background different measuring tools have been used to understand the outcomes of renal replacement therapies. the goal of renal transplantation is both to ensure survival, and to promote quality of life in the patients. one of the widely used disease-specific instruments to measure the quality of life is the kidney transplant questionnaire (ktq-25). objectives the current study aimed to perfor...

background: men, much like women, are faced with age-related menopause-like symptoms as they age. in recent years, increasing attention has been drawn to clinical research into elderly men and their health-related quality of life. the aging male scales (ams) questionnaire is an international tool for assessing the health-related quality of life in elderly men. hence far this questionnaire has n...

Background: Since studies have demonstrated that morbid obesity can exponentially impair quality of life, the measurement of quality of life is paramount to monitoring the effects of treatment and influences the development of clinical pathways, service provision, healthcare expenditures, and public health policy. Accordingly, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers must rely on valid instru...

objective: pelvic organ prolapse is a common disorder in women over the world and its general treatment is surgery. therefore it is important to consider if vaginal symptoms, quality of life and sexual function after surgery improve. the purpose of this study was to assess vaginal symptoms in women 3 months after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. materials and methods: in this study 50 eligibl...