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Background: To determine the health needs and promote women's health, their quality of life should be investigated. For this purpose, a valid tool is needed, that has credible validity and reliability, and its concepts are clearly defined and culturally appropriate. This study aimed to develop and assess the psychometric properties of "Iranian Women's Quality of Life Instrument (IWQOLI)"., Methods: The items of "IWQOLI" were generated from themes extracted (150 items) from a content analysis approach with the participation of 40 women. Face validity of the questionnaire with the participation of 10 women and content validity by 10 experts was approved. To determine the domains of the questionnaire, exploratory factor analysis (principal component extraction method) was performed. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability methods with 14-day intervals (30 women) were used to assess the reliability of WQOLI., Results: After performing the face and content validity, 32 items were deleted. S-CVI/Ave was obtained for the instrument (0.93). The factor structure of the inventory was identified by undertaking a principal component analysis in a sample of 590 women. Five factors were extracted with a total variance account of 56.24% and 28 items dropped at this point. The IWQOLI score was significantly correlated with the SF-36 (r = 0.717, p < 0.001). Reliability was demonstrated with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.919 for the entire scale (90-item). Consistency of the instrument was established with test-retest reliability with an interval of 2 weeks (intra-cluster correlation = 0.889, P < 0.001)., Conclusions: The Iranian women's Quality of life Instrument "IWQOLI", consisting of 90 items representing 5 domains (sense of peace in life, sense of security, health responsibility, pleasant communication, received comprehensive support), demonstrated excellent psychometric properties, so it may be used for measuring women's QOL in practical research., (© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.)

Background: Family-centered empowerment model (FCEM) is a concept that strengthens the family to help a chronic patient to obtain a better quality of life (QoL). The effects of FCEM on QoL of chronic patients are still inconclusive. Therefore, this meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the effect of FCEM on QoL of adult patients with chronic diseases., Methods: Following an online search PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, OVID, EMBASE, EBSCO, PsycINFO and Persian databases (Irandoc, IranMedex, SID and MagIran), all studies that tested the impact of FCEM on QoL of patients with chronic diseases were included. Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool was used to assessment the quality of included randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and before/after studies. Analyses were conducted by STATA16., Results: Six hundred and ninety-seven studies were identified for screening. After screening process, 11 eligible studies were included in this meta-analysis. There were significant intervention effects in all QoL dimensions, physical and mental subscales and QoL total score (All P < 0.05). The minimum lower bound for SMD was 0.61 (95%CI: 0.96 to 1.66), indicating an increasing effect of the intervention on all QOL dimensions. The results showed substantial heterogeneity between the studies for all QoL dimensions, physical and mental subscales and QoL total scores (P < 0.001)., Conclusion: FCEM is an appropriate model with a simple and effective application for families with a patient suffering from a chronic illness. Nursing education planners and healthcare providers could benefit from this model for improving the nursing education curriculum and accrediting programs., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Background: Anemia is the most prevalent disease in teenage girls and like other chronic diseases not only affects different aspects of their quality of life (QOl) but also quality of life of their parents., Objective: The aim of present study is investigating the effectiveness of family centered empowerment model (FCEM) on adolescent girls with anemia and their mother's quality of life., Methods: Semi-experimental practical research is performed by choosing 60 girls with anemia and their mothers classified in two case and control groups based on random allocation in Tehran city. The eight sessions of educational program based on educational needs of girls & mothers in case group done for two months. The post test was carried out 1/5 month after the end of intervention through QOl questionnaire in case and control groups. Data analysis was performed using statistical methods including t-test, paired t-test., Results: There was no significant difference in the QOl in adolescent girls and their mothers between the two case and control groups before intervention (P=0/473 & P=0/94 respectively). While, after the intervention independent t-test showed a significant difference between the two case and control groups (P>0/001)., Conclusions: Findings showed that the FCEM promote the QOl in adolescent girls with anemia and their mothers. It is recommended that extensive studies be performed on the effectiveness of this model for other chronic diseases in different age groups., (© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.)

Background: According to the fact that women make up half the population of each community and are considered as a family health center, exploring the factors promoting their quality of life and health must be prioritized., Objective: This study aimed to understand the meaning of social support in young women's life., Methods: Participants were 40 Iranian youth women who were selected by purposive sampling from the capital of Iran, Tehran. Interviews were carefully recorded and concurrent with data collection, analysis was done using conventional content analysis method. After securing the data saturation, interviews were finished and data were categorized by eight stages of zhang technique., Results: From the interviews three main themes were identified: (i) financial support; (ii) informational support, and (iii) service-based social support., Discussion: Awareness about aspects of social support in women' life could help health care providers and politicians in Iran to provide more effective programs to promote QOL and as a result total health of women., (© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.)

