This article deals with the factors influencing mental health in modern society and describes approaches for evaluation of quality of life in depressive patients in psychiatric practice. The results of the study of quality of life in depressive patients relevant to health are presented
Karelina D.D., Krom I.L., Barylnik Yu.B. Evaluation of quality of life relevant to health in depressive patients // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2010, pp. 674-678

The research objective is to work out the creation of Russian-language questionnaire for assessing quality of life of patients with chronic urticaria by adapting the questionnaire «Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire» (CU-Q2oL) to Russian conditions. The study involved 150 patients aged 18 to 50 years (32,41±6,02) with chronic urticaria. Cultural and linguistic adaptation of the questionnaire was conducted according to international methodology. Evaluation of reliability was conducted by calculating Cronbach's б-coefficient, constructive validity -the method of «known groups» and the identification of mutual correlations with the scales of the SF-36 questionnaire, sensitivity-by comparing the quality of life before and after the treatment. High values of Cronbach's б-coefficient (>0.72) were obtained, the dependence of quality of life on the severity of chronic urticaria was proved to be significant, as well as the sensitivity of the questionnaire to clinical changes. The research findings confirmed good psychometric properties of Russian version of the questionnaire. The developed version of the questionnaire is a reliable, valid and sensitive device for assessing the quality of life in patients with chronic urticaria, and may be used in scientific and clinical research.
Nekrasova Е.Е., Razvalyaeva A.V., Malyuzhinskaya N.V. Russian version of CU-Q2oL questionnaire for estimation of quality of life of patients with chronic urticaria // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2010, pp. 566-569

This article presents the results of 116 radical cystectomies of patients with bladder cancer. In all the cases various generated modifications of orthotopic bladder including the authors' methodology have been carried out. The structure of complications during the post-operative period has been analyzed. Various complications occurred in 16,4 % of patients. In 3,4 % of cases they caused death. In 74% of cases direct dependence of postoperative complications on advanced tumorous process and severity of accomponied pathology has been identified. Direct dependence on the selection of method of urine derivation has not been found. Five-year cancer survival rate accounted 70 %. The study of patients' quality of life has been performed using EORTC-QLQ-C-30. High indices have been worked out. Dependence on the method of orthotopic bladder creation has been negligible
V.A. Atduev, A.B. Stroganov, Yu.O. Lyubarskaya, D.S. Ledyaev, V.V. Schutov, G.A. Berezkina, H.M. Mamedov, A.A. Bazaev Results Of Orthotopic Bladder Creation After Radical Cystectomy In Patients With Bladder Cancer // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 5, Issue 4, 2009, pp. 615-619

To compare the quality of life of patients treated for hand bone fractures, 120 patients after internal pin and external fixation were examined. For the study purposes, the special questionnaires were used to determine the quality of life. The data obtained give evidence that using of surgical treatment allows to achieve the positive dynamics of patients’ quality of life, the most marked in patients with external fixation technique. It should be mentioned that in cases of rehabilitation period elongation the level of quality of life has not been connected with effectiveness of used surgical technique.
O.V. Beidik, A.V. Zaretskov, K.V. Shevchenko, ; S.I. Kireev, K.K. Levchenko, M.A. Shcerbakov QUALITY OF LIFE AS THE CRITERION OF TREATMENT EFFICACY OF PATIENTS WITH HAND BONES FRACTURES // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2009, pp. 98-100

On the basis of Russian literature data the authors studied contemporary problems of students’ healthy lifestyle forming as the main health constitutive factor.
Glybochko P.V., Bugayeva I.O., Yerugina M.V. FORMING OF STUDENTS’ HEALTHY LIFESTYLE // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2009, pp. 9-11

The type of urinary derivation after radical cystectomy due to urinary bladder carcinoma may greatly influence quality of life of patients. The purpose of this study was to estimate influence of different types of urinary derivation after cystectomy upon lifetime and health-related quality of life of patients with invasive urinary bladder cancer.
P.V. Glybochko, A.N. Ponukalin, Yu.l. Mitryaev, N.G. Galkina QUALITY OF LIFE AND LONG-TERM RESULTS OF RADICAL CYSTECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH INVASIVE URINARY BLADDER CANCER // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2008, pp. 97-101