We aimed to measure the psychosocial status and quality of life in mothers of babies with infantile colic (IC). Mothers and their newborns were stratified into Group 1 (colicky infant-mother dyad [n: 39]) and Group 2 (non-colicky infant-mother dyad [n: 39]). Maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STA...

objective: quality of life (qol) assessment has been employed increasingly to evaluate outcome among patients with chronic medical conditions. such assessment could be adversely affected by psychiatric disorders, co existing with such a medical condition. method: a cross sectional study of 251 out-patients with diabetes mellitus was done at a nigerian university teaching hospital using the comp...

abstract background: personality disorders have essential roles in developing and maintaining depressive episodes, though psychotherapies must approach both symptoms and personality problems. this study examined the efficacy of brief object relations psychotherapy on depression severity and perceived quality of life of women suffer from major depressive disorder comorbid with cluster c personal...

background and purpose: hemodialysis patients face several physical and mental tension factors including depression, anxiety and stress, which could decrease their quality of life. this study aimed to identify the relationship between quality of life (qol), depression, anxiety and stress in patients undergoing hemodialysis. methods: this descriptive, analytical study was conducted on 160 hemodi...

conclusion depressed pregnant women had a lower quality of life. the proper management of depression during pregnancy can improve the quality of life in women. it is recommended that antenatal services integrate screening for depression into routine antenatal care. results the findings showed that there was an inverse relationship between quality of life and depression in pregnancy (p = 0.0001)...

background : chronic liver disease comprises a wide range of diseases characterized by inflammation of the liver and progression of cirrhosis. this study aims to assess the relationship between behavioral disorders and quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis. materials and methods : the available sampling method was used to divide participants into two groups of 100 patients and 100 he...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate sexual function and its relationship with quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS Obtained results showed that 59 (39/3%) pregnant women were "very dissatisfied", 25 (16/7%) women were "moderately dissatisfied", 64 (42/7%) women were "both satisfied and unsatisfied", only 2 (1/3%) women were relatively satisfied, and no on...

BACKGROUND Frozen shoulder is resulting in limb disability and reduction of quality of life but the factors associated with patients' disability and quality of life is not clear. To assess pain, disability, the quality of life and factors associated with them in patients suffering from frozen shoulder. METHODS We enrolled 120 patients (37 men and 83 women) with phase-II idiopathic frozen shou...

BACKGROUND Very little is known about the quality of life of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infected patients. In this study in Ethiopia, we compared the quality of life HIV positive patients with and without TB. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted from February to April, 2009 in selected hospitals in Oromiya Regional state, Ethiopia. The study population consisted of 467 HIV patients...