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ArticleMedical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran2014

Assessment of the relationship between Quality of Life and Upper Extremity Impairment Due to Occupational Injuries.

Mahdie Golchin, Mirsaeed Attarchi, Elham Mirzamohammadi, Mostafa Ghaffari, Saber Mohammadi

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Mahdie Golchin1. Occupational Medicine Resident, Occupational Medicine Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mahdie.golchin2000@gmail.com.
Mirsaeed Attarchi2. Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, Occupational Medicine Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences & Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center (BASIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. drmsattarchi@gmail.com.
Elham Mirzamohammadi3. Occupational Medicine Specialist, Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center (BASIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. elmirzamo@yahoo.com.
Mostafa Ghaffari4. Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine, Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center (BASIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. m_ghafaari@yahoo.com.
Saber Mohammadi5. Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, Occupational Medicine Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences & Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center (BASIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. sabermohammadi@gmail.com.

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backgroundSevere upper extremity injuries can affect the quality of life in patients and cause multi-factorial and long-term costs of disease. The aim of this study was to assess quality of life in patients with upper extremity injuries caused by work-related accidents.

methodsIn this study cross-sectional method was used in patients referred to the Occupational medicine Clinic of Rasoul Akram Hospital to determine their impairments. Patient's information including demographic variables, calculation of the impairment rate based on AMA Guide book (in terms of WPI), returning to work, and location of injury, work experience and type of injury. Then the quality of their life was assessed and interpreted using SF36 questionnaire.

results203 patients were evaluated. Different aspects of the patients' life were not associated with age, gender and education of patients based on The SF-36 questionnaire. There was an inverse relationship between the percentage of patients' impairment and different aspects of life quality; there were also a significance correlation between impairment rate and physical performance of patients (p<0.001, r= -0.26), social performance of patients (p= 0.001, r= -0.24), pain (p= 0.005, r= -0.2), emotional health of patients (p= 0.006, r= -0.29), energy / fatigue in patients (p<0.001, r= -0.29) and the patient's general health (p<0.001, r= -0.27).

conclusionThis study shows that upper extremity impairment due to occupational injuries has an inverse and significant association with various aspects of quality of life.

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ImpairmentOccupational injuriesQuality of lifeUpper extremity

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PMCPMC4153528

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