conclusions: implementation of self-directed learning provides a useful strategy that should be included in health intervention and national surveillance programs in order to improve health and therapeutic compliance in postmenopausal women. results: there were significant statistical differences between two groups regarding the age of subjects; age of menopause; economic, educational and emplo...

objective: the aim of present research was to compare the quality of life in caregivers of acute and chronic schizophrenic patients. methods: considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 30 participants were selected through purposive sampling method among the caregivers of acute and chronic schizophrenic patients. the sample answered to who quality of life (whoqol-100) and demographic que...

introduction: job stress is one of the main factors in decreasing productivity in organizations and the leading cause of psychosomatic disorders in personnel. since job stress of nurses working in intensive care units (icus) is considered as an important segment in health and medical systems, it significantly affects the quality of care and the nurse’s quality of life. to this end, the purpose ...

conclusion depressed pregnant women had a lower quality of life. the proper management of depression during pregnancy can improve the quality of life in women. it is recommended that antenatal services integrate screening for depression into routine antenatal care. results the findings showed that there was an inverse relationship between quality of life and depression in pregnancy (p = 0.0001)...

conclusions it seems that implementation of an appropriate interventional program related to adaptive ways of coping in order to deal with stress is effective in mental health and quality of life promotion. results the most and the least used ways in coping with stress were planful problem solving and confronting coping. considering the quality of life, the most and the least scores were relate...

the current research was done in order to determine contribution of components of quality of veterans’ wives’ life in prediction of their children’s general health. in this purpose 300 families (wife and child) were selected by random cluster sampling method from veterans’ families of hamedan province and quality of life questionnaire was administrated among veterans’ wives  and general  health...

background & aim : many changes occur during and after pregnancy which affect physical, psychological and social health and generally women's quality of life. this study aims to explore the relationship between quality of life and sexual dysfunction after delivery. methods & materials : this cohort study was designed to compare the relation of mode of delivery to quality of life and sexual sati...

background providing care for patients with chronic disability affects caregivers’ social lives and relationships and can lead to poor health and lower quality of life. objectives in this study, our goal was to assess the quality of life in spouses of war veterans with bilateral lower limb amputations to find factors affecting caregivers’ quality of life. patients and methods in a cross-section...

background different measuring tools have been used to understand the outcomes of renal replacement therapies. the goal of renal transplantation is both to ensure survival, and to promote quality of life in the patients. one of the widely used disease-specific instruments to measure the quality of life is the kidney transplant questionnaire (ktq-25). objectives the current study aimed to perfor...

abstract objective: mindfulness is a part of mind-body medicine to increase the quality of life in patients with chronic diseases like diabetes. regarding the importance of quality of life in patients with diabetes, and the role of training on its improvement, this study was done to evaluate the effectiveness of group training of mindfulness on quality of life in type 2diabeticpatients. materia...