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ArticleIranian journal of psychiatry2013

Effects of Chronic Illness on the Quality of Life in Psychiatric out patients of the Iraq - Iran War.

Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Shahriar Shahidi, Vahid Nejati, Gholamreza Karami, Mehdi Masoomi

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Article in Iranian journal of psychiatry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Khodabakhsh AhmadiBehavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahriar Shahidi
Vahid Nejati
Gholamreza Karami
Mehdi Masoomi
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveQuality of life measures can provide an important source of medical information for promoting the health status of chronically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate health related quality of life in psychiatric veterans of the Iraq- Iran war of the 1980s.

methodsThey were out patients diagnosed with various psychiatric symptoms. The present study used a cross sectional design, in which 971 psychiatric veterans were selected by Systematic-randomized sampling and evaluated using the SF36 questionnaire.

resultsFindings revealed that veterans who suffered from one or more chronic conditions/illnesses reported significantly more bodily pain and significantly less vitality, mental and general health compared to those veterans without chronic conditions. Moreover, specific aspects of poor quality of life were more salient in specific chronic conditions/illnesses than others.

conclusionBased on these findings, chronic conditions, especially respiratory problems, can have a detrimental effect on the quality of life in psychiatric war veterans.

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chronic conditionhealth related quality of lifepsychiatric veterans

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PMID23682246
PMCPMC3655233
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