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Quality of Life is people perception of their position in life regard to the cultural context and values which they live in. It is in relation with their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. In recent years increasing in quality of life of hypertensive patients became a goal in national health systems. The aim of this study was to compare health related- quality of life in male military personnel with and without hypertension. In this descriptive-comparative study, 200 male military [100 hypertensive patients and 100 healthy men] was selected with convenience sampling in Tehran. The quality of life was assessed by short form [SF36] quality of life questionnaire. The data was analyzed by independent t- test and chi-square. Mean age in hypertension group was 8.48 +/- 44.83 and in the compare group was 50 +/- 40.44. The quality of life was 82.20 +/- 10.72 and 72.77 +/- 17.60 in hypertensive and compare group. The quality of life was higher in the compare group [P<0.001]. Quality of life in chronic diseases such as hypertension is lower. Therefore there is need for more attention on early detection and better treatments based on the quality of life in people with hypertension
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This study aimed to determine validity and reliability of the NIPS [Neonatal Infant Pain Scale] in the neonatal intensive care unit [NICU]. For this study, sixty eight infants were selected using available and purposive sampling method after translating the English version of NIPS to Persian using International Quality of Life Assessment [IQOLA] scale. These children have been filmed before, during and after two interventions of venipuncture and catheter insertion which was required and was ordered by physician. During painful interventions and until three minutes later, heart rate and arterial oxygen saturation of the infants were recorded. Thereafter, five observers [including three nurses, a neonatal specialist and the researcher nurse] scored the infants pain by watching the videos and using the translated version of NIPS. The Interclass correlation coefficient [ICC] was perfect [ICC > 0.9]. The minimum correlation coefficient between inter-rater was 0.868. Validity tests showed a high correlation between NIPS and visual analog scale [r = 0.949; p < 0.001]. According to the confirmed validity and reliability of this scale, use of NIPS in neonatal intensive care units in Iran is possible and can be recommended