ABSTRACT
Background: Beta thalassemia is a common genetic disease in humans. This study aimed to assess various aspects of quality of life in patients with thalassemia major referred to Buali hospital in 2012-13
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on 40 patients with thalassemia major. Data were analyzed by statistical software SPSS V16 using Chi-square and t-test. The significance level was set at less than 0.05
Results: 40 patients with mean [ +/- standard deviation] age of 20.38 +/- 7.13 years were studied. 50% of patients were in the age range of 30-21 years. 22 patients [55%] were male. The mean age of the diagnosis was 7.5 +/- 1.4 months. Mean age of starting deferoxamine was 5.93 +/- 4.37 years. Data analysis revealed no significant relationship between age [P=0.246], gender [P= 0.259] and location of residency [P = 0.753] with quality of life
Conclusion: There were the highest quality within the role of the physical evidence and lowest quality in the area of patient's general health. Quality of caring was appropriate