TY - JOUR AU - Turken, Askeri PY - 2022/09/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Evaluation of quality of life in patients with muscular dystrophy by sociodemographic characteristics JF - Annals of Medical Research JA - annalsmedres VL - 29 IS - 9 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - http://www.annalsmedres.org/index.php/aomr/article/view/4256 SP - 968-973 AB - <p><strong>Aim:</strong> Genetic myopathies are diseases that progress and impair quality of life. It was aimed to evaluate the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and the quality of life of 146 patients.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> The WHOQOL-BREF scale was applied, and the scores in the questionnaire were converted to WHOQOL 4-20 and WHOQOL 0-100 score ranges and the relationships between the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire results were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> There was no significant difference in the scale results according to gender and age (p&gt;0.05 for all). There were significant findings regarding education level, marital status, and disease severity on the WHOQOL-BREF scale.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: It is thought that it can be a reference for researchers by revealing the findings that will increase the patient's quality of life.</p> ER -