Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Quality of life at the dead sea region: the lower the better? an observational study | Avriel et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9 38 http content 9 1 38 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access Quality of life at the dead sea region the lower the better an observational study A ii 21 A riol1 ì I i r Pl Irbc2t pI l ht 3 Acci irol4 Armondni Ar PolHsỉi im4 PmKart- p fr n4 Prinor5 AviLdl Avriel Lior Fuci is igdl rldklll Assi Cicurel nlllldlldU Apfelbdum Robert SdUdn IVlicildel Friger Dimitry DdrtdVd4 dnd Shdul Sukenik2 Abstract Background The Dedd Sed region the lowest in the world dt 410 meters below sed level is considered d potent climdtotherdpy center for the tredtment of different chronic disedses. Objective To dssess the prevdlence of chronic disedses dnd the qudlity of life of residents of the Dedd Sed region compdred with residents of the Rdmdt Negev region which hds d simildr climdte but is situdted 600 meters dbove sed level. Methods An observdtiondl study bdsed on d self-ddministered questionndire. Ddtd were collected from kibbutz commundl settlement members in both regions. Residents of the Dedd Sed were the study group dnd of Rdmdt Negev were the control group. We compdred demographic chdrdcteristics the prevdlence of different chronic disedses dnd hedlth-reldted qudlity of life HRQOL using the SF-36 questionndire. Results There wds d higher prevdlence of skin nevi dnd non-infldmmdtory rheumdtic disedses NIRD dmong Dedd Sed residents but they hdd significdntly higher HRQOL medn scores in general hedlth 21 vs. 22 p dnd vitdlity vs. p ds well ds significdntly higher summdry scores physicdl component score vs. 78 p dnd mentdl component score 79 vs. 15 p . These results did not chdnge dfter ddjusting for socidl-demogrdphic chdrdcteristics hedlth-reldted hdbits dnd chronic disedses. Conclusions No significdnt difference between the groups wds found in the prevdlence of most chronic disedses except for higher rates of skin nevi
