background: one of the elements of the broadening focus of health care beyond its traditional and restricted concept has been the increasing adoption quality of life approach to health care research and practice. objectives: to investigate the qol of women in the third trimester of pregnancy and at 8 weeks postpartum and factors associated with the overall qol. materials and methods: three hund...

background: schizophrenia is a disorder with psychotic symptoms that severely affects personal performance. assessing problem- focused strategies and quality of life (qol) in patients with schizophrenia may help the clinicians to use appropriate interventions. this study was conducted to find the relationship between problem-focused coping strategies and quality of life in schizophrenic patient...

patients and methods we conducted an observational prospective study in adults proposed to various types of surgery using the brief pain inventory short form preoperatively (t0), one day after surgery, and three months later (t3). if the patient had pain at t3 and other causes of pain were excluded, they were considered to have ppp, and the mcgill pain questionnaire short form was applied. qol ...

conclusions the mean score of quality of life (qol) in females with diabetes was far from desirable condition. these findings can help physicians and healthcare providers to design suitable interventions to improve the patients qol. results the total mean score of qol was 58.02 ± 17.63. the lowest and the highest mean scores were observed in physical health and social relationship domains (53.8...

objective: one way of improving the quality of life is to eliminate its barriers. selfhandicapping is a form of problematic behavior, which investigating its effect on the quality of life is of great importance. the present study aimed to examine the relationship of selfhandicapping with the quality of life in primary students.  methods: this research is a correlational that condoucted on stude...

materials and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 nurses during 2012. the data-gathering instrument consisted of two parts. the first part consisted of questions on demographic information and the second part was the walton’s quality of work life questionnaire. data were analyzed using the spss software. for statistical analysis t test and one way anova were used. results th...

conclusions although most studies have reported low and weak quality of life in addicts, the findings of this study shows that the life quality score of addicts is rather good. it seems that the maintenance treatment that addicts receive in addiction cessation centers has been effective in improving the quality of life of the patients. hence, expanding methadone treatment centers can play a lea...

conclusions although, the qol in cervical cancer survivors was good, treatment of related symptoms can influence the qol and improve the care of these patients. results cervical cancer survivors stated a good qol. however, its score was negatively associated with symptoms including short breathing, lack of appetite, nausea and vomiting, sleep disorders, peripheral neuropathy, and menopausal sym...

background and objectives: the complications associated with spastic cerebral palsy can affect the physical ability and quality of life of individuals suffering from this motor disorder. the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between quality of life and hypertonia in adults with spastic cerebral palsy. methods:   in an analytical cross sectional study, 70 subjects with the diagnos...