Objective: Maintaining and improving patients’ quality of life (QOL) are regarded as the most important aims in health-care systems. These are directly associated with intervention of health-care providers across the world. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of teamwork on frequency of care provided to children with cleft lip and palate and their mothers’ QOL. Methods: This analytical epidemiology study was conducted on 101 children with cleft lip and palate and their mothers who were divided into 2 groups: a multidisciplinary team and a group of individual providers. Data were collected using convenience sampling. Quality of Life Questionnaire (Short Form-36) was assessed. The statistical analysis was performed using the χ2 test, independent t test, and Mann-Whitney U test in SPSS (20). Results: Both groups were matched. There was a significant statistical difference among the members of multidisciplinary team who received surgery, genetic counseling, and dental care ( P ≤ .043) and the individual providers groups. The 2 groups did not have significant difference in receiving the hearing test, speech therapy, and dental care 12 months before the interview. There were significant differences in QOL scores between the multidisciplinary team and the group of individual providers ( P = .013). Conclusions: The services provided as a multidisciplinary team leads to a better outcome and improves the QOL of our patients and their families. It is recommended that services should be provided in the team approach for patients with cleft lip and palate.
Introduction: Menopause is one of the stages of women's lives associated with physical and mental changes. The purpose of this study was to compare sexual intimacy, life satisfaction and coping strategies with postmenopausal and nonmenopausal women referring to health centers of Ahvaz Oil Industry. Methods: The research method was a descriptive-analytical one. The sample of this study was 200 postmenopausal and non-menopausal women who were selected via available sampling method in 2016. These groups were from the visitors to the petrochemical treatment centers who were matched by age, marital, economic and social status as well as physical health. The tools consisted of self-report questionnaire such as Bagarrozi intimacy needs questionnaire, life satisfaction questionnaire, and a Lazarus coping strategies questionnaire. SPSS18 was used for data analysis and the significance level was 0.05. Results: The mean of sex intimacy score (P=0.001), life satisfaction (P=0.004), emotional coping strategies (P=0.04), and problem-oriented coping strategies (P=0.01) were significantly different in two groups. Conclusion: After the onset of menopause, sexual intimacy and life satisfaction are reduced and preferably, according to psychological and physical changes, postmenopausal women use emotional-focused strategies to cope with stressful conditions.
The present research was conducted to study effectiveness of the unified transdiagnostic treatment on brain-behavioral systems and anxiety sensitivity in female students with social anxiety symptoms. The statistical population of this study included all undergraduate female students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of medical sciences. In a pre-posttest experimental design with control group, 32 female students with the diagnosis of social anxiety disorder were selected by random cluster sampling. Then, all of the subjects were randomly allocated into two groups: experimental and control groups (16 students each). Research tools used in this study were Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), Behavioral Activation/Behavioral Inhibition Scales (BIS/BIS) and Anxiety Sensitivity Inventory (ASI
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