BACKGROUND Little is known about longitudinal associations between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and quality of life (QoL) after exposure to violence. The aims of the current study were to examine quality of life (QoL) and the predictive value of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for QoL in victims of non-domestic violence over a period of 12 months. METHODS A single-group (n = 70...

BACKGROUND Depression has been proposed as a major contributor to poor quality of life (QoL) in Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between depressive symptoms and QoL in subjects with PD. METHOD Beck Depression Inventary (BDI) was used to evaluate depressive symptoms and Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire (PDQ-39) to assess the perception of the ...

UNLABELLED Epilepsy can affect the quality of life (QOL) of patients. The temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is often refractory to medication, which has an adverse impact on QOL. The surgery can be a form to control the seizures and to improve the QOL of the patients. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to verify the QOL of children and adolescents with TLE who underwent surgery for epilepsy, comp...

OBJECTIVE To identify the main factors of the physical domain modified after kidney transplantation and analyze the influence of those aspects in the perception of Overall quality of life (QOL). METHOD Longitudinal study, conducted with 63 chronic kidney patients, evaluated before and after kidney transplant, using the quality of life scale proposed by the World Health Organization. RESULTS...

Health-related quality of life (QOL) is a complex subject that requires assessment of patients' perceptions about their lives after surgery or illness in addition to the perceptions of surgeons about outcomes and radiographic findings. Patients should be asked about the effect of the disease on their work life, relationships, emotional and physical well being, and level of independence. Even th...

To evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of primary open angle glaucoma patients attending a tertiary eye centre. A total 60 patients were included in this study, which were divided into 3 groups i.e. primary open angle Glaucoma on medical treatment, primary open angle glaucoma that underwent surgery, 20 years age matched healthy volunteers. To assess quality of life National Eye Institute Visual ...

To investigate the effectiveness of Psycho-education on Quality of life (QOL) among People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). A convenience sample of 120 people living with HIV/AIDS between the age of 20-40 years who have low QOL score in HAT-QOL scale were selected and divided into experimental and control group after initial scrutiny. Experimental group was given psycho-education and control group...

Quality of life (QOL) is an important health-related concept. Identifying factors that affect QOL can help develop and improve health-promotion interventions. Previous studies suggest that behavioral activation fosters subjective QOL, including well-being. However, the mechanism by which behavioral activation improves QOL is not clear. Considering that QOL improves when depressive symptoms impr...

conclusions it seems that nasal spray of calcitonin can effectively improve qol of women with lbd and qol changes were not influenced by clinical or para-clinical alteration. mental health domain must be more considered in further studies as a predicting domain for health-related quality of life (hr-qol) changes. background physical activity and mental health could be affected by osteoporosis a...

The purpose of this cross-sectional, correlational study was to describe the quality of life (QOL) in persons with end stage renal disease and explore factors that may affect QOL. Biologicalfunction, symptoms,function, general health perception, and characteristics of the individual and environment explained 61% of the variability in overall QOL. Only anxiety, depression, and general health per...