The Choghakhor International Wetland plays an important role in preserving and protection of part of the plant and animal species in the Iranian plateau. Since the water of this wetland is utilized for different human purposes, complete periodic chemical and physical quality assessment of its water seems necessary. Water quality index (WQI) was calculated using the following eleven parameters: ...

Limited research has been devoted to quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients in developing countries. To assess the feasibility of QOL assessment in a cohort of Tunisian cancer patients, the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire was administered to 23 women treated with adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer on an outpatient basis at baseline and during the 3rd cycle of chemotherapy. We observed ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to evaluate and compare the HRQOL of paediatric cancer in comparison to the healthy children across age groups, using PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the PedsQL™ Cancer Module. METHOD The PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales and PedsQL Cancer Module 3.0 were administered on 56 children including 26 cancer patients and 30 healthy children while employin...

Health-related quality of life has become an essential part of health outcome measurement in chronic disorders. However, it is only recently that health professionals have focused on quality-of-life assessment in children and adolescents. Several generic, as well as the asthma-specific quality-of-life instruments specifically designed for use in children and adolescents are reviewed in this art...

abstract background: client satisfaction is an important indicator for assessment of the quality of care provided. detecting patients dissatisfaction and trying to find the most effective and costly services is the basic way for improvement of service quality. the purpose of this study was to determine the satisfaction level of women in the maternity care centers (hospitals) of lorestan univers...

background and objectives: angiography remains as the gold standard for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). the aim of this study was to assess the quality of angiography services in shahid madani hospital, tabriz, iran.   methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 in shahid madani hospital. a sample of 203 cvd patients who had received angiography services was surveyed....

AIM This study was undertaken to investigate paediatric clinicians' views on and use of quality of life (QoL) assessment in clinical practice. METHODS A survey was conducted among members of the Dutch Paediatric Association via e-mail. RESULTS Over half of the 303 respondents (57%) believed that it was possible to use QoL questionnaires in clinical practice. The majority indicated that asse...

The recent fi nancial crisis highlighted the need for a better assessment of systemic risk—risk at the level of the entire fi nancial system. Thus, models of the fi nancial system and the complex interactions of the institutions within it have become a major priority for central banks. The development of the MacroFinancial Risk Assessment Framework (MFRAF) is an important step because it provid...