Showing 13 results for Quality of Life
Forouzan Lahoni, Fariba Ebtekar, Fardin Gharibi, Azita Masoudei, Azita Homilei,
Volume 1, Issue 3 (2-2016)
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Background and Aim: premature birth and its caring is a stressful period which significantly affects the quality of parent’s life especially the mother. A study was conducted to compare the quality of life of mothers of premature infant and full-term infant.
Methods: This case-control study was conducted in health centers of Sanandaj city in 2013.
The participants were 50 mothers with premature infant as intervention group and 50 mothers with full-term infant as the control group.In order to collect data, researcher made demographic questionnaire and the 36 item quality of life of WHO were used. Data analysis was performed using the software spss17.
Findings: The demographic characteristics of the mothers in both groups were not statistically significant. Mothers of premature infant have a lower quality of life scores in the areas of health, social relations and the total score compared with mothers of full-term infant (P=0/001). In the area of environmental health and mental health the mean of quality of life scores in the two groups showed no significant difference (P = 0/715).
Conclusion: considering the low quality of life of mothers of premature infant, health care providers should be sensitive towards the educational and emotional needs of these mothers so that necessary intervention could be done during caring of their infant.
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Volume 2, Issue 1 (8-2016)
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Introduction and Aim: Increasing elderly population has led to increased attention to the concepts of quality of life in the past decades. This study was conducted to investigate the quality of life of citizens of Ilam city related factors in 2013.
Materials and Methods: This study is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, and its samples included 200 senior of Ilam who were randomly selected using cluster sampling from Quality of life index of the studied samples by the Persian version of the twenty six-question questionnaire quality of life published by the world health organization. SPSS 19, descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA were used for the data analysis.
Findings: Data obtained on four aspects of physical health, mental health, social relationships and environmental health, and the overall performance of quality of life of senior citizens showed that the mean score of QOL in physical health 48.86, mental health 51.33, social relationships 56.33 and environmental health was 45.88. The total mean score of quality of life of elderly people was 50.29. Moreover, the findings also showed that the average quality of life in older men (58.62±2.59was higher than the quality of life of older women (42.7±1.51). Also, there was a significant relationship between the quality of life and gender, education level and marital status (P<0.03), and the relationship with issues such and age, employment status and insurance was not statistically .
Conclusion: the results showed that the samples had a medium of quality of life. Therefore, there is the necessity to have a strategy to help people to improve and maintain overall health and quality of life.
Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh, Mahdie Ghalenoee,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (10-2017)
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Background & Aim: Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder that is common in pregnant women and may lead to daytime sleepiness, anxiety and depression, impaired social relationship, work, family and marital and may reduce the quality of life. This study was conducted to compare the quality of life of pregnant women with and without sleep apnea.
Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional-comparative study, was conducted in 2014 among 140 pregnant women (70 with sleep apnea and 70 healthy women) who referred to health centers in Saqqez. Pregnant women were selected with conceived sampling. Data were collected using a demographic form, STOP and Quality of Life SF-36 questionnaire.
Results: The mean total score of quality of life and physical function score (P=0.006), general health (p=0.02), social function (p=0.02) and mental health (p=0.02) in pregnant women with sleep apnea was significantly lower than women without sleep apnea.
Conclusion: Quality of life in women with sleep apnea was lower than in healthy pregnant women.
Masoud Khodaveisi, Marzieh Rahmati, Gholamhosein Falahinia, Manoucher Karami, Mehdi Molavi Vardanjani,
Volume 3, Issue 4 (5-2018)
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Background & Aim: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive disease of the central nervous system, which has effects on the quality of life of the patients due to its various physical complications. The present study aimed to assess the effects of using Orem’s self-care model on the physical dimensions of quality of life in MS patients.
Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 74 patients with MS referring to the MS Association in Hamedan, Iran in 2014. The patients were selected via convenience sampling and randomly allocated to two groups of intervention and control. Data were collected using MSPHQOL-54 in the study groups. In addition, a training program was implemented 2-4 sessions based on the extracted needs of the patients in the intervention group. After two months of the self-care program in the intervention group, MSPHQOL-54 was completed again by the two groups. Data analysis was performed using Chi-square, paired t-test, and independent t-test.
