background: today, the quality of life (qol) studies have an important role in public health care, especially among the old adults suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes. diabetes and its complications can widely affect various aspects of qol. therefore, the present study aimed to assess diabetic patients’ qol and identify the factors that affect it.   methods: a cross-sectional study...

background and purpose: diabetes in the elderly is mostly associated with increased risk of development and worsening of geriatric syndromes. in addition, it has a significant impact on various aspects of individuals with these syndromes. therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life (qol) in elderly diabetic patients. methods: this descriptive and analytical study was conducted o...

background: osteoporosis affects quality of life and may lead to depression in women. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of zoledronic acid (za) treatment on depression and quality of life (q o l) in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (po). materials and methods: a total of 88 newly diagnosed women with po were included in this study. all patients were treated with once-y...

background and aim: hearing impairment is one of the common disabilities quality of life of mothers of children with hearing impairment are often lower than others. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of life skills training (lst) on the quality of life of mothers who have children with hearing impairment. methods: an experimental research method (pretest, post-test with control group desi...

conclusions our findings show that, at provincial levels, a complex set of known/unknown influencing factors affect individuals’ assessments of their own health quality. understanding these patterns of srh and ls could be useful for better health policy and more targeted studies in this field. background self-rated health (srh) and life satisfaction (ls) are of increasing interest to medical re...

The purpose of this study is to find out whether smart tourism technologies have an influence on tourist loyalty, memorable experiences stratification has and technologies, experiences, together affect loyalty tourist. methods used in are descriptive types research quantitative approaches. data collection technique distribute questionnaires 100 respondents. analysis multiple regression analysis...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Halitosis is an unpleasant disorder and a common phenomenon in people. The study aim was evaluation of halitosis using Halitosis Associated Life Quality Test questionnaires (HALT) and the Etiquette checker device.METHODS: The questionnaires were given to 345 individuals who referred to the Kerman Dental School and dental clinics, Kerman, Iran. At the same time, their halitos...

The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), a 5-item instrument 7 response-categories per item, measures cognitive judgments of satisfaction one's life using summative scoring where higher score implies satisfaction. Discrete scores SWLS Likert-type items fail to satisfy equidistant property and do not consider distributions item or scale scores. paper gives an assumption-free method convert conti...