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Can a psychosocial intervention programme teaching coping strategies improve the quality of life of Iranian women? A non-randomised quasi-experimental study
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Addelyan Rasi, Hamideh (författare)
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Timpka, Toomas, 1957- (författare)
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Lindqvist, Kent (författare)
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Moula, Alireza (författare)
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- BMJ Publishing Group, 2013
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: BMJ Open. - 2044-6055. ; 3:3
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http://www.his.se/ (web site)
Abstract
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- Objectives: To assess whether a psychosocial intervention teaching coping strategies to women can improve quality of life (QOL) in groups of Iranian women exposed to social pressures. Design: Quasi-experimental non-randomised group design involving two categories of Iranian women, each category represented by non-equivalent intervention and comparison groups. Setting: A large urban area in Iran. Participants: 44 women; 25 single mothers and 19 newly married women. Interventions: Seventh-month psychosocial intervention aimed at providing coping strategies. Primary outcome measures: Effect sizes in four specific health-related domains and two overall perceptions of QOL and health measured by the WHOQOL-BREF instrument. Results: Large effect sizes were observed among the women exposed to the intervention in the WHOQOLBREF subdomains measuring physical health (r=0.68; p<0.001), psychological health (r=0.72; p<0.001), social relationships (r=0.52; p<0.01), environmental health (r=0.55; p<0.01) and in the overall perception of QOL (r=0.72; p<0.001); the effect size regarding overall perception of health was between small and medium (r=0.20; not significant). Small and not statistically significant effect sizes were observed in the women provided with traditional social welfare services. Conclusions: Teaching coping strategies can improve the QOL of women in societies where gender discrimination is prevalent. The findings require reproduction in studies with a more rigorous design before the intervention model can be recommended for widespread distribution.
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- Medical and Health Sciences (ssif)
- Medicin och hälsovetenskap (ssif)
- Medical sciences (his)
- Medicin (his)
Genre
- government publication (marcgt)
Nyckelord
- article
- coping behavior
- effect size
- environmental health
- female
- health education
- health program
- health service
- human
- Iran
- major clinical study
- mental health
- perception
- psychosocial care
- quality of life
- quasi experimental study
- social welfare
- urban area
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