it is widely believed that pain has a profound effect on health related quality of life. this study was conducted to assess quality of life in patients suffering from different density of chronic low back pain. the sample consisted of 101 patients with chronic low back pain attending to the rheumatology research center of tehran university of medical sciences between july and september 2003. al...

background and aims: nowadays introduction of regular blood transfusion therapy has obviously improved the life expectancy of patients with thalassemia. however, these patients face with newer challenges which influence their quality of life (qol). in this study, the aim of this study was to measure qol among patients with β-thalassemia major (β-tm). methods: a cross-sectional study was done at...

background: chronic pain is a frequent disability that negatively affects patient’s quality of life. understanding of the possible relation between sociodemographic and medical variables with health related quality of life (hrql) may help identifying the multidimensionality of pain and risk factors that limit physical and psychological adjustment of the patients. the present study was done to f...

BACKGROUND Missing items are common in quality of life (QoL) questionnaires and present a challenge for research in this field. The development of sound strategies of replacement and prevention requires accurate knowledge of their type and determinants. METHODS We used the 2003 French Decennial Health Survey of a representative sample of the general population--including 22,620 adult subjects...