TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Quality of Life in Iranian Chemical Warfare Veteran's
JO  - Iranian Red Crescent medical journal
A1  - Ebadi, Abbas
A1  - Moradian, Tayeb
A1  - Mollahadi, Mohsen
A1  - Saeed, Yaser
A1  - Refahi, Ali Akbar
SP  - e5323
EP  - e5323
VL  - 16
IS  - 5
N2  - BACKGROUND: Mustard gas has different effects on different body systems such as respiratory tract, blood, gastrointestinal, skin, eye, endocrine and peripheral nervous system. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of life in chemical warfare veterans due to sulfur mustard exposure. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional and analytic study, 242 patients who had a chemical injury during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1983) and their lung damage was proven were investigated in our study. The quality of life was measured in these patients using an extensively validated Iranian version of SF-36. <br><br>RESULTS: The mean age of veterans was 44.12 ± 4.9 ranging from 22 to 62 years. Our results showed that chemical warfare had a decreased quality of life in all subscales of the SF-36. The lowest scores in SF-36 subscales were related to role physical and general health. The data also showed a significant relationship between the number of organs involved and the quality of life in these patients (P < 0.001, r = - 0.33). So that the patients who had more than three organs involved had lower quality of life. 95.4% of our participants experienced another complication with respiratory complication and the ophthalmologic complications were the most frequent accompanying condition. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results imply that chemical warfare survivors suffering from late complications have a low health related quality of life.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2074-1804
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.5323
ID  - ref1
ER  -