Background & aim: Sexual activity is one of the most important aspects of a marital life. Childbirth is also a major event in the life of women, and the period of postpartum is a time of emotional upheaval. Since women believe that vaginal delivery could negatively affect their sexual function after childbirth, they tend to give birth through caesarean section. Therefore, this study aimed to ev...

purpose: developmental dysplasia of the hip (ddh) increases the risk of secondary degenerative changes and subsequent total hip arthroplasty. the postoperative quality of life in patients with ddh who have been born and grown with this disability and adapted to it during the life, is one of the most challenging issues. this study aimed to compare the quality of life of patients with ddh before ...

background: celiac disease (cd) has an autoimmune disease in response to ingestion of foods containing gluten sausing damage to the mucosal tissue of small intestine. the disease can severely affect quality of life. this study aims to assess the relationship between behavioral disorders and quality of life (qol) in patients with celiac disease. materials and methods: 87 celiac patients and 100 ...

conclusions the results of this study show that patients with sle have poorer hrqol in physical components whereas the mental component of qol is relatively similar to healthy individuals. depression and anxiety were not related to clinical manifestations of sle. however, the sf domain of hrqol was the most susceptible component of qol, which was affected by sle clinical variables. the high est...

objectives: the purpose of current semi-experimental study was a survey on effect abstract  of 16 week walking on psychosocial functioning related to quality of life among 60 to 75 years old men. methods & materials: for this reason, short form of health-related quality of life questionnaire (sf-36) and geriatric depression scale (gds) had been distributed to the subjects at 2 times of pre-test...

BACKGROUND The progressive increase in the number of patients surviving long term after a diagnosis of malignant disease has led to a focus on the early and late complications of the disease and its treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of complications which may worsen quality of life and shorten long-term survival. METHODS We identified 306 cancer patients who h...

Objectives: Alzheimer’s disease causes many negative effects on the individualchr('39')s physical, psychological and cognitive conditions. The multi sensory stimulation helps the patients to improve their physical, psychological and cognitive conditions. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of multi sensory stimulation on cognitive status and quality of life of the patients with Alz...