objective: we were curious about the degree of anxiety and depression and their effect on the quality of life of the caregivers of veterans with spinal cord injury (sci). methods: a convenience sample of 72 out of 120 caregiver spouses of veterans with spinal cord injury participated in our study. the hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads) were considered as a measure of depression and an...

Objetivo: Verificar se há relação entre o tipo e nível de lesão com a funcionalidade para atividades vida diária na qualidade (QV) desses indivíduos nos primeiros meses lesão. Métodos: Estudo transversal 17 internados no Hospital Apoio Brasília, divididos em grupos acordo da pela classificação ASIA, aplicada admissão dos pacientes. A avaliação funcional foi coletada partir versão brasileira Spi...

Background: The present study was conducted to translate and validate the World Health Organization’s Quality-of-Life Scale -BREF into local language of Pakistan.      Methods: A forward- backward translation procedure was followed to develop the Pakistani version of the questionnaire. Through a multi- stage clustered sampling technique, a sample of individuals aged 1...

b a c k g r o u n d & aim: quality-of-life (qol) among human immunodeficiency  virus (hiv)-infected people  has  been  the  center  of  focus  worldwide.  the  world  health  organization  qol  group (whoqol  group)  has developed  a 31-item qol questionnaire,  which  has been  translated  and used in many countries. this paper aimed at examining the reliability and validity of persian version ...

BACKGROUND This paper describes the development and psychometric properties of the Health and Functioning ICF-60 (HF-ICF-60) measure, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) 'International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: ICF' (2001). The aims of the present study were to test psychometric properties of the HF-ICF-60, developed as a measure that would be responsive to ...