Seid M., Kurtin P. S. PedsQL 4.0: reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version 4.0 generic core scales in healthy and patient populations. Med. Care. 2001 Aug;39(8):800-12. doi: 10.1097/00005650-200108000-00006][Melzack R. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Major properties and scoring methods. Pain. 1975;1:277-99.][Melzack R. The McGill Pain Questionnaire. In: Pain Measurement and Assessment. New York: Raven Press; 1983. Р. 41-8.][Melzack R. The short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain. 1987;30:191-7.][World Health Organization. Quality of life group. What is it Quality of life? World Health Forum. 1996;1:29.][Prioritization of pathogens to guide discovery, research and development ofnew antibiotics for drug-resistant bacterial infections, including tuberculosis. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017 (WHO/EMP/IAU/2017.12). Режим доступа: https://www.who.int/medicines/areas/rational_use/PPLreport_2017_09_19.pdf]