[Quality of life in workers with occupational dermatologic diseases that referred to Rasoul hospital in 2009]

ABSTRACT

Occupational disease as a common title of both industrial and medical fields discussed so much recently. These disorders could affect quality of life directly or by the means of a primary etiology. In a cross sectional study we gathered all related data of workers. Sampling done by all cases sampling method. We assessed quality of life in Iranian involved workers, by WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire. The mean of Hamilton score was 63.5[SD=8.8], which had shown a decreased quality of life among this population. In the other hand the mean of all 4 sections of the questionnaire were below the normal level. Work related skin disorders could affect quality of life may be resulted from primary cause or arise from the disease directly. We suggest more studies with control groups, and compared with other diseases, about quality of life