Background & Aim: Disabilities resulting from road accidents, especially spinal cord injury, which often occur in the early or middle ages of life, cause psychiatric symptoms and worsen the quality of life in these people. The present study aimed to determine the role of depressed mood in the quality of life of patients with spinal cord injury in Guilan Province (in the north of Iran)...

background : the short form health survey (sf-36) and who quality of life-bref (whoqol-bref) questionnaires are two common tools to assess changes in quality of life (qol) over the course of treatment, especially in patients with coronary artery disease (cad). however, the value of these two instruments among cad patients has not been studied and compared. the objective of the present study was...

objective: quality of life (qol) assessment has been employed increasingly to evaluate outcome among patients with chronic medical conditions. such assessment could be adversely affected by psychiatric disorders, co existing with such a medical condition. method: a cross sectional study of 251 out-patients with diabetes mellitus was done at a nigerian university teaching hospital using the comp...

introduction: the proportion of older adults in the population continues to grow in the developing countries. in addition, persons at or over the age of 60 years have decreased quality of life in geriartrics because of several factors, such as low physical activity and impairment in mobility. this study was performed to assess the effect of group-based exercise program on physical functional in...

background: improving life is the main goal of therapeutic interventions for chronic diseases. although we needed to determine quality of life by various variables. this study aimed to determine quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) in kerman. materials and methods: this is a cross sectional study of 143 patients with ibs referred to a specialist, assessed by ibs-qol.3...

abstract background: personality disorders have essential roles in developing and maintaining depressive episodes, though psychotherapies must approach both symptoms and personality problems. this study examined the efficacy of brief object relations psychotherapy on depression severity and perceived quality of life of women suffer from major depressive disorder comorbid with cluster c personal...

objective: to evaluate the symptoms of menopausal women and the link between sexual function, menopausal symptoms and demographic variables. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional study in which 202 postmenopausal women admitted to the health care centers were selected. the female sexual function index (fsfi) questionnaire and menopause-specific quality of life (menqol) were the main ...

this study examined the factors that affect loneliness of older people and their relationship with quality of life.data in this cross-sectional study were collected through survey form, ucla loneliness scale and quality of life (qol) short form (sf-36) scale. the total number of elderly people over the age of 65 yr from whom the study population was chosen was 4,170. the study population was de...