abstract background and aims: one of the complications of breast cancer treatment is ipsilateral upper extremity lymphedema. secondary lymphedema is a chronic condition that leads to loss of function and disorder of quality of life. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of complex decongestive physical therapy (cdp) on pain severity and quality of life in patients with secondary upp...

OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between sociodemographic variables, body weight and quality of life in schizophrenic outpatients. METHODS Assessments included an interview to obtain sociodemographic data, administration of a Quality of Life questionnaire (the MOS SF-36) and measurement of height and weight. Body mass index was calculated (kg/m(2)). SF-36 subscores were examined for stat...

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.   ...

conclusions our findings indicate that fatigue and disability may affect a patient’s quality of life. although mobility may affect the overall quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis, it may also affect the physical health of ms patients. therefore, the identification of factors affecting the quality of life in ms patients may help in predicting the quality of life, and designing a ...

anxiety is one of the symptoms in chronic schizophrenic patients. past research studies show that psychodrama as a group therapy is effective in treatment and rehabilitation of psychological disorders. the aim of this study is to explore the effect of psychodrama on the reduction of anxiety in schizophrenic patients. 26 male hospitalized chronic schizophrenic patients were randomly assigned int...

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...

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...