CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHANGES IN QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS AS A METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENT HERBAL REMEDIES.

Ear, nose, and throat (ENT) diseases cause major disruption in patients' daily lives. Self-medication with conventional and herbal drugs are common in ENT patients. Recent studies reported that the ENT patients' self-medication with conventional medication ranged from 79.

NEW APPROACHES TO THE EVALUATION OF HERBAL DRUG EFFICACY IN CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS TREATMENT SCHEME BASED ON CHANGES OF QUALITY-OF-LIFE CRITERIA.

Assessment of quality of life (QOL) is one of the key criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of treatment in clinical trials. It is very important to pay attention to the methods of evaluation and analysis. Health-related quality of life is very important in evaluating drug efficacy.

EFFECT OF CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND ANXIETY AMONG PATIENTS IN YEREVAN, ARMENIA.

The research aimed to investigate the impact of different forms of periodontitis on patients quality of life (QoL) and anxiety. 80 patients with chronic periodontitis were involved in the study. Oral Health Impact Profile scale was used to evaluate the QoL, and Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for the assessment of the individual and situational anxiety.

THE USE OF THE ARMENIAN VERSION OF COMQ-12 QUESIONNAIRE FOR QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN TEENAGERS WITH OTITIS MEDIA.

The aim of the study was to validate the Armenian language version of the COMQ-12 quality of life (QL) instrument among teenagers with chronic otitis media (COM). A case-control study was conducted in 350 teenagers aged 16 to 18 years: the case group of patients with COM (120) and the control group of practically healthy teenagers (230). Study participants' quality of life was assessed by specific COMQ-12 (Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire-12) and not specific SF-36 (The Short Form-36) questionnaires.