Regular participation in physical activity helps to prevent damage and maintain joint health in persons with haemophilia. This study describes self-reported physical activity participation among a sample of people with haemophilia B in the US and measures its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Data on 135 participants aged 5-64 years were abstracted from Hemophilia Utiliza...

 Background: Severe upper extremity injuries can affect the quality of life in patients and cause multi-factorial and long-term costs of disease. The aim of this study was to assess quality of life in patients with upper extremity injuries caused by work-related accidents. Methods: In this study cross-sectional method was used in patients referred to the Occupational medicine Clinic of Rasoul A...

INTRODUCTION Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder, which is most common among Caucasians. There are about 100,000 people suffering from this disorder in the world, including 25 000 in Europe. Although the first mention of cystic fibrosis is thought to have occurred in 1595, recognition of the entire clinical spectrum of CF and the resultant development of contemporary knowledge occurred i...

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...

BACKGROUND The SF-12 is one of the most used questionnaires to evaluate the multidimensional health related quality of life, worldwide. However, the factor structure does not match the structure of the original instrument. Besides, most studies centered in the physical dimension paying less attention to mental health related quality of life. AIM To evaluate the psychometric properties of the ...

background: ongoing measurement of quality of life especially in patients with chronic diseases, maybe the basis of health care evaluation. this study aimed to assess and identify factors affecting quality of life in hemodialysis patients in kermanshah city. methods: this is a cross sectional study carried on 98 cases of hemodialysis patients referred to two of teaching hospitals (imam khomeini...