Med Tr Prom Ekol. 2010;(7):9-11.

[Life quality as an additional criterion to evaluate efficacy of treating vibration disease patients].

Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia

[Article in Russian]
P N Liubchenko, E V Sorokina, L I Dmitruk, E N Ian'shina, O V Shumskaia

PMID: 20853623

Abstract

Studies covered as an additional criterion to evaluate efficiency of treating vibration disease patients. Studies covered life quality in 40 males having vibration disease during the treatment course. Before the treatment, all the examinees demonstrated decrease in all life quality parameters especially of "role physical functioning" (16.89 points), general health (38.39 points), role emotional functioning (39.64 points). After the treatment most the parameters reliably improved, besides physical and social functioning. The authors recommend SF-36 life quality questionnaire to evaluate treatment efficiency for occupational diseases.

MeSH terms

• Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome / physiopathology
• Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome / psychology
• Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome / therapy
• Humans
• Male
• Pain / physiopathology
• Pain / psychology
• Quality of Life*
• Surveys and Questionnaires

Publication Types

• English Abstract
• Journal Article