With the exception of capillary malformations (port-wine stains), the adverse psychosocial effects of vascular malformations have not received much attention in the medical literature. We, therefore, studied health related quality of life of patients with vascular malformations located primarily on the lower extremity, who presented to us over a 10-year period. Patient's self-assessment of qual...

OBJECTIVES To describe health-related quality of life in Norwegian patients with narcolepsy compared with data from the general population. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventy-seven patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy were included in the final analysis. Health-related quality of life was assessed by SF-36 questionnaire. RESULTS Men and women with narcolepsy had lower scores in all SF-36 domai...

Little is known about the influence of uraemic pruritus on patients' wellbeing. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of uraemic pruritus on quality of life and depressive symptoms in patients with end-stage renal disease. A total of 200 haemodialysis patients were included into the study. The prevalence of uraemic pruritus was 38%. Patients with uraemic pruritus had significantly low...

objective: diabetes is a chronic disease that causes severe side effects in patients. according to the previous studies, the incidence of depression and anxiety is higher among patients with diabetes type 2. the present study was conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction program and conscious yoga on depression, anxiety and stress in patients wi...

BACKGROUND With the use of mesh shown to considerably reduce recurrence rates for hernia repair and the subsequent improvement in clinical outcomes, focus has now been placed on quality-of-life outcomes in patients undergoing these repairs, specifically, as they relate to the mesh prosthesis. Traditionally, quality of life after hernia surgery, like many other medical conditions, has been teste...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to estimate the responsiveness to change of a generic [the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)] and a specific health-related quality of life questionnaire [the Lupus Quality if Life questionnaire (LupusQoL)] according to SLE patients' self-reported changes in health status. METHODS In a cohort of 185 SLE patients, quality of life (QoL) was measured three time...

AIM The aim of the study was to assess how the comorbidity of depressive symptoms and cardiac ischemic disease (CAD) influences the quality of life (QoL) in patients after the successful coronary angioplasty (PCI). METHOD 227 patients with CAD selected for PTCA were enrolled. 156 patients with full clinical and angiographic success and without restenosis within 4 weeks after the intervention ...

INTRODUCTION Few studies have prospectively assessed the tools used to measure quality of life, both generic and specific, in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to characterize a population of patients with early RA (less than 12 months after symptom onset at the time of the diagnosis) prospectively followed for the pattern of responses to...

INTRODUCTION Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic progressive autoimmune inflammatory disorder involving mainly the axial skeleton and larger peripheral joints that progressively limits spinal mobility and may lead to irreversible structural changes and consequently to impaired physical function and reduced quality of life. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess functional disability an...

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of premenstrual symptoms on health related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of Iranian women. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a sample of women aged 15–45 years, who lived in Tehran were randomly recruited according to demographic questionnaire. For diagnosing the premenstrual dysphoric disorder and premenstrual s...