OBJECTIVE This study has used Item Response Theory (IRT) to examine the psychometric properties of Health-Related Quality-of-Life. METHOD This investigation is a descriptive- analytic study. Subjects were 370 undergraduate students of nursing and midwifery who were selected from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. All participants were asked to complete the Farsi version of WHOQOL-BREF. Sa...

BACKGROUND The objective of the current study was to translate and validate the Iranian version of the WHOQOL-BREF. METHODS A forward-backward translation procedure was followed to develop the Iranian version of the questionnaire. A stratified random sample of individuals aged 18 and over completed the questionnaire in Tehran, Iran. Psychometric properties of the instrument including reliabil...

Introduction Tinnitus is a symptom that affects mainly the elderly and can negatively influence their quality of life. Objective The objective of our study is to evaluate the existence of a relationship between the quality of life and the impact caused by tinnitus in elderly individuals, considering the age and gender variables. Method We conducted a cross-sectional study in elderly people of b...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the associations of post-stroke emotional incontinence (PSEI) with various psychiatric symptoms and quality of life independent of potential covariates in survivors of acute stroke. METHODS A total of 423 stroke patients were assessed within 2 weeks of the index event. Psychiatric symptoms were assessed by the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), which ha...

Araştırmanın amacı rutin yaşam davranışlarının değiştiği pandemi sürecinde Türkiye’de bireylerin sağlıklı biçimi davranışları ile kalitelerini saptamak ve kaliteleri üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. evrenini Türkiye’deki 18-70 yaş aralığında bulunan bireyler oluşturmaktadır. örneklemini ise rastgele örneklem yoluyla seçilmiş 742 birey Araştırma verileri genel bilgi formu, “Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçi...

OBJECTIVE To assess reliability and validity of the Thai abbreviated version of World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF-THAI) in HIV/AIDS patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD The present study is descriptive research. Data were purposefully collected from 120 HIV/AIDS outpatients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Thailand, during September-December 2004. RESULTS Cronba...

Aim/Background: Despite much research on the psychosocial impact of adult strabismus, some employing standardised measures, coping seems poorly delineated. This study aimed to: 1. document problems and their related coping strategies; 2. examine the relevance of a quality of life standardised measure (WHOQOL-BREF). Methods: A content analysis on structured interview data from 75 individuals was...

BACKGROUND Few studies use modern approaches to develop a quality of life (QOL) questionnaire with acceptable construct validity, especially in Iran. Our main objective was to construct a new validated and uni-dimensional questionnaire, based on WHOQOL-100, using the Rasch analysis. METHODS In a population-based, cross-sectional study in 2007, 500 Tehran residents aged≥18 were randomly sample...

BACKGROUND Frailty is a multidimensional clinical geriatric syndrome that may be reversed in its early stages. Most studies have paid attention to its physical or phenotypic boundaries, however, little is known about the social aspects surrounding this geriatric syndrome. The study examined the relationship between socio-demographic factors, social resources, quality of life and frailty in olde...

OBJECTIVE describe the quality of life of frail elderly assisted by the Centro de Referência à Saúde do Idoso (CRI), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS the convenience sample included 122 frail elderly being treated from January 2010 to July 2011, out of a total of 668 frail elderly who were referred to the CRI after application of the brief evaluation form of the elderly, recommended by Mi...