Results: Mean quality of life in all the physical dimensions was 57.2±20.5 in the intervention group before the training program, which significantly increased to 67.5±15.3 (P=0.001). However, no such difference was observed in the control group.
Conclusion: According to the results, Orem’s self-care model could improve the physical dimensions of quality of life in MS patients. Therefore, it is recommended that this model be applied to enhance the physical dimensions of quality of life in these patients.
Mahtab Samsamipour, Yaghoob Madmoli, Sadegh Ahmadimazhin, Jamal Roohafza, Arman Babolibahmaei, Peyman Rahmati, Mahboobe Khodadadi,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (3-2019)
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Background & Aim: Quality of life in people with thalassemia is impaired; thalassemia young adult cannot success in their life in society because of problems. This study investigated health-related quality of life of young adult with beta thalassemia major.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 55 young patients with thalassemia major referred to thalassemia center in hospital of Dezful. For assessment quality of life SF-36 questionnaire was used. Data analysis with SPSS-18 software using T-test, ANOVA, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient at significant level p<0.05 was used.
Results: A total of 55 young patients with thalassemia (33 males and 22 females) were enrolled. Mean of quality of life in these patients was 16.70±72.35. The average physical and mental health scores in these subjects were 76.27±16.03 and 69/99±19.44, respectively. The lowest and highest quality of life scores related to general health (61.68) and pain (85.86), respectively. Also in this study was found between general health and emotional well-being, there was a significant relationship with level of education (p>0.016). Positive correlation between income and pain was significant (p= 0.02) (r= 0.3).
Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrated the quality of life of young adult with thalassemia in some aspects is not acceptable. Their physical and mental health should also be considered and so health systems should strive to improve the quality of life of these young people.
Fahimeh Shokouhi, Elahe Tavassoli, Aida Amiripour, Fatemeh Kaviani,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (3-2020)
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Background & Aim: Increasing elderly population has led to increased attention to the concepts of health and quality of life in the past decades. The present study aimed to determine The Relationship of Socioeconomic Factors and quality of life among elderly living in nursing homes in Shahrekord.
Materials & Methods: The present research was a descriptive-analytical study which was conducted on 254 elderly of living in nursing homes in Shahrekord. The participants were selected using Convenience sampling. The required data were collected through a two-part questionnaire (demographic variables, LEIPAD questionnaire) and then statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics and analytical tests (Pearson correlation and ANOVA analysis) in SPSS-18.
Results: The age of 43.3% of the elderly was 60-70 years. Based on the results, the mean score of quality of life for men was 64.25±17.05 and women 46.23±17.64. There is a direct and significant relationship between the mean score of quality of life and sex and economic status (p=0.001).
Conclusion: The results showed that the elderly had a medium of quality of life. it is necessary to have a approach to help elder people to advance and maintain public health and quality of life.
Alireza Heidari, Mohammad Arab, Behzad Damari, Zahra Khatirnamani, Mansureh Lotfi,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (6-2020)
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Background & Aim: Phenylketonuria is one of the most common metabolic diseases that can lead to severe irreversible retardation if not screened and treated on time. The purpose of this study was to determine the parents' preferences of patients with phenylketonuria and healthcare providers to compare screening outcomes with non-screening.
Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015. The participants consisted of 214 parents of phenylketonuria patients and 31 experts from selected phenylketonuria hospitals. Data collection tool was a questionnaire based on the Time Trade off approach. The data were analyzed by SPSS software and Wilcoxon test.
Results: The mean score of parental preference was in the screened and treated condition (0.74) and in the patient condition (0.47), which was statistically significant (P <0.001). The mean score of preferences of health care providers was in the screened and treated condition (0.73) and in the patient condition (0.29) which was statistically significant (p <0.001).
