ôbjective: recently, quality of life is a concern of health in psychiatry. schizophrenia is a disorder that has the most regressive effects in societies’ and patients’ behavioural, occupational and psychiatric aspects. the main purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life and global function of schizophrenia patients. methods: â hundred schizophrenia patients (with dsm-ïv-tr) who h...

background: the age of menopause has not changed in past centuries; however the life span has gradually increased. today's women spend one third of their life time after menopause. this study investigates quality of life after the menopause and its relation to marital status. methods: a descriptive study was conducted. the sample consisted of 384 post-menopausal women in isfahan in 2006. data w...

results within the 10-month study course, 126 patients (70.8%) completed this study. after intervention and comparison of the results between the two groups, ielt, sexual indexes, and qol improved in the study group, but significant differences were observed only in the ielt and qol findings. objectives our objective in this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of clomiphene as a selec...

objectives: most definitions equate quality of life with motor function. the aim of this study is to examine the association between gross motor function and quality of life for children with cerebral palsy. methods: in this analytical cross–sectional study, 60 children with cerebral palsy aged 4-12 were selected through convenience sampling based on inclusion criteria from occupational therapy...

introduction: the association between asthma and sinonasal disease has been established for years. as sinonasal disease is one of the factors that exacerbates asthma, effective treatment of this disorder may also improve and stabilize the asthmatic condition. this study examines the outcome of endoscopic sinus surgery (ess) on asthmatic patients with massive nasal polyposis.   materials and met...

objective: present study aimed to evaluate the effects of stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence on the quality of life and mental health of iranian women with urinary incontinence (ui). materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study of quality of life and mental health among women without and with different types of urinary incontinence (n = 140). quality of life (qol) and mental...

background : the short form health survey (sf-36) and who quality of life-bref (whoqol-bref) questionnaires are two common tools to assess changes in quality of life (qol) over the course of treatment, especially in patients with coronary artery disease (cad). however, the value of these two instruments among cad patients has not been studied and compared. the objective of the present study was...

objective: quality of life (qol) assessment has been employed increasingly to evaluate outcome among patients with chronic medical conditions. such assessment could be adversely affected by psychiatric disorders, co existing with such a medical condition. method: a cross sectional study of 251 out-patients with diabetes mellitus was done at a nigerian university teaching hospital using the comp...

introduction: the proportion of older adults in the population continues to grow in the developing countries. in addition, persons at or over the age of 60 years have decreased quality of life in geriartrics because of several factors, such as low physical activity and impairment in mobility. this study was performed to assess the effect of group-based exercise program on physical functional in...