Study of health related Quality of Life in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder War Veterans

Post traumatic stress disorder is a common psychiatric disorder in war veterans. They have different physical and mental problems due to exposure to variety of traumatic events and stressors and these problems affect their quality of life. This study aimed to determine the quality of life (QOL) in posttraumatic stress disorder war veterans. In this descriptive study، QOL of 70 posttraumatic stress disorder war veterans were studied. The results indicated that posttraumatic stress disorder war veterans are associated with lower score in role physical and role emotional and social functioning according to the SF36. There was significant correlation between QOL and percent of injury، educational and marital status (p<0. 05). But there was no significant correlation between QOL and age. There was no significant difference between out-patient and in-patient veterans. Posttraumatic stress disorder had been associated with a lower QOL in war veterans. QOL was poor in veterans with higher percent of disability، illiterate and single people.