According to the fact that women make up half the population of each community and are considered as a family health center, exploring the factors promoting their quality of life and health must be prioritized. This study aimed to understand the meaning of social support in young women's life. Participants were 40 Iranian youth women who were selected by purposive sampling from the capital of Iran, Tehran. Interviews were carefully recorded and concurrent with data collection, analysis was done using conventional content analysis method. After securing the data saturation, interviews were finished and data were categorized by eight stages of zhang technique. From the interviews three main themes were identified: (i) financial support; (ii) informational support, and (iii) service-based social support. Awareness about aspects of social support in women' life could help health care providers and politicians in Iran to provide more effective programs to promote QOL and as a result total health of women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anemia is the most prevalent disease in teenage girls and like other chronic diseases not only affects different aspects of their quality of life (QOl) but also quality of life of their parents. The aim of present study is investigating the effectiveness of family centered empowerment model (FCEM) on adolescent girls with anemia and their mother's quality of life. Semi-experimental practical research is performed by choosing 60 girls with anemia and their mothers classified in two case and control groups based on random allocation in Tehran city. The eight sessions of educational program based on educational needs of girls & mothers in case group done for two months. The post test was carried out 1/5 month after the end of intervention through QOl questionnaire in case and control groups. Data analysis was performed using statistical methods including t-test, paired t-test. There was no significant difference in the QOl in adolescent girls and their mothers between the two case and control groups before intervention (P=0/473 & P=0/94 respectively). While, after the intervention independent t-test showed a significant difference between the two case and control groups (P>0/001). Findings showed that the FCEM promote the QOl in adolescent girls with anemia and their mothers. It is recommended that extensive studies be performed on the effectiveness of this model for other chronic diseases in different age groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Quality of life drives from the individuals' perceptions of their position in life long and allows holistic assessment of the effects of health conditions beyond the symptoms, signs, and complications. This study aimed to assess the quality of life and recognize females' point of view about the quality of life aspects. Hence, perhaps it could be a step toward improving women's health status. Materials and Methods: This study was an explanatory mixed method research one which was conducted in the two following steps. In the quantitative step, five hundred women aged 15-49 years were selected from varied zone of Tehran Province, using cluster random sampling method. In order to assess the quality of life, Short Form SF- 36 instrument was used. In the qualitative step, forty women were selected by purposive sampling in a different range of quality of life based on the result of the first step. Data were collected through semistructured, in depth individual interviews, which continued up to data saturation point. Data analysis was performed through conventional content analysis. Results: Among different aspects of quality of life, the highest and the lowest means (SD) were related to physical functioning mean (SD) 70.58 (24.52) and general health 67.72 (27.66), and mental health 55.27 (30.22) and social functioning 57.02 (30.62), respectively. From the interviews, three main themes were extracted as the following: (i) financial support, (ii) informational support, and (iii) service-based social support. Conclusions: The present study revealed that Tehranian women do not have high experience related to the quality of life; however, a sense of receiving support from different sources could help them to wrestle with a complicated condition in everyday life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The communication is not just being able to verbally pronounce words and sentences, but it includes understanding information through inspiration, inner instinct, or external guidance. To achieve a better quality of life (QoL), there is a need for determining pleasant communication. The current study aimed to explore the women's perception about different aspects of communication in their life. Materials and Methods: This qualitative content analysis aimed to understand the meaning of communication as a key factor in Iranian women's QoL, which was conducted on 40 women. The data were gathered through depth interviews from May to November 2016 in Tehran, Iran. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis in 8 stages recommended by Zhang. Results: Two categories were identified based on the interviews, including constructive spiritual and pleasant peripheral communication and each theme consisted of some categories. Conclusions: Overall, awareness about different aspects of communication in women's life must be considered by politicians and health care providers in Iran. In addition, efforts would be made to improve nurses' understanding of different aspects of the QoL, especially pleasant communication in women's life which could help their health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess nurses' issues in adopting self-control behaviors in stressful situations. Materials and Method: The present cross sectional study was conducted on 84 nurses in 22 Bahman and Hakim hospitals in Neyshabur were selected as research population that were selected using stratified sampling method with appropriate matching. Results: The results showed that the mean age of participant nurses was 29. 57 (67.9%) were female and 27 (32.1%) were male. Heavy workload, lack of a consultant and advisor, and unfair discrimination between nurses in evaluations were issues with high frequency which participants mentioned in their answers. Conclusion: Based on results if we could change the knowledge and attitudes of the managers about anxiety and stress among employees and empower them such that they could make decisions about environmental it eventually leads to improved organizational productivity through improvements in the quality of life among nurses and effects on the whole organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]