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Origin, evolution and research on quality of life: Systematic review

Abstract:

The main objective was to analyze the scientific evidence on the origin, evolution and research on Quality of Life. A systematic review of the literature was carried out according to the recommendations of the PRISMA statement. The search was carried out in databases such as PubMed, Sci-ELO, Redalyc, SCOPUS, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Web of Science, Proquest, Ebook Central, Fielweb, EBSCO, etc. For the search the keywords related to the desired objectives were used, according to the terms Mesh and DeCs: “Quality of Life” AND “Origin” OR “research” OR “satisfaction” OR “his-tory” OR “psychometric properties”. In conclusion, the origin of the term Quality of Life emerged in the 1930s in Europe, by the precursor of welfare economics, the English economist Arthur Pigou. Later, UN experts in 1954 defined “standard of living” as the global needs of the population to achieve its satisfaction, after a few years changed the term of standard of living for “Social Welfare” as an objective concept. In the 70’s, Cambepbell, Converse and Rodgers, considered that the quality of life was equivalent to the concept of “Welfare”, welfare included: satisfaction with life, happiness, stress, af-fections, personal skills and anxiety. In 2002 quality of life was defined as the notion that recognizes the entity of the experience that people have of their own forms and conditions of life, giving as much or more value to that experience than to the material or observable conditions defined as adequate by the experts.