laleh shams yousefi; farahnaz meschi; sheida sodagar; Zohreh Rafezi; mohammadreza seirafi
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Objective: Being overweight and obese in adolescence is associated with severe health effects during their lifetime, the purpose of this study was to explain the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between family cohesion, stress, and quality of life with body mass index in adolescent ...
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Objective: Being overweight and obese in adolescence is associated with severe health effects during their lifetime, the purpose of this study was to explain the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between family cohesion, stress, and quality of life with body mass index in adolescent girls.
Method: The current research was descriptive-multiple linear regression from among the statistical population of the research, 250 teenage girls were selected as the research sample using a multi-stage cluster sampling method, and finally, after dropping 50 people from the sample group, the data of 200 of them were analyzed. The tools of data collection included the Samani Family Cohesion Questionnaires (2001), Byrne and Mazano Stress (2002) Scale, the World Health Organization Quality of Life (1996) questionnaire, and the NAF Self-compassion (2003) inventory. For data analysis, structural equation modeling was performed using SPSS26 and AMOS24 software.
Results: The results showed that the model of body mass index based on the quality of life, family cohesion, and stress with the mediating role of self-compassion is a good fit. It also indicated that family cohesion, stress, and quality of life did not predict body mass index in adolescent girls, but the quality of life predicted body mass index in adolescent girls.
Conclusion: It seems that self-compassion plays a mediating role in the relationship of body mass index with family cohesion, stress, and quality of life in adolescent girls.
Mansour Fathi; Leila Abdolmaleki; Sara Makki Alamdari; Seyed Hossein Mohaqeqi
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Objective: Women living with HIV (WLWH) experience various psychosocial challenges, which negatively affecttheir quality of life (QOL). The current study examines the outcomes of women living with HIV (WLWH), whoreceive cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) for improving quality of life in Tehran, ...
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Objective: Women living with HIV (WLWH) experience various psychosocial challenges, which negatively affecttheir quality of life (QOL). The current study examines the outcomes of women living with HIV (WLWH), whoreceive cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) for improving quality of life in Tehran, Iran.Method: The design of the study is a randomized clinical trial (RCT). Sixty women with HIV were randomly assignedinto control and intervention groups, with 30 participants for each group. A 10-session cognitive behavioral grouptherapy was provided only to the intervention group. The control group participated in 3 sessions without specialtraining. To assess the effectiveness of the intervention, quality of life was measured using the MultidimensionalQuality of Life Questionnaire for HIV/AIDS (MQoL-HIV) before and one month after intervention delivery. Pre-testand post-tests were compared using t-test analysis.Results: After 10 weeks of training, the Mean±SD QOL score significantly increased in the intervention group. Basedon covariance analysis, the intervention group had a significantly higher QOL score than the control group after theintervention P<0.05.Conclusion: Due to the low quality of life among WLWH, CBGT can be helpful in providing psychologicalrehabilitation to improve the quality of life of this group.
zahra salarrad; lida leilabadi; nahid Nafissi; adis Kraskian Mujembari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on anxiety and quality of life in women with breast cancer.
Method: A quasi-experimental design was used to collect pre-test, post-test and follow-up data (three months after) from treatment and control groups. ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on anxiety and quality of life in women with breast cancer.
Method: A quasi-experimental design was used to collect pre-test, post-test and follow-up data (three months after) from treatment and control groups. The sample consisted of 30 women with breast cancer in Tehran who had a high score in anxiety after screening. They were selected based on purposive sampling and randomly placed in experimental and control groups of size 15. The experimental group received 12 sessions (50 minutes) of emotion-focused therapy (Greenberg, 2010). The control group did not receive an intervention. Data were collected using Beck Anxiety Inventory and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Breast Cancer (FACT-B) in three stages: pre-test, post-test, and follow up, and analyzed using mixed variance analysis.
Findings: Results showed significant within and between subject differences (P<0.01) on measures of anxiety and quality of life. Emotion-focused therapy significantly reduced anxiety and increased quality of life in the treatment group relative to the control group. Moreover, post-test and follow-up levels of anxiety and quality of life differed significantly from pre-test levels, but not from each other.
