Background & Aim: As the most important assets of each organization, employees face numerous challenges, which can have adverse effects on the quality of their work life and productivity, physical and mental health, well-being, and different dimensions of their health-related quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between health literacy and health-related quality of lif...

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 there are some specific measures for the evaluation of postpartum quality of life, and each have some limitations. objectives this study investigated the validity and reliability of the persian version of a postpartum women’s quality of life (pqol) questionnaire at the eighth week of postpartum. patients and methods this was a methodological research, and subjects were 500 women, age...

background: one of the elements of the broadening focus of health care beyond its traditional and restricted concept has been the increasing adoption quality of life approach to health care research and practice. objectives: to investigate the qol of women in the third trimester of pregnancy and at 8 weeks postpartum and factors associated with the overall qol. materials and methods: three hund...

background: schizophrenia is a disorder with psychotic symptoms that severely affects personal performance. assessing problem- focused strategies and quality of life (qol) in patients with schizophrenia may help the clinicians to use appropriate interventions. this study was conducted to find the relationship between problem-focused coping strategies and quality of life in schizophrenic patient...

patients and methods we conducted an observational prospective study in adults proposed to various types of surgery using the brief pain inventory short form preoperatively (t0), one day after surgery, and three months later (t3). if the patient had pain at t3 and other causes of pain were excluded, they were considered to have ppp, and the mcgill pain questionnaire short form was applied. qol ...

conclusions the mean score of quality of life (qol) in females with diabetes was far from desirable condition. these findings can help physicians and healthcare providers to design suitable interventions to improve the patients qol. results the total mean score of qol was 58.02 ± 17.63. the lowest and the highest mean scores were observed in physical health and social relationship domains (53.8...