Hamid Alavimajd; Abdollah Khorrami Markani; Mohammad Khodayarifard; Farideh Yaghmai
Volume 18, Issue 3 , September and October 2011, , Pages 206-216
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Spiritual wellbeing as one of the effective factors on human health outcomes has been increasingly considered in recent years. Based on the literature، nurses'' spiritual wellbeing influences their spiritual care. Therefore، this qualitative study aims to explain spiritual wellbeing ...
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Background and Purpose: Spiritual wellbeing as one of the effective factors on human health outcomes has been increasingly considered in recent years. Based on the literature، nurses'' spiritual wellbeing influences their spiritual care. Therefore، this qualitative study aims to explain spiritual wellbeing from the perspective of oncology nurses. Methods and Materials: This qualitative phenomenological study involved 24 oncology nurses as participants from 12 hospitals affiliated to medical universities of Iran، Tehran، and Shahid Beheshti in Tehran، Iran. Data were collected through 20 semi-structured interviews and 2 focus group sessions with efficient age and sex diversity، and were analyzed by qualitative content analysis. Results: In the final step of analysis، 11 themes or main categories emerged: religious belief، Quran and the Hereafter، belief in God، Prophets and Imams، understanding of principles and philosophy of creation، searching for God، whole health، scientific and altruistic nursing، sense of life satisfaction، reaching transcendence، meaning and purpose in life، and inner energy resources. Conclusion: Oncology nurses experienced the spiritual wellbeing as belief in God and the Holy Quran، understanding the mystery of creation and searching for God (religious wellbeing) and attaining health، knowledgeable nursing، life and job satisfaction and finding the meaning and purpose of life (existential wellbeing).
NS KARIMAN; M ASL TOUGHIRI; A GHALEHEIHA; AA AKBARI; H ALAVI MAJD
Volume 15, Issue 1 , March and April 2008, , Pages 33-39
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Background and Purpose: Women are subject to postpartum depression in the childbearing age which is associated with aerious somplications for the mother infant and the family. Its cause is not known. Many studies have the effect of psychosocial factors in this regard but there is meager information on ...
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Background and Purpose: Women are subject to postpartum depression in the childbearing age which is associated with aerious somplications for the mother infant and the family. Its cause is not known. Many studies have the effect of psychosocial factors in this regard but there is meager information on the biological grounds. Recently anemia has been on the focus as causing depression. This study was conducted to determine the the relationship between anemia and postpartum depression.
Methods and Materials: This prospective descripe-anlytical study was conducted on the population of women admitted to the Fatemiyyeh Health Center affiliated to Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Iran in 2006. The study sample included 159 normal (non depressed confirmed by the Beck test) pregnant women who were selected by convenient non-probability methods. With a gestational age of 38-40 weeks they were divided into two groups of anemics and non-anemics by their hemoglubin levels (measured by Cyan Matt). They were homegenized as for the confounders. On the 7th and 28th days after labor their hemoglubin was measred again. On the 28th day they completed the Edinburgh Questionnaire. The relationship between their postpartum depression and anemia was assessed three times. Chi-square t-test Mann Whitney and the relative risk tests were used in SPSS to analyze the obatained data.
Results: 14.6% of the non-anemics and 38.6% of the anemics (measured on the 38-40 weeks) were found t obe depressed on the 28th day after delivery and anemia had increased the chances of postpartum depression by 1.8 times 14.8% of the non-anemics and 35.9% of the anemics (measured on the 7th day after labor) were depressed on the 28th day and anemia had increased the chances of postpartum depression by 1.7 times. Also 11.5% of the non-anemics and 46% of the anemics (measured on the 28th day after labor) were depressed after labor. Anemia had increased the chances of postpartum depression by 2.5 times.
Conclusion: It seems that anemia in the 38-40 weeks of gestation on the 7th and 28th days after labor can increase the likelihood of postpartum depression.