Conclusion: Given that the mean score of parental and health preferences in screened and untreated patients was significantly higher than in the non-screened condition, the quantitative and qualitative expansion of sampling and treatment centers in the regional and national dimensions was identified and Early treatment of patients as well as educational and supportive measures for parents for continuous diet therapy are recommended
Kourosh Amraei , Fatemeh Papi, Maryam Tahoonei ,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (9-2021)
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Background & Aim: The quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis is affected by their disease conditions. So, the aim of this study was to predict the quality of life of women with inflammatory bowel disease based on coping styles, social support and sexual perversion mediated by resilience.
Materials & Methods: The present study is a correlation in which is analyzed in the form of a structural equation model. The statistical population of the present study was female patients who were members of MS associations in 2020. 147 people were selected as the sample using the available sampling method. The instruments were the Quality of Life Questionnaire, Resilience Questionnaire, Social Support, Coping Styles and Sexual Function. The data were analyzed using AMOS software.
Results: The results showed that the overall model has an acceptable fit. The Components of social support (p< 0.01), problem- solving coping strategies (p< 0.01) and resilience (p< 0.01) with positive quality of life, and emotional problem solving strategies (p< 0.01) and sexual perversion (p< 0.01) have a negative relationship with quality of life. Coping styles (p< 0.01) and social support (p< 0.01) predicted 0.48 of the variance of resilience. The role of resilience mediation is also significant for the components of coping styles, social support, However, due to the lack of correlation between sexual dysfunction (p <0.05) with resilience has no mediating role for this variable, in total, endogenous and exogenous variables predicted and explained 0.59 of quality of life variability.
- Nadereh Khaledian, Shahnaz Salawati, - Neda Sheikhzakaryaee, Yosra Amini,
Volume 7, Issue 4 (5-2022)
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Background & Aim: Diagnosing cancer poses many challenges for the family, especially the mother. The aim of this study was to evaluation of adaptive behaviors and its correlation with quality of life and self-efficacy in mothers of children who has cancer referred to the oncology ward of Beset Hospital in Sanandaj, 2021.
Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 78 mothers with children with cancer hospitalized in Beset Hospital in Sanandaj were included in the study through census sampling. Data were collected using demographic questionnaires, parent health compliance checklist, caregivers' quality of life of cancer patients, and Scherer's general self-efficacy. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS version 22, descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The mean of the total "health adjustment checklist for parents" in the mothers under study was 17.71, the mean of the total score of "quality of life" of mothers was 34.87 and the mean of the total score of "general self-efficacy" in mothers was 51.52. The correlation results showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between the pattern of total adaptive behaviors and self-efficacy (P = 0.02) but there was no significant relationship with quality of life (p = 0.8).
Conclusion: The results can be helpful to health care group managers in planning to meet their care needs, So that the family of the child with cancer and the child themselves can achieve a higher level of quality of life and care with appropriate quality and low cost and family-oriented by taking advantage of better care.
Forouzan Ahmadi, Fateme Takarli, Maryam Farhadyan, Rezvan Khoshbakht, Anis Shafiee,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (9-2022)
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Background & Aim: Improving the quality of life and its various aspects is important in the elderly. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of group reminiscence on the quality of life of the elderly in Khorramabad.
Materials & Methods: In the present quasi-experimental study, the statistical population was all nursing homes in Khorramabad in 1400, which were selected using available sampling method and inclusion criteria and then randomly divided into two groups of 65 test and control. The instrument used was the Elderly Quality of Life Questionnaire (Leipad). Memory sessions were conducted during 8 sessions with the content of childhood and family life for the elderly in the intervention group. 1 month after the intervention, the quality of life questionnaire was completed again by both groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS-23 software and paired t-test, independent t-test and covariance.
Results: The quality of life score and its areas after the intervention in the experimental group were on average higher than before the intervention. Using paired t-test, this increase was statistically significant (p <0.05). Based on the results of independent t-test, a statistically significant difference was observed between the quality of life scores of the elderly in the experimental and control groups after the intervention (p <0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results, this technique can be used simply and practically in all medical centers and care for the elderly or individually at home
Arash Khalili, Qazal Ghaderi,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (9-2022)
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Background & Aim: The effects of cancer on a person such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, sensory changes and stress arising from the disease can affect the quality of life and performance of the individual and family. The aim of this study was to determination the relationship between chronic pain and quality of life from the view point of children admitted to the Besat Pediatric Hematology Department in Hamadan .
