Physicians’ perceptions on Quality of Life of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: A qualitative study

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Table 1. Three clusters of elements of Quality of Life (QoL).

Cluster	Good QOL	Poor QOL
Emotional	Happy, pleasure, enjoyment	Inconsolable crying, appears unhappy, no emotion, empty, shallow, suffering
Physical	Normalised muscle tone, no pain, no epilepsy or under control, can eat without choking, is able to breathe easily	Tense muscles, choking, short of breath, pain, major epilepsy, sick
Relational	Is able to make contact and has interaction. Good relationship with parents, parents/family are able to cope, loving family, loving social environment, safety	No contact. No parents, burden too great for parents/social environment, no safety