The relationship between resilience and quality of life in family caregivers of patients with mental disorders

Introduction: In the past, patients with mental disorders were often isolated, but these patients now-a-days enter the society, as therapeutic interventions have advanced. Family members play an important role in the life of many adults with mental disorders and are under considerable amounts of stress that may affect caregiver’s physical health, quality of life and resilience. Aim: The present study aimed to determine the relationship between the resilience and quality of life in family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional, correlational, descriptive study was conducted on 238 family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. The Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) was used to measure the quality of life and the Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale was used to measure resilience in the participants. The SF-36 consists of two general dimensions and eight domains of health and the resilience scale consists of 25 items. The data obtained through the questionnaires were analysed in SPSS version 16.0 using Pearson’s correlation test. Results: The majority of the family caregivers were the patients’ mothers. The results showed a significant direct relationship between resilience and quality of life (p<0.001, r=0.40). Conclusion: Resilience is a personal resource that affects quality of life directly. Resilience can enhance quality of life. The design and implementation of programs to enhance resilience and improve quality of life in family caregivers in line with the emerging needs of this group are therefore necessary. © 2018, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Researc

Substance use and its related factors among iranian university students

Aim: Substance use in students is a serious problem around the world. This study aimed to determine the status of substance use and its relationship with religious beliefs and familial support and other related factors in Iranian university students. Study design: Cross sectional study. Methodology: This study took place in Hormozgan (south of Iran) in 2016. The randomly selected sample consisted of 524 university students. A self-report questionnaire had been used examining substance use, religious beliefs and familial support. All of analysis was performed using chi-square test, binary logistic regression in SPSS 16 software. The level of significance was 0.05. Results: The lifetime, last year, last month and daily or almost daily prevalence of substance use was 20.8, 14.9, 8.8 and 2.1%, respectively. After adjusting for other factors, living in single home (OR=5.02), cigarette smoking (OR=20.62), hookah smoking (OR=5.22), and score of familial support (OR=0.94) were associate with last year substance use. Among all substances, the prevalence of alcohol use was the highest (18.3% in lifetime and 6.9% in last month) and the prevalence of Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) was the lowest one (2.3% in lifetime and 1.9% in last month). Conclusion: The prevalence of substance use among Iranian university students is relatively high. The findings of this study can be used in planning and evaluating intervention by considering risk and protective factors