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<journal>
<title>Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences</title>
<title_fa>مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان</title_fa>
<short_title>JRUMS</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://journal.rums.ac.ir</web_url>
<journal_hbi_system_id>69</journal_hbi_system_id>
<journal_hbi_system_user>journal69</journal_hbi_system_user>
<journal_id_issn>1735-3165</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2008-7268</journal_id_issn_online>
<journal_id_pii></journal_id_pii>
<journal_id_doi>10.66224/jrums</journal_id_doi>
<journal_id_iranmedex></journal_id_iranmedex>
<journal_id_magiran></journal_id_magiran>
<journal_id_sid></journal_id_sid>
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<journal_id_science></journal_id_science>
<language>fa</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1393</year>
	<month>10</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2015</year>
	<month>1</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>13</volume>
<number>8</number>
<publish_type>online</publish_type>
<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
<article_type>fulltext</article_type>
<articleset>
	<article>


	<language>fa</language>
	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa>بررسی خصوصیات دموگرافیک و کیفیت زندگی بیماران مبتلا به آدنوم هیپوفیز مراجعه‌کننده به یک درمانگاه تخصصی مرجع در تهران در سال 1390</title_fa>
	<title>Assessment of the Demographic Characteristics and the Quality of Life in Patients with Pituitary Adenoma in a Referral Pituitary Center in Tehran in 2011</title>
	<subject_fa>آمار و اپيدميولوژي</subject_fa>
	<subject>Statistics&amp; Epidemiology</subject>
	<content_type_fa>توصيفي</content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Description</content_type>
	<abstract_fa>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; dir=&quot;RTL&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0cm margin-right: 7.1pt margin-left: 8.5pt margin-bottom: 0.0001pt text-align: justify line-height: 120% &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' color: black &quot;&gt;زمینه و هدف:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' color: black &quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;آدنوم هیپوفیز یکی از فراوان&#8204;ترین تومورهای داخل جمجمه می&#8204;باشد. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;در&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;سال&#8204;های&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;اخیر،&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;تحقیقات&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;زیادی&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;بر&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;روی&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;بیماران&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt; مبتلا به&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;FA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;آدنوم هیپوفیز انجام&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;شده&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;است.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;با&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;توجه&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;به&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;عدم&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;انجام&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;مطالعه&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;مشابه در ایران، این مطالعه با هدف&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;تعیین&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;خصوصیات دموگرافیک&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;و ارزیابی کیفیت زندگی در&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;FA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;بیماران&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;مبتلا به آدنوم هیپوفیز طراحی و اجرا گردید.&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; dir=&quot;RTL&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0cm margin-right: 7.1pt margin-left: 8.5pt margin-bottom: 0.0001pt text-align: justify line-height: 120% &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;مواد و روش&#8204;ها:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt; این&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;مطالعه توصیفی- مقطعی&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt; با روش نمونه&#8204;گیری در دسترس&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt; بر روی &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;250&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt; بیمار مراجعه&#8204;کننده به درمانگاه تخصصی بیمارستان آراد تهران&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;در سال 1390 انجام گرفت&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;. روش گردآوری اطلاعات به صورت خودگزارشی و با استفاده از&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt; پرسش&#8204;نامه عمومی سازمان اروپایی تحقیقات و درمان سرطان بود&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;داده&#8204;ها&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;با&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;استفاده از &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;آزمون&#8204;های آماری مجذور کای، &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;مستقل و آنالیز واریانس یک طرفه &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;تجزیه و تحلیل&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;گردیدند&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; dir=&quot;RTL&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0cm margin-right: 7.1pt margin-left: 8.5pt margin-bottom: 0.0001pt text-align: justify line-height: 120% &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;یافته&#8204;ها:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;طیف&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;سنی &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;250 نمونه مورد مطالعه&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;FA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;بین&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;تا&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;82&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;سال و با میانگین و انحراف معیار سنی 16/14&amp;plusmn;80/44 سال بود. بیشترین فراوانی آدنوم هیپوفیز به ترتیب شامل پرولاکتینوما (4/48%)، فاقد عملکرد (8/26%)، آکرومگالی (6/19%) و مبتلایان به بیماری کوشینگ (2/5%) بود. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;نتایج حاصل از این مطالعه نشان داد&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; lang=&quot;FA&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;تفاوت معنی&#8204;داری در حیطه&#8204;های مختلف کیفیت زندگی از جمله سلامت عمومی، عملکردی و علایم و نشانه&#8204;ها بین انواع آدنوم هیپوفیز وجود دارد. بیماران کوشینگ در مقایسه با سایر بیماران دارای کیفیت زندگی پایین&#8204;تری بودند (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;05/0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;LTR&quot; style=&quot;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; dir=&quot;RTL&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0cm margin-right: 7.1pt margin-left: 8.5pt margin-bottom: 0.0001pt text-align: justify line-height: 120% &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;نتیجه&#8204;گیری:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt; مبتلایان به بیماری کوشینگ در مقایسه با سایر بیماران آدنوم هیپوفیز دارای کیفیت زندگی پایین&#8204;تری بودند. با توجه به ارتباط عوامل شخصی در انواع آدنوم هیپوفیز با کیفیت زندگی، رویکرد بین بخشی به مسایل و مشکلات سلامتی و انجام مداخلات لازم در عوامل تأثیرگذار بر کیفیت زندگی این بیماران مهم به نظر می&#8204;رسد.&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; dir=&quot;RTL&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0cm margin-right: 7.1pt margin-left: 8.5pt margin-bottom: 0.0001pt text-align: justify line-height: 120% &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;واژه&#8204;های کلیدی:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;AR-SA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt; آدنوم هیپوفیز، دموگرافیک، کیفیت زندگی، سن، جنس&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;FA&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 1pt line-height: 120% font-family: 'B Nazanin' &quot;&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	<abstract>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify line-height: 150% direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif color: black &quot;&gt;Background and Objective&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif color: black &quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif color: black &quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Pituitary adenoma (PA) is one of the most common intracranial tumors.