Materials & Methods:In this correlational study, 86 children with cancer hospitalized to the pediatric hematology department were selected using the census method, and the Kindle quality of life questionnaire and the Ocher chronic pain scale were completed for all children with cancer.The data were analyzed by SPSS version 26 statistical software and using Pearson's correlation test, and statistical significance was defined at the level of 0.01.
Results: The intensity of correlation between the two variables of quality of life and chronic pain in school-age (p=0.009,r = 0.184) was moderate and significant and the direction of the relationship was negative and inverse, but in pre-school age (p=0.118, r =0.115), the intensity of correlation between two variables is weak and the direction of the relationship is negative and inverse and not statistically significant.
Conclusion: Chronic pain caused by cancer in school age who have a better understanding of the disease can cause a more noticeable drop in quality of life, while in preschool age, due to weaker understanding of the disease and more dependence on their parents, , the quality of life may be as much as Older children should not fall.
Firooze Beiranvand, Farshid Shamsaei, Efat Sadeghian, Leili Tapak,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (9-2023)
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Background & Aim: Exposure to sudden public health incidents such as infectious diseases, including the corona disease, can affect people's mental health. Worry and anxiety about illness, fear of contracting oneself or family members, creating isolation, and a relative drop in people's general mood can significantly affect the quality of life and reduce people's happiness and satisfaction in their daily lives. Based on this, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between Corona anxiety and quality of life in the campus employees of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences.
Materials & Methods: In this correlational study, 194 employees of the Hamedan University of Medical Sciences campus were examined in 2019 using available sampling method. Data were collected using demographic information questionnaire, Corona Anxiety Scale Alipour et al and Quality of Life sf-36 questionnaire. Entry criteria included: having at least one year of work experience, being employed at the campus of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, no history of diagnosed mental disorders, and exit criteria included incomplete completion of the questionnaire and non-attendance of employees at their workplace on the sampling day. Data analysis was done with SPSS-16 software and Pearson correlation coefficient and independent t statistical tests. A significant level (p<0.05) was considered.
Results: The average age of the participants in the study was 38.47±8,59. 68% of the studied units reported mild anxiety, 27.8% moderate anxiety and 4.1% severe anxiety. The average quality of life in different areas was (69,04±23,29), also the findings showed that anxiety There is a significant relationship between Corona and all areas of quality of life (r=-0.27 p<0,05).
Conclusion: anxiety caused by the epidemic of covid-19 can endanger the mental health of employees and affect different aspects of their lives; Therefore, it is suggested that the country's health authorities pay special attention to the mental health and quality of life of employees during an epidemic, like the outbreak of Corona, and take steps to improve the mental health of employees by holding workshops and training courses
Zeinab Habibpour, Leila Mokhtari, Shahriar Sakhaei,
Volume 9, Issue 4 (6-2024)
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Background & Aim: Childhood cancer is a prevalent and debilitating disease that serves as a major cause of mortality among children. Awareness of a child's cancer diagnosis generates substantial psychological distress in parents, impairing their quality of life (QOL) across physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains. Consequently, parents require adequate resilience and coping skills to navigate this challenging situation. This study aimed to determine the level of resilience and its association with QOL in parents of children with cancer in Urmia, Iran.
Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2022 with a convenience sample of 345 parents of children with cancer in Urmia. Data were collected using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and the SF-12 QOL questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software and descriptive and analytical statistics at a significance level of P < 0.05.
Results: The mean resilience score of the parents was 65.84, with fathers exhibiting higher resilience than mothers. A significant positive correlation was observed between resilience and QOL (P < 0.001). Additionally, significant associations were found between parental resilience and characteristics such as age and duration of the child's illness, parental age, family economic status, occupation, and educational level (P < 0.005).
Conclusion: Parents of children with cancer can improve their QOL by strengthening their resilience. In this regard, utilizing religious, social, educational, and psychological resources can be highly effective.