Conclusion: Emotion-focused therapy targeting emotional processing and expression improved [d1] regulation of clients' emotions and can be used as an appropriate intervention method to reduce anxiety and increase quality of life in women with breast cancer.
reza Seyed Tabaii; elahe seyed tabaii; fatemeh shahi sadrabadi; sara Valizadeh; parvin rahmatinejad; hoda pouyanfar
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Objectives: The present study has investigated the role of orthodontic treatment on patients' mental health, body image, and oral health-related quality of life.
Method: In this quasi-experimental study, a sample of 90 patients referring to orthodontic clinics in the city of Kermanshah were selected ...
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Objectives: The present study has investigated the role of orthodontic treatment on patients' mental health, body image, and oral health-related quality of life.
Method: In this quasi-experimental study, a sample of 90 patients referring to orthodontic clinics in the city of Kermanshah were selected using the purposive sampling method, and then they were assessed before and 6 months and one year after undergoing orthodontics via the “The Symptom Checklist-90-R” (SCL-90-R), “Multidimensional Body–Self Relations Questionnaire” (MBSRQ), and Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14). Data were analyzed using a one-way analysis of variance.
Results: patients reported less obsessive compulsion, hostility, and paranoid ideation symptoms on (SCL-90-R) after six months and one-year treatment (P ˂ 0.05). In addition, the comparison of scores before and after treatment showed that there was a significant difference in appearance evaluation and body areas satisfaction dimensions of MBSRQ (P ˂ 0.05). Also, there were significant differences in physical disability, psychological disability, social disability, and total score of OHIP-14 before and after treatment (P<0.05).
Conclusion: This quasi-experimental study highlights orthodontic treatment's role on mental health body image and oral health-related quality of life in patients with dental problems.
Amir Abdolhosseini; Shahram Mami; Vahid Ahmadi
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Objective: This study aimed to model quality of life based on perceived stress and distress tolerance of the elderly in Ilam with the mediating role of hardiness. This applicable study was conducted through descriptive-structural equation modeling.
Method: The statistical population was elderly people ...
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Objective: This study aimed to model quality of life based on perceived stress and distress tolerance of the elderly in Ilam with the mediating role of hardiness. This applicable study was conducted through descriptive-structural equation modeling.
Method: The statistical population was elderly people of Ilam city (N=9496) during 2020. The sample size was calculated at 384 cases using Power-G software (2007). The sample was selected by aim-oriented sampling method based on inclusion criteria in public places of Ilam city. Participants completed the standard questionnaires of the quality of life World Health Organization (1996), Cohen Perceived Stress (1994), Distress Tolerance Scale of Simmons and Gohar (2005), and the Kobasa hardiness Questionnaire (1982). Data was analyzed in SPSS25 and Amos -25 software.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between perceived stress, distress tolerance, and hardiness with the quality of life of the elderly in Ilam city. Similarly, there is a significant relationship between perceived stress and distress tolerance with Hardiness.
Conclusion: The results of the structural equation model showed hardiness has a mediating role in the relationship between quality of life with distress tolerance and perceived stress. They have a total, direct, and indirect effect on variables.
Saeed Nasiry; Zahra Ebrahimi; Arash Monadjem
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Objective: The present study aimed to examine whether the treatment of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in adolescents via Attentional Bias Modification (ABM) improves their health-related quality of life.Method: 34 adolescents with IGD who were 12-17 years old were randomly assigned to experimental (n ...
