objective: oral health status particularly maxillofacial disorders in adolescents can affect different aspects of the quality of life. this study aimed to assess the age-related quality of life of students in two age groups of 11-14 years and 14-18 years to evaluate its correlation with orthodontic treatment need in adolescents in isfahan. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 11...

background: health assessment in patients  with epilepsy (pwe) should  include  both  clinical outcomes and  health related quality of life (hrqol) measures. the quality of life (qol) in epilepsy-31 inventory  (qolie-31) is widely used for qol studies  in epilepsy. this study  aims to evaluate psychometrics  of the persian version of the inventory (qolie-31-p). methods:  following a  standard  ...

Treatment of amblyopia during childhood can have both positive and negative impacts in later life. The treatment of amblyopia could influence Vision-related Quality of Life in adults and children, particularly social relationships and emotions [1-3]. For example, children with a history of occlusion were 35% to 37% more likely than children without visual defects to have suffered from verbal or...

BACKGROUND The study aimed to evaluate vision-related quality of life (QOL) in epiphora (excessive tear production) patients. METHODS A total of 342 epiphora patients who visited ophthalmology clinics at 21 general hospitals during a 1-week period were enrolled; 245 females and 97 males with a mean age of 52±13 years. Participants completed a self-administered questionnaire on the extent to w...