OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of persistent neurosensory disturbance of the lingual nerve (LN) or inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) on life satisfaction and depression symptoms. METHODS This study recruited patients with persistent LN or IAN deficit as a consequence of lower third molar surgery for 12 months or more to form the study group. A control group was formed by matching age and ge...

Aim: The COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease- 2019) pandemic negatively affects the sexual functions of women as well their psychological health. purpose study was to evaluate dyadic adjustment, life satisfaction, depression, and female dysfunction (FSD) in married Turkish during pandemic. Methods: This is a descriptive study. Data were collected online between May 29th, 2020 June 22th, with Revised ...

This study aims to explore residents’ attitudes toward tourism and how these attitudes could be influenced by factors such as of one’s subjective sense of well-being and personal satisfaction with life. The study’s empirical geographical context is Taormina, a Sicilian community with high touristic frequency. Taormina is a popular resort town in Sicily with many interesting sights and attractio...

BACKGROUND Mental health problems in adolescence are predictive of future mental distress and psychopathology; however, few studies investigated adolescent mental health problems in relation to future mental wellbeing and none with follow-up to older age. AIMS To test prospective associations between adolescent mental health problems and mental wellbeing and life satisfaction in early old age...

UNLABELLED Satisfaction with life and disease acceptance by patients with a stomy related to surgical treatment of the rectal cancer depend on multiple factors. Such factors as social support, life conditions and time that elapsed after stomy creation, are very important in this context. The aim of the study was to conduct an early evaluation of life satisfaction and disease acceptance by patie...

OBJECTIVE To determine predictors of family caregiver life satisfaction at one and two years after traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS Prospective collaborative longitudinal study of 336 family members caring for individuals with TBI participating in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) designated TBI Model Systems of Care (TBIMS). Survivors' medical and ...

BACKGROUND Existential behavioural therapy (EBT) was developed to support informal caregivers of palliative patients in the last stage of life and during bereavement as a manualised group psychotherapy comprising six sessions. We tested the effectiveness of EBT on mental stress and quality of life (QOL). METHODS Informal caregivers were randomly assigned (1:1) to EBT or a treatment-as-usual c...

Background: Spiritual is the most important dimension of existence in more than a third of the people and it has been at the center of their lives as strong force and so may have an influence on a person's Life satisfaction. As regards infertile women are at risk so much stress and anxiety, the purpose of this study was to investigation the relationship between spiritual health and Life sa...

BACKGROUND Quality of life (QoL) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) has been found to differ across countries. However, comparability of measurement results between countries depends on the cross-cultural validity of the applied instruments. The study examined the metric quality and cross-cultural validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LI...