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Objective: The present study aimed to examine whether the treatment of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in adolescents via Attentional Bias Modification (ABM) improves their health-related quality of life.Method: 34 adolescents with IGD who were 12-17 years old were randomly assigned to experimental (n = 16) and control (n = 18) groups. The experimental group received ABM, while no interventions were delivered to the control group. Attentional bias, IGD severity, and health-related quality of life were assessed using Modified Stroop Task, Internet Gaming Disorder-20 (IGD-20), and KIDSCREEN-52 questionnaires, respectively. Data from pre-test, post-test, and two months follow-up measurements were analyzed using two-way mixed measures ANOVA and Fisher's least significant difference (LSD) via SPSS software.Results: ABM successfully reduced attentional bias and IGD severity and improved health-related quality of life in adolescents of the experimental group (p < 0.05). These significant changes were observed at post-test and two months follow-up. Meanwhile, no significant change occurred in the control group (p > 0.05).Conclusion: It could be concluded that ABM not only reduces the severity of IGD in adolescents, but also improves their health-related quality of life, although further research is required for the understanding of its mechanisms of effects
Hamidreza Aliakbari Dehkordi; Alireza Estelaji; Abdolreza Faraji Rad
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Objective: Addiction is a physical-mental illness that, due to its progressive nature in all aspects of life, endangers the health of the individual, family, and society. In order to prevent and resolve this destructive phenomenon, it is necessary to provide and implement comprehensive and appropriate ...
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Objective: Addiction is a physical-mental illness that, due to its progressive nature in all aspects of life, endangers the health of the individual, family, and society. In order to prevent and resolve this destructive phenomenon, it is necessary to provide and implement comprehensive and appropriate programs in rural area. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to determine the predictors of substance abuse of rural immigrants.Method: The statistical population included all addicted prisoners who migrated from rural to urban areas. Using the cluster sampling method, 360 people were selected as the study sample. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyze data.Result: The results showed that only the quality of life component can predict the drug abuse of migrant rural men and women, while the components of access to facilities, rural management performance, and individual participation, as well as marital status, age, and education cannot predict their substance abuse (P<0.05).Conclusions: According to the results of the present study, since the quality of life is a predictor of substance abuse in migrant villagers, and this problem, in fact, indicates the basic infrastructural problems in preventing the migration of villagers and their substances abuse, related planning and policies in the field of social health are suggested in this regard.
Ziba Farajzadegan; Neda Tavakoli Moghadam; Mahboobeh Naderolasli; Hossein Aahmadloo; Mohammad Ali Boroumand; Nima Motamed
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objective: Quality of life (QOL) in cancer patients is more important than being only alive. In all types of cancers, treatments and complications of treatments affect patients’ quality of life directly and indirectly. So finding ways to improve the quality of life in cancer patients is one ...
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objective: Quality of life (QOL) in cancer patients is more important than being only alive. In all types of cancers, treatments and complications of treatments affect patients’ quality of life directly and indirectly. So finding ways to improve the quality of life in cancer patients is one of the priorities of the health system. One effective way is the improvement of the sense of coherence (SOC) which is one of the components of salthogenic medicine. In this research, we investigated the effect of sense of coherence on quality of life in cancer patients through a systematic review.
Methods and material: As the research method was a systematic review, in our search strategy, we searched some databases, such as PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, web of science, and Embase. At first, we studied all the articles, and based on their title, we chose some of them. Then based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study, appropriate and related articles were selected. CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Program) checklist was used to evaluate the articles. Finally, eight articles remained for analysis. Then the results were extracted and synthesized.
Results: In this review, it was found that in most studies there was a strong association between SOC and QOL, but some variables, such as age and stage of cancer, could impress the degree of this association. The differences between the kinds of questions in different questionnaires might be the result of these differences.
Conclusion: Taken together, there is a moderate correlation between SOC and QOL and some other factors can influence both of them, so we should do more research to find the factors that can improve the SOC in cancer patients.
Golnaz Rasoolzadegan; mozhgan Agah heris; Shahrokh Karbalai Saleh
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Objective: Quality of life and mental well-being are some of the issues that can play an important role in the disease and its treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and mental well-being of myocardial infarction patients and healthy people.
Method: This is a causal-comparative ...
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Objective: Quality of life and mental well-being are some of the issues that can play an important role in the disease and its treatment. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and mental well-being of myocardial infarction patients and healthy people.
