Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate stress, anxiety, and salivary alpha-amylase (SAA) activity in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). The impact of this disease on the life quality was also evaluated. Design. Twenty-two patients with RAS and controls, matched by sex and age, were selected. Stress and anxiety were assessed using Lipp's Inventory of Stress Symptoms and...

OBJECTIVE describe the quality of life of frail elderly assisted by the Centro de Referência à Saúde do Idoso (CRI), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS the convenience sample included 122 frail elderly being treated from January 2010 to July 2011, out of a total of 668 frail elderly who were referred to the CRI after application of the brief evaluation form of the elderly, recommended by Mi...

O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a qualidade de vida (QV) dos estudantes pós-graduação em Odontologia por meio domínios World Health Organization Questionnaire for Quality of Life-bref (WHOQOL-bref). Trata-se um transversal, com 88 matriculados programa Odontologia. Os dados foram coletados entre junho e agosto 2015, incluindo informações sociodemográficas questionário vida, o WHOQOL-bref. Foi ...

OBJECTIVE To study the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref psychometric properties in a sample of smokers. It is a self-administered instrument to evaluate quality of life. It contains 26 questions allocated to 4 domains: Social, Psychological, Physical and Environmental, there are 2 questions related to the Global domain. METHOD The sample was formed by 276 tobacco user...

BACKGROUND Buruli Ulcer is a tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, which, due to scarring and contractures can lead to stigma and functional limitations. However, recent advances in treatment, combined with increased public health efforts have the potential to significantly improve disease outcome. OBJECTIVES To study the Quality of Life (QoL) of former Buruli Ulcer patients...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) of medical students during their medical education and explore the influencing factors of the QOL of students. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in June 2011. The study population was composed of 1686 medical students in years 1 to 5 at China Medical University. The Chinese version of WHOQOL-BREF instrument wa...

PURPOSE To assess quality of life and climacteric symptoms in women with and without liver transplants. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 52 women undergoing follow-up at a university hospital in southeastern Brazil from February 4th, 2009 to January 5th, 2011. Twenty-four of these women were 35 years old or older and had undergone liver transplantation at least one year before stud...

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the WHOQOL-BREF among 10,693 community-based married Japanese men and women (4376 couples) who were either expecting or raising a child. Analyses of item-response distributions, internal consistency, criterion validity, and discriminant validity indicated that the scale had acceptable reliability and performed well i...

BACKGROUND The WHOQOL-OLD is an instrument for the assessment of subjective quality of life in elderly people. It is based on the WHO definition of quality of life and is available in more than 20 languages. However, in most countries, the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-OLD have been assessed only on the basis of small local samples and not in representative studies. In this study, the p...

Objetivo: Determinar la validez de contenido un protocolo con recomendaciones para aplicación del instrumento WHOQOL-BREF, en evaluación calidad vida mujeres cáncer mama.
 Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, observacional, tipo validación instrumentos. El proceso se desarrolló 3 fases, incluyendo participación expertos las áreas oncología, psicología, trabajo social, enfermería; val...