Laskar M Shawkatuzzaman, Rahaman M Mosiqure, Akhter Afroza, Sayed M H S Ullah, Khan M Haque, Ahmad Sk Akhtar, Harada Noriaki
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Arch Environ Occup Health. 2010 Apr-Jun;65(2):70-6. doi: 10.1080/19338240903390347.
The objective of this cross-sectional comparative study was to assess quality of life (QOL) of arsenicosis patients. A total of 104 arsenicosis patients, 104 arsenic-exposed individuals without arsenicosis (nonpatients), and 104 individuals not exposed to arsenic (controls) were interviewed based on a questionnaire constructed based on the WHOQOL-BREF instrument. The facets of life considered for assessing QOL were physical health domain, psychological domain, social relationships domain, and environment domain. All the domain-wise QOL scores of the arsenicosis patients were significantly smaller than those of the controls as well as of the nonpatients. The findings of the study assessing QOL of arsenicosis patients might be helpful to understand the condition and justify for the policy makers to adopt adequate measures to alleviate the sufferings through prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
这项横断面比较研究的目的是评估砷中毒患者的生活质量（QOL）。基于世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHOQOL-BREF）构建了一份问卷，对104名砷中毒患者、104名未患砷中毒的砷暴露个体（非患者）和104名未接触砷的个体（对照组）进行了访谈。用于评估生活质量的生活方面包括身体健康领域、心理领域、社会关系领域和环境领域。砷中毒患者所有领域的生活质量得分均显著低于对照组和非患者。评估砷中毒患者生活质量的研究结果可能有助于了解病情，并为政策制定者通过预防、治疗和康复采取适当措施减轻痛苦提供依据。
