urban quality of life represents more than the private “living standards” and refers to all the elements of the conditions in which people live, that is, all their needs and requirements. in economic literature, urban quality of life is usually assessed through the standard revealed-preference approach, which defines a qol index as the monetary value of urban amenities. this paper proposes an i...

how to cite this article : soleimani f, vameghi r, kazemnejad a, akbar fahimi n, nobakht z, rassafiani m. psychometric properties of the persian version of cerebral palsy quality of life questionnaire for children. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):76-86.   abstract objective cerebral palsy (cp) is the most common cause of chronic disability that restricts participation in daily life for ch...

background: treating a chronic disease such as hemophilia is to improve the symptoms and quality of life (qol) of the patients. this study aimed to study the quality of life among hemophilic children and compare the quality of life between patients receiving prophylactic or on demand treatments. materials and methods: in this descriptive-comparative study, we enrolled 60 patients from three mai...

background decision-makers have begun to recognize health-related quality of life (hrqol) as an important and measurable outcome of healthcare interventions; and hrqol data is increasingly being used by policy-makers to prioritize health resources. our objective was to measure hrqol in a group of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) patients receiving insulin treatment in buenos aires, argentina.   ...

background: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is a chronic disease which is accompanied with hopelessness and loss of the sense of well-being due to its symptoms and treatment. it also affects patients' sense of social and spiritual well-being. this disorder decreases patients' self-esteem and their quality of life by changing their mental image and self-confidence. this study was perfo...

background: although hemodialysis has a therapeutic effect on esrd, but these patients encounter many physical, psychological, and social stress full factors that lead to a decrease in their quality of life (qol). one of the factors that are effective on increasing of qol is self care ability. review of literature demonstrates that there have been done a few studies on different aspects of qol ...

background hemophilia might impact the quality of life (qol) in children and adolescent. this study aimed to assess the quality of life in children with hemophilia and identify the factors that predict their qol. methods it was a cross-sectional study. a consensus sample of twenty-seven male children aged 8-16 years old with hemophilia participated in this study during 2011. the haemo-qol quest...

interest in the impact of illness on day to day function is leading investigators to include both disease specific and generic health related quality of life (hr qol) questionnaires in a broad range of clinical studies and to gain a full picture of the impact of asthma on the lives of children with this condition, it is necessary to make direct measurement of health related quality of life. in ...