Quality of life in the Iranian Blind War Survivors in 2007: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality of Life measurements are necessary tools for effectively evaluating health services. In the population of patients afflicted with war-related blindness in Iran, such measurements have yet to be documented and utilized. "The design and implementation of this study involved the determination of a baseline score for QOL in a population of Iranian blinded in the Iraq-Iran war in order to facilitate the design of interventions intended to improve the population's QOL."

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of a representative population of 250 war victims blind in both eyes at a 14-day recreational conference.

Results

Participants had a mean age of 43.20(SD8.34) and their composition was 96.5% male and 3.5% female with a mean SF-36 QOL score of 59.20(

SUBMITTER: Amini R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2936407 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature