Quality of Life of Infertile Couples in relation to Marital Adjustment, Factors related to Infertility, and Demographic Characteristics

Background & Aims: Quality of life of infertile couples is affected by changes happening in their life. Knowledge about the quality of life, marital adjustment, and underlying factors of infertile couples is an important part of social health information. Such information can be used for developing health promotion programs by family counselors. The aim of this study was to predict the quality of life of infertile couples based on marital adjustment, factors related to infertility, and background characteristics. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, 131 women and 79 men referred to an infertility center in East Azerbaijan were recruited using a convenience method. Data were collected using the infertile women’s quality of life and Spiner’s marital adjustment questionnaires. Regression analysis was used for data analysis via the SPSS16. Results: The mean age of the female and male participants were 35.74 ± 6.11 years and 32.45 ± 5.72 years, respectively. Of variables with a p-value less than 0.1 that entered the regression analysis, marital adjustment, gender, and insurance accounted for 78% of the observed variance in the quality of life of the infertile couples. Conclusions: It was revealed that the variables of this study had important impacts on the infertile couples’ quality of life. Therefore, holding consultation programs and conducting more studies are necessary for improving the couples’ quality of life and promoting sexual and marital adjustment in infertile couples. Removing underlying problems by interventional studies are suggested to modify couples’ quality of life

Assessment of quality of life and supportive care in women with

AbstractBackground and Aim: The diagnosis of breast cancer is very stressful event having extensiveimpact on different aspects of daily life and increase the need for support from care providers. Theaim of this study was to examine the association between quality of life and supportive care inwomen with breast cancer.Materials and Methods: A descriptive - correlational design was used for this study. One hundredpatients with breast cancer, who attended to clinic of Hematology and Oncology in TabrizUniversity of Medical Sciences, participated in this research. The sample of the study consisted of100 women with breast cancer who were selected by judgmental sampling .Data was collected usinga validated questionnaire consisting of 3 parts: socio–demographic and clinical characteristics,quality of life and nursing supportive care. Validity of the questionnaire was obtained by contentvalidity. Reliability was assessed through Cranach's alpha. Data were analyzed by SPSS statisticalsoftware (version 14.Results: Mean age of participants was 45.78±8.99 , a majority of the participants (21%) werebetween 35 to 39 years of age .The duration of illness was 1 to 4 years in 50% of theparticipants(M=2.08, SD=1.46) . 63.6% of participants reported that they receive moderatesupportive care from nurses . Overall quality of life was undesirable in 52.5% of the women.Finding indicated a direct and significant association between quality of life scores and supportivecare(r=0.2 P<0.05)Conclusion: Cancer and its treatment influence integrity of person. The results of this study can helpnurses in their supportive care. By providing supportive care , nurses can promote the quality of lifeof breast cancer patients

A comparison of the effect of Vitamin D and Vitamin E supplementations, alone, and in combination, on reducing the intensity and duration of dysmenorrhea in women: A randomized controlled trial

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the effect of Vitamin D and Vitamin E supplementations, alone, and in combination, on reducing the intensity and duration of dysmenorrhea in women who were referred to the Kowsar gynecological clinics of Shahid Motahari Hospital of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: A double-blinded clinical trial was conducted on 112 women with dysmenorrhea who were randomly allocated into the four study groups. Finally, 100 women complete the study and received capsules containing a placebo (n = 25), 1000 IU of Vitamin D (n = 25), 400 mg of Vitamin E (n = 25), and 1000 IU of Vitamin D + 400 mg of Vitamin E (n = 25) every 24 h for 2 consecutive months at the beginning of the menstrual period. The pain intensity and duration among groups were compared before and after the intervention. Results: The mean menstrual pain duration in all three experimental groups (Vitamin E, Vitamin D, and the combination of them) was lower than the placebo group (all P < 0.05), and the mean pain intensity scores in all three experimental groups were significantly lower than the placebo group (all P < 0.05). The results (means) for all of the drugs administered at the end of the 2nd month were better than the 1st month (all P < 0.01). Conclusions: Vitamin E and Vitamin D, as well as their combination, are recommended as an effective and safe treatment for the management of the complications of dysmenorrhea