BACKGROUND Eighteen acute in-patient psychiatric units in Australia funded a syndicate to measure case-mix, disability and outcome of treatment. This syndicate included eight units in public general hospitals, five in stand-alone public psychiatric hospitals and five in private psychiatric hospitals. METHOD Up to 100 in-patients admitted consecutively to each hospital (1359 in all) were assig...

war is an effective factor in incidence and promotion of psychological and behavioral problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder. this study aimed to determine the quality of life and its correlation with age and percent of injury in war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. this was a cross-sectional study, which included 70 war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. this s...

  Background: Quality of life evaluates the general well-being of individuals and it can be considered as one of the important aspects in programming and giving service to disabled people. Blindness is one of the most important kinds of physical disability that has a direct effect on quality of life, so t his study aimed to explore how war blindness influences the quality of life .   Methods: I...

Fibrous dysplasia of bone (FD) is a congenital, non-heritable skeletal disorder that is associated with multiple skeletal complications, including repeated fractures, limb length discrepancy, and bone pain. The disease-specific impact of FD on quality of life outcomes is unknown. We sought to understand the impact of the scope and extent of the skeletal disease on quality of life in adults and ...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to describe psychosocial status in lower limb amputees referred to a Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) department of a central Portuguese Hospital. METHODS Cross-sectional study of 45 consecutive patients with lower limb amputation, referred to PMR consultation after hospital discharge. Of the initial sample, two patients were excluded from the analysis, and...

background: quality of life evaluates the general well-being of individuals and it can be considered as one of the important aspects in programming and giving service to disabled people. blindness is one of the most important kinds of physical disability that has a direct effect on quality of life, so t his study aimed to explore how war blindness influences the quality of life .   methods: in ...