conclusions the strengthening of spiritual and religious attitudes among drug users encourages them to engage in and justify actions that are relevant to their health. when this happens, their quality of life increases significantly. objectives the aim of this study was to compare the spiritual health of addicts and people with a normal quality of life in the city of birjand, iran. patients and...

conclusions based on the findings, participants had average levels of overall qol. some domains showed the need to improve qol of women with cad. results of the present study revealed the necessity of designing and performing educational and supportive interventions to improve the qol in women with cad, especially among patients with low socio-economic status. results the mean score of overall ...

backgrounds: the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy for children with chronic pain (chact) on quality of life of 7 to 12 year-old children. thus, the basic problem of the current study is whether chact can increase the quality of life on 7 to 12 year-old children with chronic pain?   materials and methods: according to the criteria of chronic pa...

this study aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety among prostate cancer patients, and to ascertain the association between stress status, socio-demographic, medical and surgical illness, current urinary problem and cancer status with general health-related quality of life (hrqol) among these patients.a hospital based, cross sectional study was conducted at surgical clinic, university mala...

background: the oral health-related quality of life indicators are increasingly used to measure the impact of the oral condi­tions on quality of life. one of the most used indicators is the oral health impact profile (ohip-14), but it has never been ap­plied in iran. the aim of this study was to validate the usage of ohip-14 among iranians. methods: a cross-sectional study was performed in kerm...

the aim of this study was to demonstrate that handgrip strength test can discriminate the presence/absence of asthma and between intermittent and moderate persistent asthma in children. 140 children (70 healthy and 70 with asthma) completed the pediatric asthma quality of life questionnaire (paqlq) and performed the handgrip strength test. forty-eight hours later, subjects performed spirometry....

background and objectives: the most important reason in couples′ marital conflict is their expectancy of their roles in the family. the couples get married by presumptions and different prejudices about emotional subjects and life activities which are the mental well-being. the purpose of this research is the study of mental well-being and marital life quality of couples.   methods: the method ...

introduction: breast cancer with 22.6% is the most common cancer in iranian women and mastectomy is the treatment of choice in 81% of cases posted for surgery. mastectomy can evoke feelings of mutilation, altered body image and decreased sexual attractiveness and function leading to mood disorders. in the last decades, final purpose of treatment strategies in breast cancer is creation of a life...

background : chronic liver disease comprises a wide range of diseases characterized by inflammation of the liver and progression of cirrhosis. this study aims to assess the relationship between behavioral disorders and quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis. materials and methods : the available sampling method was used to divide participants into two groups of 100 patients and 100 he...