background : the aim of this study was to investigate the association between the two most commonly used generic and disease specific health-related quality of life (hrqol) measures in patients with chronic lung disease due to sm: medical outcomes study short form 36-item (sf-36) and st george's respiratory questionnaire (sgrq). methods : this is a secondary analysis of iranian chemical warfare...

background health-related quality of life (hrqol) is used as a measure to valuate healthcare interventions and guide policy making. the euroqol eq-5d is a widely used generic preference-based instrument to measure health-related quality of life. objectives the objective of this study was to develop a value set of the eq-5d health states for an iranian population. patients and methods this study...

background health-related quality of life (hrqol) is an important factor for self-management behaviors of diabetic patients. these behaviors have special importance in preventing complications of diabetes. objectives this study has been conducted to evaluate hrqol of diabetic patients referred to tehran hospitals. patients and methods in this descriptive study patients were selected from diabet...

objectives: quality of life, when referring to an individual’s health, is called health-related quality of life. the purpose of this study is to assess self-perceived hearing loss related quality of life of adolescents with hearing loss and its relationship with sex, age sub-groups or school settings with domains of quality of life. methods: a school based survey was conducted in tehran city. u...

background: the complicated concept of quality of life (qol) has been considered as an important criterion for health outcomes in chronic diseases, such as heart disease, in recent years. the aim of this study was to evaluate the qol of patients with angina pectoris after treatment with enhanced external counterpulsation (eecp). methods and materials: this quasi-experimental study was conducted...

quality of life measures can provide an important source of medical information for promoting the health status of chronically ill patients. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate health related quality of life in psychiatric veterans of the iraq- iran war of the 1980s.they were out patients diagnosed with various psychiatric symptoms. the present study used a cross sectional design, ...

conclusions our findings show that, at provincial levels, a complex set of known/unknown influencing factors affect individuals’ assessments of their own health quality. understanding these patterns of srh and ls could be useful for better health policy and more targeted studies in this field. background self-rated health (srh) and life satisfaction (ls) are of increasing interest to medical re...

introduction: pulmonary involvement is the most common cause of mortality and disability in patients with systemic sclerosis and it significantly affects the quality of life in these patients. therefore, early diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary involvement seems necessary in patients with ssc. in this study, we aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (hrqol) in patients with sclero...