background: in its constitution of 1948, who defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity” . in 1994, the agency for health care policy and research published clinical practice guidelines recommending providers to routinely evaluate patients’ hrqol (health related quality of life) and use their assessment to ...

Introduction: Considering the increasing trend of the elderly population in Iran, attention paid to this critical phase, both socially and psychologically, is essential in improving their quality of life. The present study aimed to investigate prediction of quality of life - based on personality traits and spiritual intelligence in the elderly. Methods: This correlational study  carried out on...

introduction: allergic rhinitis (ar) is a common airway disease. in order to study  the  prevalence of  ar in high school students  in  kerman, the score for allergic rhinitis (sfar) was used and the quality of life  in  the  students  affected  by  rhinitis was  evaluated using the sf-36 questionnaire.   materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional, analytical, descriptive study, based on...

introduction: cancer patients face psychosocial and physical problems, which may have an impact on the patient’s quality of life (qol). the quality of life is a powerful factor when it comes to the guidance, maintenance and increasing the level of health and culture of communities. no more attention has been paid to qol of patients with cancer in our country.  close relation between medical hea...

background: consequences of cerebral palsy in adulthood can affect physical, psychological capabilities and quality of life. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between quality of life with spasticity and level of motor function in iranian young adults with spastic cerebral palsy who were community dweller. methods: in an analytical cross sectional study, 77 participan...

objectives: indicators of oral health-related quality of life (ohrqol) in children are widely adopted to evaluate the effects of oral problems. recently, the scale of oral health outcomes for 5-year-old children (soho-5) was developed based on the children’s self-reports. this study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the persian version of the questionnaire in a sample of iranian...

absract  background: stress urinary incontinence is a common problem in the middleaged  women and can affect their quality of life. this study evaluated the effects of  pelvic floor muscle exercise on quality of life outcomes in women with stress urinary  incontinence .  methods: after baseline evaluation, 50 women were assigned for this clinical trial .  participants were instructed to do pelv...

Background: The hemodialysis patients, who are able to make better use of adaptive techniques, accept the treatment easier and will have a higher quality of life. Aim: The aim of this study was to measure the effect of training of coping methods (problem-focused and emotion-focused) on quality of life in hemodialysis patients. Methods: This was a one-group before- after quasi-experimental desig...