BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (QoL) has become a crucial outcome in medical care. However, few studies have assessed physician knowledge of QoL and rate of physicians adopting QoL measures in clinical practice. The present study aimed at assessing the level of knowledge of QoL and the perceived importance of incorporating QoL assessment in clinical practice among physicians of a ter...

An evaluation was undertaken on the effectiveness and efficiency of care coordination in delivering health services to Australian veterans with chronic or complex medical conditions requiring multidisciplinary care and who had moderate to high care needs. The veterans participated in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) supported by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. For evaluation of the RCT,...

background the chronic genetic blood disorder, thalassemia, affects quality of life (qol) negatively. regarding this, if adolescences with thalassemia are treated well, they will grow into an adult who will have a good potential for participating in society. objectives: to determine the strongest predictor of qol, compare qol between the adolescents with beta-type major and their peers in abada...

Materials and Methods: This was an Institutional Review Board-approved case study involving a 37-year-old man diagnosed with CMT disease with pain of more than 20 years. He was implanted with an SCS device and patient pain and quality of life was assessed one and six months later using the SF-McGill Pain Questionnaire, Visual Analog Scale, Oswestry Disability Questionnaire, Pain Disability Inde...

background and objectives: addicts are among the socially disadvantaged people whose quality of life has been changed and damaged due to drug abuse. this in turn has influenced their physical, psychological and social health. addiction is a phenomenon that has long existed in different human societies; and now again, it is still expanding despite the scientific advances and indisputable increas...

background & aim:  the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the relationship between body image and quality of life in female patients with breast cancer and healthy women. methods:in the current descriptive, causal, comparative, cross-sectional study, 50 women with breast cancer, referring to the radiotherapy and oncology clinic of imam reza hospital (mashhad, iran) and 50 healthy wom...

Background Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an indicator of patient's physical, psychological and social life. HRQoL is influenced by experience, beliefs, perceptions and expectations, and measures subjective perspective of the patient himself. EQ-5D-5L and SF-12 questionnaires are validated instruments useful to measure HRQoL, increasingly administered in electronic formats. Objecti...

INTRODUCTION Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common airway disease. In order to study the prevalence of AR in high school students in Kerman, the Score for Allergic Rhinitis (SFAR) was used and the quality of life in the students affected by rhinitis was evaluated using the SF-36 questionnaire. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional, analytical, descriptive study, based on the SFAR scal...