Aim: The purpose of this study was to predict being abused in close relationship based on communicational patterns and fear intimacy married women. method research is descriptive-correlational.
 Methods: This a correlation study, which 300 women Tehran were selected through convenience sampling they completed the Communication Patterns Questionnaire – short form (CPQ- SF) (Christense &...

BACKGROUND The treatment of breast cancer tends to result in physical side effects (e.g., vaginal dryness, stomatitis, and atrophy) that can cause sexual problems. Although studies of early-stage breast cancer have demonstrated that sexual problems are associated with increased depressive symptoms for both patients and their partners, comparatively little is known about these associations in me...

PURPOSE This study describes transitions over 5 years among community-dwelling elderly spouses into and within caregiving roles and associated health outcomes. DESIGN AND METHODS Participants in the Caregiver Health Effects Study (n = 818) were interviewed four times over 5 years with changes in their caregiving status described. Analyses of the effect on health outcomes of transitions were p...

Background and Purpose: Breastfeeding is important with regard to public health. Our aim was examine effects of spousal support in the early postpartum period on breastfeeding motivation patriarchal societies. 
 Methods: Study descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational design. conducted a University Hospital Inland Anatolia Region Turkey. It included primiparous multiparous women. Results...

BACKGROUND The growth in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) cases among couples in Nigeria has been significant in recent years. Victims, which are often females, face numerous health challenges, including early death. I examined the linkages between spousal age differences and IPV in Nigeria. METHOD The couples recode data section of the 2013 Nigeria Demographic Health and Survey was used (n = ...

Bangladesh is a culturally conservative nation with limited freedom for women. A number of studies have evaluated intimate partner violence (IPV) and spousal physical violence in Bangladesh; however, the views of women have been rarely discussed in a quantitative manner. Three nationwide surveys in Bangladesh (2007, 2011, and 2014) were analyzed in this study to characterize the most vulnerable...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To examine factors influencing the caregiver burden in adult-child and spousal caregivers of community-dwelling patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS Baseline data from the 18-month, prospective, observational GERAS study of 1,497 patients with AD in France, Germany, and the UK were used. Analyses were performed on two groups of caregivers: spouses (n = 985) and adul...

Evaluation of the pattern of smoking prevalence over time could provide insight for disease prevention and tobacco control policy. Examination of assortative mating is important in assessing the relative contribution of genetic and environmental influences in behavior genetics. A significant spousal concordance for smoking could imply assortative mating behavior and have potential influence on ...