BACKGROUND The objective of the current study was to translate and validate the Iranian version of the WHOQOL-BREF. METHODS A forward-backward translation procedure was followed to develop the Iranian version of the questionnaire. A stratified random sample of individuals aged 18 and over completed the questionnaire in Tehran, Iran. Psychometric properties of the instrument including reliabil...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the associations of post-stroke emotional incontinence (PSEI) with various psychiatric symptoms and quality of life independent of potential covariates in survivors of acute stroke. METHODS A total of 423 stroke patients were assessed within 2 weeks of the index event. Psychiatric symptoms were assessed by the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), which ha...

OBJECTIVE To assess reliability and validity of the Thai abbreviated version of World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF-THAI) in HIV/AIDS patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD The present study is descriptive research. Data were purposefully collected from 120 HIV/AIDS outpatients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Thailand, during September-December 2004. RESULTS Cronba...

Aim/Background: Despite much research on the psychosocial impact of adult strabismus, some employing standardised measures, coping seems poorly delineated. This study aimed to: 1. document problems and their related coping strategies; 2. examine the relevance of a quality of life standardised measure (WHOQOL-BREF). Methods: A content analysis on structured interview data from 75 individuals was...

BACKGROUND Frailty is a multidimensional clinical geriatric syndrome that may be reversed in its early stages. Most studies have paid attention to its physical or phenotypic boundaries, however, little is known about the social aspects surrounding this geriatric syndrome. The study examined the relationship between socio-demographic factors, social resources, quality of life and frailty in olde...

The objective of this study was to determine the responsiveness of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) (oral health impact profile [OHIP] and oral impact on daily performance [OIDP]) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (World Health Organization quality of life scale, brief [WHOQOL-BREF]) in dental caries restoration treatment. The study also aimed to assess the influence of tre...

Objectives. The aims of this study were (i) to compare Quality of Life (QOL) of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) type I to those with schizophrenia during a one-year period after hospitalization and (ii) to assess the association of different domains of QOL with severity of clinical symptoms and level of functioning in bipolar patients group. Method. A hundred and two participants were conse...

Araştırmanın amacı rutin yaşam davranışlarının değiştiği pandemi sürecinde Türkiye’de bireylerin sağlıklı biçimi davranışları ile kalitelerini saptamak ve kaliteleri üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. evrenini Türkiye’deki 18-70 yaş aralığında bulunan bireyler oluşturmaktadır. örneklemini ise rastgele örneklem yoluyla seçilmiş 742 birey Araştırma verileri genel bilgi formu, “Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçi...

INTRODUCTION A significant proportion of the global burden of disease has been attributed to mental and behavioural disorders. People with mental disorders (MDs) have lower levels of health-related quality of life than those without MDs. Several studies have shown that in low-resource countries, a range of social determinants including poor health literacy is critical in the epidemiological tra...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the psychometric properties of the 12-item Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Short-Form Health Status Survey (SF-12) (Hebrew version) in a large primary care patient sample in Israel. SUBJECTS The sample comprised 3631 adult primary care patients who were screened for depression in a longitudinal design. MEASURES SF-12 yielding two scores: the Physical Component Summary (PC...