Quality-of-Life (Qualité de Vie, Lebensqualität) is a term which is used in the worldwide field of scientific and other activities related to the individual and societal quality of living conditions and the perceived quality of life. The idea came up about one hundred years ago and concepts for their measurement were also on the table at that time. It took many years until research on quality of life was developed further in the context of the social indicators movement and the societal value discussion. In the course of time worldwide activities and networks of researchers on quality of life emerged. Around 1995 time has come to constitute stable organizations for quality of life studies and research: the science organizations of ISOQOL and ISQOLS were founded and were accompanying quality-of-life research. What followed was an inclusion of the quality-of-life-idea in all spheres of life for example science, politics, economy, climate change, advertising and societal debates of any kind. Many related publications appeared and the question is now what quality of life studies and research contributed to the knowledge of mankind. As it stands now quality-of-life is a critical, multi-faceted and non-militant concept for the definition and evaluation of social progress in respect to human development and individual growth.
Citation: Glatzer, W. (2026). One Century of Quality-Of-Life Studies and Research. J Nurs Care Repo; 7(1):1-8. DOI : https://doi.org/10.47485/3065-7636.1046