Background: Heart valve disease gradually increases the pressure in the heart chambers and impairs heart pumping. It influences on quality of life due to low output, disability, fear, amnesia, anxiety, and depression. Although most of signs and symptoms in patients with heart valve diseases may significantly decrease after valve replacement surgery, there is limited information about the impact...

acne is the most common skin disease and isotretinoin is the most powerful drug among the various drugs used for its treatment, but it has some adverse effects. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of isotretinoin on depression and quality of life of a group of patients undergoing isotretinoin therapy before and after the treatment course.in this prospective study, 98 patients with ...

abstract background and objectives: quality of working life (qwl) is an important issue and examination of the spects that can affect it causes promotion of individual and organizational productivity. this study was conducted to investigate correlation between health correlates and the qwl in the emloyees of the islamic azad university, lahijan branch. methods: this descriptive-correlational st...

conclusions it can be concluded that schizophrenia can have an effect on the quality of life. some items such as family care, early and on time treatment play an important role in increasing the quality of life. results the participants in this study gained the highest quality of life in the domain of physical, environmental and psychological health and social relationships. there was no signif...

background: today, the quality of life (qol) studies have an important role in public health care, especially among the old adults suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes. diabetes and its complications can widely affect various aspects of qol. therefore, the present study aimed to assess diabetic patients’ qol and identify the factors that affect it.   methods: a cross-sectional study...

background and purpose: diabetes in the elderly is mostly associated with increased risk of development and worsening of geriatric syndromes. in addition, it has a significant impact on various aspects of individuals with these syndromes. therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life (qol) in elderly diabetic patients. methods: this descriptive and analytical study was conducted o...

background: osteoporosis affects quality of life and may lead to depression in women. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of zoledronic acid (za) treatment on depression and quality of life (q o l) in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (po). materials and methods: a total of 88 newly diagnosed women with po were included in this study. all patients were treated with once-y...

objective: in iran, psychological aspect of hiv infection is poorly understood. the purposes of this study were to evaluate sexual dysfunction, depression rate and health-related quality of life and evaluate the association between sexual dysfunction, depression and quality of life in a group of hiv+ subjects in shiraz, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 278 male hiv-positive patient...