Method: This is a causal-comparative study with parallel groups. The statistical population of this study was all myocardial infarction patients in Sina hospital in Tehran in 2019. To select sample of the study, 69 myocardial infarction patients and 72 healthy people were selected through available sampling method. Data were collected by the use of the Quality of Life Questionnaire (QoL, SF-36) and Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWB). Then, the collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistical methods, Mann-Whitney U test, and one-way variance analysis (ANOVA).
Results: In terms of quality of life, healthy people were at a higher level compared to patients (F=49.90, P<0.05), but the score of total quality of life regarding the sex difference was not significant in healthy and patient groups (F=1.74, P>0.05). Also, the dimensions of mental well-being were higher in healthy subjects than in myocardial infarction patients (F=4.41, P<0.05) and there was no difference between male and female (F=0.01, P>0.05).
Conclusion: Myocardial infarction patients have a lower quality of life and subjective well-being than healthy people. Based on the results, it is necessary to pay more attention to two variables of quality of life and subjective well-being in the design of interventions to reduce the psychological problems of patients with MI.
fateme mehdipour; Amin Rafiepoor; kobra Hajializade
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Background & Objective: The majority of cancer patients have a poor quality of life. It seems mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy can improve quality of life in these patients. Therefore this study was conducted with the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive ...
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Background & Objective: The majority of cancer patients have a poor quality of life. It seems mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy can improve quality of life in these patients. Therefore this study was conducted with the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy in improving quality of life among patients with cancer. Materials & Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental research conducted by pre- and post-testing. The sample population consisted of 30 cancer patients selected by purposive sampling and randomly placed in two groups of experimental and control (15 individuals per group). All subjects completed the quality of life questionnaire in the two stages of pre-test and post-test. The findings were analyzed by the SPSS software and multivariate analysis of covariance tests. Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between the control and the experimental group and that mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy had a significant effect in improving quality of life in the members of the experimental group (p< 0/01). Conclusion: According to the results, it can be proposed that it is necessary for therapeutic centers and support forums related to refractory patients to use mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy in their plans to improve patients’ quality of life.
Said Pournaghash-Tehrani; Mohammad Reza Abdoli-Bidhendi
Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 9-18
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between psychological factors , Erectile Dysfunctional ( E D ) and quality of life ( Q O L) before and after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ( C A B G ) and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ( P T C A ) procedures , in an Iranian ...
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between psychological factors , Erectile Dysfunctional ( E D ) and quality of life ( Q O L) before and after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ( C A B G ) and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ( P T C A ) procedures , in an Iranian sample of cardiovascular patients . To do so, one hundred ninety patients scheduled for CA BG and PTCA operations were selected and administered relevant questionnaires a day before the surgery . Subsequently , the same patients filled out the same questionnaires two months following the procedure . Data analysis showed an increase in Qol while revealing a decline in men’s sexual functioning after the PT CA procedure although no change was observed in women . Also , an improvement in psychological status of all patients was observed following both revascularization procedures .
Ziba Barghi irani; Zohreh Pirhayati; Hossein Zare
Volume 1, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 79-91
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Objective: The goal of the present research is to determine the degree of the efficiency of group approach of ACT on the life quality of elderly people suffering from ARMD. Method: The research is a semi experimental study with the pre, post-test and experimental and control groups. The research population ...
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Objective: The goal of the present research is to determine the degree of the efficiency of group approach of ACT on the life quality of elderly people suffering from ARMD. Method: The research is a semi experimental study with the pre, post-test and experimental and control groups. The research population was the aging men and women suffering from ARMD selected from Karaj Nour-e-Didegan Ophtalmology Clinic. The sample of the research was 28 people were chosen through random sampling method and divided into two experimental and control groups. The program of approaching based upon therapy through ACT in the collective form within 8 sessions of 120 minutes. Results: The results were analyzed by studying the ANOVA with repeated measure and LSD and the result showed a significant meaning of the efficiency of ACT on sub scales of the life quality, physical sanity and psycho sanity. But no significant meaning was achieved to affirm the efficiency of ACT upon the environmental sanity. These effects did not persist on the process of follow- up. Conclusion: With regard to the research findings, one can employ ACT to improve lifequality of the aged people who suffer from ARMD.
