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ISSN: 2008-2630 Iranian Journal of War & Public Health 2014;6(3):81-86
ISSN: 2008-2630 Iranian Journal of War & Public Health 2014;6(3):81-86
Correlation between General Health and Quality of Life in Caregivers of Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury
ARTICLE INFO
Article Type
Original ResearchAuthors
Mardani Hamouleh M. (1 )Borimnejhad L. (2 )
Seyyed Fatemi N. (2 )
Taghavi T. (*)
(*) Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(1 ) Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(2 ) “Nursing Care Research Center”, & “Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty”, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence
Article History
Received: January 20, 2014Accepted: March 10, 2014
ePublished: April 2, 2014
ABSTRACT
Aims
Complications due to spinal injuries in veterans affect the different
dimensions of their family’s life. The present study was done to investigate the
correlation between general health and quality of life in caregivers of veterans
suffering from spinal cord injury.
Materials & Methods This correlational study was conducted among 90 caregivers of veterans suffering from spinal cord injury referring to Boostan hospital in Ahvaz who were selected through convenient sampling. Data was collected by general health and quality of life questionnaires (36 questions) and were analyzed using spearman's correlation and chi square.
Findings There was no significant difference between quality of life and general health of caregivers with age, sex, education, marital condition, economic level, relation with person on care and paralysis type (p>0.05). The mean score of general health of caregivers 57.5±5.6 and the mean score of quality of life was obtained 55.1±22.7. The significant correlation was observed between general health and quality of life score of caregivers (p=0.01).
Conclusion The most dysfunction in general health of caregivers is in the domains of anxiety, depression, social functioning and physical symptoms respectively. The most dysfunction in quality of life of caregivers is in the domains of general health perception, emotional role functioning and mental health respectively. There is a correlation between general health and quality of life of caregivers and there is a correlation between some domains of general health with quality of life in caregivers of veterans suffering from spinal cord.
Materials & Methods This correlational study was conducted among 90 caregivers of veterans suffering from spinal cord injury referring to Boostan hospital in Ahvaz who were selected through convenient sampling. Data was collected by general health and quality of life questionnaires (36 questions) and were analyzed using spearman's correlation and chi square.
Findings There was no significant difference between quality of life and general health of caregivers with age, sex, education, marital condition, economic level, relation with person on care and paralysis type (p>0.05). The mean score of general health of caregivers 57.5±5.6 and the mean score of quality of life was obtained 55.1±22.7. The significant correlation was observed between general health and quality of life score of caregivers (p=0.01).
Conclusion The most dysfunction in general health of caregivers is in the domains of anxiety, depression, social functioning and physical symptoms respectively. The most dysfunction in quality of life of caregivers is in the domains of general health perception, emotional role functioning and mental health respectively. There is a correlation between general health and quality of life of caregivers and there is a correlation between some domains of general health with quality of life in caregivers of veterans suffering from spinal cord.
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[15]Bahreinian S, Borhani H. Mental health in a group of war veterans and their spouses in Qom. Pejouhesh. 2003;27(4):305-12. [Persian]
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