The relationship between quality of life and percentage of injury among posttraumatic stress disorder veterans

Introduction: war is an effective factor in incidence and promotion of psychological and behavioral problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder. this study aimed to determine the quality of life and its correlation with age and percent of injury in war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.methods and materials: this was a cross-sectional study, which included 70 war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. this study focused on the quality of life with sf36.results: the results indicated that war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder had the least scores in physical, emotional and social function subclasses of sf36 questionnaire. there was significant correlation between quality of life and percent of injury (p = 0/039) but no significant correlation between quality of life and age.conclusions: post traumatic stress disorder results in low quality of life in war veterans. percent of injury significantly reduces their quality of life.