کیفیت زندگی جانبازان شیمیایی 15 سال پس از مواجهه با گاز خردل
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abstract introduction: the city of sardasht, located in north western part of iran was the target of a chemical invasion in 1988.many studies have shown the veteran’s adverse condition of physical and medical health which can affect the quality of their lives .so far, few studies have been devoted to the iranian chemical veteran’s quality of life .this research was studying the chemical veteran’s quality of life 15 years after exposure mustard gas. methods: in a cross-sectional observation 163 chemical veterans of sardasht were randomly selected among all the veterans of sardasht .their quality of life were studied via wisconsin’s quality of life questionnaire. demographic and the infection datas of the veterans were listed in order to analyse statistically, tables of frequency and relative frequency were used .for analytical understanding of the datas several tests such as k square test were used. p<0.05 was considered to have a certain meaning. results: 138 of them (85%) were males. the mean age group of the study cases was 40±14/61.138 people (85%) described their quality of lives as undesirable and 20 people(15%) described theirs as desirable. the most common non-professional activities of the veterans were respectively watching tv, going to mosques, walking and listening to radio, and the most deciding factor in their quality of lives was physical health (83%) in terms of importance of socialization, the highest attention was reportedly paid to family relations (75%) and in terms of the frequency of positive and negative emotions, the highest frequency was about satisfaction with life and loneliness, in respect. discussion: regards to the fact that about 85% of the study cases described their life quality as undesirable and on the other hand human’s quality of life is considered as a frame work for providing service as well as recourse allocation which is closely related to individual’s mental-social situation, therefore in order for establishment and preservation of mental-social balance in veteran’s lives, the necessity of continuing services and more resource allocations for this community is evident even years after the occurrence of the chemical bombardment.