&lt;span dir=&quot;RTL&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;In recent years, some research has been done on patients with PA. Given the lack of similar research in Iran, this study was conducted to assess the demographic characteristics and the quality of life among Iranian patients with PA.&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify line-height: 150% direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Materials and Methods&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;This study was a cross- sectional- descriptive survey.&lt;span dir=&quot;RTL&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;In 2011, two hundred and fifty patients accepted to participate in this study, using convenience sampling method. Data were collected using EORTC QoL-C30(European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life). Independent two-sample &lt;i&gt;t&lt;/i&gt;-test, one-way ANOVA and chi-square tests were used for data analysis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt line-height: 150% &quot;&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify line-height: 150% direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Results:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt; Two hundred and fifty&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Respondents were from those in the 15 to 82 age group and mean age of 44.80&amp;plusmn;14.16 years. The study results revealed that the most common tumors among the patients were prolactinoma&lt;span dir=&quot;RTL&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(48.4%), followed by nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma (26.8%), growth-hormone-releasing adenoma (acromegaly)(19.6%), and Cushing&amp;#39s disease (5.2%). The consequences of this study disclosed a significant difference between the patients in different domains of the quality of life, including Global health status, Functional scales and in Symptom scales in this respect, patients with Cushing&amp;rsquo;s disease had the worst condition.&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify line-height: 150% direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt; Overall, the comparison showed that the quality of life in patients with Cushing&amp;#39s disease was significantly lower than that among patients with other types of pituitary adenoma. Regarding the association between personal factors in PA and the quality of life, inter-sectoral approach to health problems and interventions that affect the quality of life are important.&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left line-height: 150% direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Key words:&lt;span dir=&quot;RTL&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Pituitary adenoma, Demographic, Quality of life, Age, Tehran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt line-height: 150% font-family: Caecilia-Roman, serif color: rgb(26, 23, 27) &quot;&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify line-height: 135% direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 135% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Funding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 135% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;: This research was funded by Iran University of Medical Sciences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 135% &quot;&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify line-height: 135% direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 135% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Conflict of Interest:&lt;span dir=&quot;RTL&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 135% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;None declared.&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify line-height: 150% direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed &quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif color: black &quot;&gt;How to cite this article:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9pt line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif color: black &quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9pt line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif &quot;&gt;Asadi-Lari M, Sadeghipour AR, Mahouzi L, Solaimani Dodaran M, Fallah A. Assessment of the Demographic Characteristics and the Quality of Life in Patients with Pituitary Adenoma in a Referral Pituitary Center in Tehran in 2011&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black &quot;&gt;. J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9pt line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif color: black &quot;&gt;2014 13(8): 695-704.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9pt line-height: 150% font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif color: black &quot;&gt; [Farsi]&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;!--stripped--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</abstract>
	<keyword_fa>آدنوم هیپوفیز, دموگرافیک, کیفیت زندگی, سن, جنس</keyword_fa>
	<keyword>Pituitary adenoma, Demographic, Quality of life, Age, Tehran</keyword>
	<start_page>695</start_page>
	<end_page>704</end_page>
	<web_url>http://journal.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1811-1&amp;slc_lang=fa&amp;sid=1</web_url>


<author_list>
	<author>
	<first_name>M.</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Asadi-Lari</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>محسن</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>اسدی لاری</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>mohsen.asadi@yahoo.com</email>
	<code>6900319475328460019745</code>
	<orcid>6900319475328460019745</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Iran University of Medical sciences</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa>دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران</affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>A.R.</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Sadeghipour</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>علیرضا</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>صادقی پور</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>afallah88@yahoo.com</email>
	<code>6900319475328460019746</code>
	<orcid>6900319475328460019746</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation></affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>L. </first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Mahouzi</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>لیلی</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>ماحوزی</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>asadeghipour@yahoo.com</email>
	<code>6900319475328460019747</code>
	<orcid>6900319475328460019747</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation></affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>M.</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name> Solaimani Dodaran</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>مسعود</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>سلیمانی‌دودران</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>solaymani@hbi.ir</email>
	<code>6900319475328460019748</code>
	<orcid>6900319475328460019748</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation></affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>A.</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name> Fallah</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa>علی</first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa>فلاح</last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email>afallah88@yahoo.com</email>
	<code>6900319475328460019749</code>
	<orcid>6900319475328460019749</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation></affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


</author_list>


	</article>
</articleset>
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