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The Quality of Life of Mustard Gas Victims: A Systematic Review.
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- Pulmonary rehabilitation in Iranian outpatients with mustard gas lung disease: a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2024Trial
- Current progress in research on ocular injury caused by exposure to vesicants.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2025Review
- Treatment of nitrogen mustard-induced corneal injury with alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone.Experimental eye research · 2025Article
- A point of care sensor for detection of alcohols, aldehydes and esters in urinary metabolites of war veterans injured by sulfur mustard.RSC advances · 2024Article
- Insights into mustard gas keratopathy- characterizing corneal layer-specific changes in mice exposed to nitrogen mustard.Experimental eye research · 2023Article
- Progress towards a standardized model of ocular sulfur mustard injury for therapeutic testing.Experimental eye research · 2023Article
- The impact of sulfur mustard on quality of life and mental health in Kurdish survivors in Sweden, thirty years after exposure.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Article
- Protective role of HO-1 against acute kidney injury caused by cutaneous exposure to arsenicals.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2020Article
- Health perspectives among Halabja's civilian survivors of sulfur mustard exposure with respiratory symptoms-A qualitative study.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundToday, a host of veterans who were exposed to mustard gas suffer from substantially poor quality of life (QoL). However, factors that influence these patients' QoL have not been yet scrutinized. QoL is deemed as a crucial construct that demands careful attention during evaluation as well as intervention. The present study aimed to delve into the physical, mental, and social factors that affect the QoL of mustard gas victims. MATERIALS AND
methodsAll the physical, mental, and social parameters that influence the QoL of mustard gas victims were scrutinized through a systematic review. We searched for Persian and English scientific databases, i.e., PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar, and national databanks, namely SID, IranMedex, and Magiran to identify studies related to chemical victims conducted up to the end of 2015. Next, the quality of 21 articles and studies were assessed using the checklist of the National Institute of Health (NIH), and subsequently, 13 articles were selected for the stages of data extraction and analysis.
resultsFindings revealed that, among the physical factors, coexistence of several medical conditions caused by chemical injury and the severity of the chemical injury had the greatest impact on the QoL of chemically injured veterans. Besides, suffering from psychological and neurological disorders, along with educational level and employment status, were the most influential psychosocial parameters that influenced veterans' QoL.
conclusionThe review conducted herein identified the physical and psychosocial factors affecting the QoL of mustard gas victims. In fact, it is the first to present a large collection of descriptive information on QoL contributors in a systematic and orderly fashion.
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