Original Article
Nursing
Shila latifzadeh; Alice khachian; Shaghayegh Sedigh; Sona Elyasi; Maedeh Mortezanasab; Ghazal Ghaderi
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Background and Objective: Collaborative care model is one of the novel models of nursing that improves treatment outcomes through collaboration. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of collaborative care model on quality of life and anxiety in patients with leukemia.Methods: The current ...
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Background and Objective: Collaborative care model is one of the novel models of nursing that improves treatment outcomes through collaboration. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of collaborative care model on quality of life and anxiety in patients with leukemia.Methods: The current non-randomized clinical trial with a control group was performed on 60 patients with leukemia in Firoozgar and Rasoul Akram hospitals in Tehran. The hospitals were randomly divided into two groups of control and intervention, and patients in each hospital were selected. In the intervention group, the collaborative care model was implemented, while in the control group, no specific measure was taken. Before, one and two months after the intervention, quality of life of patients in both groups was measured using the Quality of Life Questionnaire in oncology patients, and their anxiety was measured using the Beck Anxiety Inventory.Results: Before the intervention, no statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of the mean scores of anxiety, and quality of life and its dimensions (p>0.05). After the intervention, a statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of the mean scores of anxiety, and quality of life (p<0.05), indicating a decrease in anxiety and an increase in quality of life among patients in the intervention group.Conclusion: Based on the findings, it seems that collaborative care model has a positive effect on reducing anxiety and improving quality of life in patients with leukemia.
Original Article
Health Sciences
Shila latifzadeh; Kourosh Zarea
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Background:If disloyalty and betrayal occur in a family the betrayed spouse will be damaged more than anybody else causing mental health disorder and loss of their emotional and behavioral balance. This research was carried out to explain the divorce crisis in the betrayed spouses. Method:This qualitative ...
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Background:If disloyalty and betrayal occur in a family the betrayed spouse will be damaged more than anybody else causing mental health disorder and loss of their emotional and behavioral balance. This research was carried out to explain the divorce crisis in the betrayed spouses. Method:This qualitative research was carried out as the content analysis method in Iran, Ahvaz. Data was collected through 18 semi-structured interviews with 14 betrayed participants that were selected through purposeful sampling. The data was analyzed using conventional content analysis approach. Results:After analyzing the data three main themes and seven subcategories were identified. The themes included divorce issues with the subcategory of "fear of disclosure", divorce push with the subcategory of "moving towards divorce" and divorce inhibitors with the subcategories of "fear of consequences, lack of support, and parent household problems".Conclusion:The findings indicate that some of the participants in the research hadn't forgiven their spouse after detecting their betrayal and broke up, but some others had to ignore their partner's faults and continue their lives due to some reasons such as the concern to lose their children, fear of loneliness and lack of support. eurther study in this regards recommended.
Original Article
COVID-19
Zahra Karimi; Zahra Davoodi; Leila Rabiei; Mahnaz Jafari; Mansoureh Kiani Dehkordi; Roy Rillera Marzo; Masoud Lotfizadeh
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The prevalence of COVID-19 is a new and serious threat to public health. The said disease has affected almost all important economic, political, social, and even military aspects of many countries of the world. Therefore, the psychological effects of this viral disease on psychological health of different ...
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The prevalence of COVID-19 is a new and serious threat to public health. The said disease has affected almost all important economic, political, social, and even military aspects of many countries of the world. Therefore, the psychological effects of this viral disease on psychological health of different levels of society are very important, and it requires scientific studies. This study investigated the effects of COVID-19 on psychological distress and anxiety in Iran.This cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study was the first large-scale global study of psychological distress and anxiety in the public society, and it was based on the participation of people from some Asian countries during the COVID-19 epidemic. In this article, only the results from Iran were presented. The sample size for this study was 1480 people, and a standard questionnaire named COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) with Cronbach's alpha of 0.82 was used. The data were analyzed through SPSS software version 25. Results: It was indicated that 1171 (79%) participants were female and 309 (21%) participants were male. The mean score obtained from the CPDI Questionnaire was 54.16±6.13. There was a significant relationship between the age group and the total score of psychological distress and anxiety (p=0.0002). The results showed that there was a significant relationship between anxiety variables and education (p = 0.0001), monthly income (p = 0.008), and gender (p = 0.019).Conclusion: It can be concluded that most of the participants in the study are in an unfavorable situation in terms of psychological distress and anxiety.
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