the present study was conducted to determine the association between social support and health-related qol (hrql) for a sample of 120 patients living with hiv/aids in tehran.eighty male and 40 female living with hiv referred to iranian aids research center at imam khomini hospital in tehran, iran in 2011 were randomly selected for assessment. data was collected by means of vaux's social support...

conclusions health providers should improve the qol in the elderly by facilitating hpl through health-promoting interventions, which will maintain and increase physical activity, stress management, and spiritual growth. background as individuals live a longer life, health-promoting lifestyle (hpl) becomes even more essential, particularly with regard to maintaining functional independence and i...

irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders particularly affecting the quality of life (qol). evaluating qol in ibs patients is a valuable method of defining a psychobiological pattern of disease. various disease specific and general instruments are now available to measure health-related qol (hrqol) in ibs patients. though, no comparison has been made be...

as there is no evidence of previous studies on evaluating the level of job satisfaction and the major causes of dissatisfaction among the pharmacists in iran, this study was designed. this study is a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of pharmacists practicing in tehran private-sector pharmacies. we selected a stratified random sampling using number of prescriptions as a variable for stratifi...

background: health-related quality-of-life (hr-qol) may be affected by various factors including injury-related characteristics among individuals with spinal cord injury (sci). however, the impact of the influence of these variables has not yet been fully described in iranian population. here, we assessed the relationships between injury-related characteristics and hr-qol among iranian people w...

background: quality of life in patients represents an important area of assessment. however, attention to health professionals should be equally important. the literature on the quality of life (qol) of emergency physicians is scarce. this pilot study investigated qol in emergency physicians in germany. materials and methods: we conducted a cross?sectional study from january to june in 2015.we ...

This article will review the various stressors in epilepsy and disease, treatment and psychosocial factors that may contribute to disrupting daily activities and interfering with lifestyles and interests, that impact on overall well-being or quality of life (QOL). We will introduce the concept of illness intrusiveness in epilepsy that reflects diseaseand treatment-induced lifestyle disruptions ...