heart failure (hf) is a common disease with high health care costs and high mortality rate knowledge of the health-related quality of life (qol) outcomes of hf may guide decision making and be useful in assessing new therapies for population. yet little is known about qol of hf patients in iran. objectives: to assess health related qol of patients with hf with two different instrument and to co...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease, the prevalence of which has registered a considerable increase, mainly in adults and elderly. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between health-related quality of life in patients with diabetes and sex, body mass index, type of diabetes and treatment regimens (type 1 diabetes: intensive versus conventional treatm...

Global climatic models predict an increment in the frequency and intensity of drought events, which have important consequences on forest dieback. However, mechanisms leading to tree mortality under conditions physiological thresholds for recovery are not totally understood yet. This study aimed identify what key traits that determine capacity recover from drought. Individuals a conifer (Pseudo...

BACKGROUND Although symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis have a high disease burden and guidelines recommend aortic valve replacement, many are treated conservatively. This study describes to what extent quality of life is changed by aortic valve replacement relative to conservative treatment. METHODS This observational study followed 132 symptomatic patients with severe aortic st...

BACKGROUND The high emotional burden of physicians working in emergency departments may affect their quality of life perception. AIM To evaluate health related quality of life among resident physicians performing shifts at an emergency department. MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy one physicians aged 26,3 ± 1,7 years (47 women), working as residents in an emergency department, answered the short...

BACKGROUND A major contributor of early exit from work is a decline in health with increasing age. As healthy lifestyle choices contribute to better health outcomes, an intervention aimed at an improved lifestyle is considered a potentially effective tool to keep older workers healthy and vital, and thereby to prolong labour participation. METHODS Using the Intervention Mapping (IM) protocol,...

Objective: Firstly to get an impression of mental health among individuals with rheumatic diseases and to investigate factors associated with its three facets: emotional, social and psychological well-being. Secondly to explore how much variance these factors can explain in mental health. We are interested in establishing whether mental or physical factors play the bigger role. Methods: This st...

BACKGROUND Oral health and academic performance are important contributing factors for a student's professional life. Countless factors affect both, among which sleep, vitality and fatigue are less explored areas that also have a strong impact. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to assess the association of sleep disturbances, fatigue and vitality with self reported oral health status, ...