it is widely believed that pain has a profound effect on health related quality of life. this study was conducted to assess quality of life in patients suffering from different density of chronic low back pain. the sample consisted of 101 patients with chronic low back pain attending to the rheumatology research center of tehran university of medical sciences between july and september 2003. al...

Abstract The New Space Age is awash with discourses about space colonization and resource exploitation, these happily coexist the age-old curiosity-driven question, “Are we alone in universe?” Astrobiology addresses this question and, at same time, codifies knowledge useful for protecting our planet other celestial bodies from harmful contamination. This article critically examines astroenviron...

Population norms for Health Related Quality of Life using SF-36 are described. A national sample was canvassed in 2000 using a self-administered SF-36 in Bahasa Malaysia and English. Response rate was 30.6%, with 3072 usable data. Male: Female ratio was 1.04 and mean age was 39.8 years. Quality of life was affected by age and sex. Older population and women had a poorer quality of life. Populat...