Masoud Hejazi, Vida Sadeghzadeh, Relationships between Personality Traits, Attachment Styles and Mental Health with Internet Addiction

The present study was an attempt to investigate the relation between personality traits, attachment style, mental health, addiction to Internet. The predictability of personality, attachment style and mental health, age, gender, profession, internet addiction has been also investigated. The population of the study included all the students in the humanities, basic sciences and engineering faculties of Babolsar University. Random cluster sampling method was used to select the statistical sample. The sample size was computed 300 (100 in each field), respectively. The research method was correlation. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (central tendency and dispersion) were used and to answer the research questions, referential statistical techniques (correlation and regression analysis) were applied. The required data were collected using four questionnaires: NEO personality characteristics, general health Internet addiction, Young, and Collins vein of adult attachment scale used. To measure the validity and reliability the questionnaires, the test-retest method and Cronbach's alpha and expert consensus were used. A the research results revealed, regarding the characteristics of Internet addiction, there is a reverse relation between attachment styles while there is no public health internet addiction, as age increases, the rate of Internet addiction is decreased. Most of Internet addiction and engineering students in the fields of humanities. There is no relation between gender and Internet addiction and Internet addiction in predictability based on personality traits, attachment styles and mental health. The research findings indicated that these factors affect the rate of drug addiction to the internet

Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life in myocardial infarction patients in Zanjan

Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life in myocardial infarction patients in Zanjan Sadegh Zadeh V (MSN) 1, Moshtagh Eshgh Z (MSN) 2 1. Lecturer, Dept. Surgical, midwifery Dept, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan, Iran2. Lecturer, Dept. of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abstract Background and aimAcute heart diseases cause limitation in physical activity and problems in quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life in myocardial infarction patients in Zanjan. Materials and methodsThe current study is a two group and a pre & post test experimental study. 60 patients were selected and randomly assigned in two groups, control group and experimental group. For data collection, demographic questionnaire and Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) were used. Content validity of questionnaire was measured by content validity and reliability by Test-re-Test (r=0.82). Intervention program included, individual training, nutrition and mental counseling and exercise program. From each of the two groups control and experimental pre-test and post-test examinations were taken. Data were analyzed by SPSS v16 and descriptive and analytical statistics (T test, repeated measurement ANOVA) were used.  Findings The results show a significant difference in the quality of life scores of the control and experimental groups (P=0.001 Mean=1.55 S.E=0.41, P=0.000 Mean=2/71 S.E=0.59, respectively). Thus, cardiac rehabilitation program is effective on quality of life of MI patients in the experimental group. According to results, the average score of the eight week (experimental: P=0.000 Mean=0/64 S.D=1.42 control: P=0.001 Mean=2.27 S.D=2.20) was better than that of the third week (experimental: P=0.000 Mean=3.35 S.D=2.73 control: P=0.001 Mean= 3.82 S.D=2.13) for both groups. This is more drastic in the experimental group. Furthermore, results showed no significant difference between the quality of life scores of men and women.     ConclusionThe cardiac rehabilitation program can affect and improve the quality of life. Providing rehabilitation centers, gives the patients the chance to use these programs and gives them a better chance of independence life.                                                                                      Keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation, Myocardial infarction, Quality of life, Exercise.         *Corresponding Author: Vida Sadeghzadeh. Department of Nursing, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]