BACKGROUND: Assessing and evaluating mental health status can provide educational planners valuable information to predict the quality of physicians' performance at work. These data can help physicians to practice...BACKGROUND: Assessing and evaluating mental health status can provide educational planners valuable information to predict the quality of physicians' performance at work. These data can help physicians to practice in the most desired way. The study aimed to evaluate factors affecting psychological morbidity in Iranian emergency medicine practitioners at educational hospitals of Tehran.METHODS: In this cross sectional study 204 participants(emergency medicine residents and specialists) from educational hospitals of Tehran were recruited and their psychological morbidity was assessed by using a 28-question Goldberg General Health Questionnaire(GHQ-28). Somatization, anxiety and sleep disorders, social dysfunction and depression were evaluated among practitioners and compared to demographic and job related variables.RESULTS: Two hundreds and four participants consisting of 146(71.6%) males and 58(28.4%) females were evaluated. Of all participants, 55(27%) were single and 149(73%) were married. Most of our participants(40.2%) were between 30–35 years old. By using GHQ-28, 129(63.2%) were recognized as normal and 75(36.8%) suffered some mental health disorders. There was a signifi cant gender difference between normal practitioners and practitioners with disorder(P=0.02) while marital status had no significant difference(P=0.2). Only 19(9.3%) declared having some major mental health issue in the previous month.CONCLUSION: Females encountered more mental health disorders than male(P=0.02) and the most common disorder observed was somatization(P=0.006).展开更多
Chronic pain is a health problem that significantly influences patients’lives,causing functional,social,socioeconomic,and emotional changes that impact quality of life(QoL).The aim of this study was to evaluate which...Chronic pain is a health problem that significantly influences patients’lives,causing functional,social,socioeconomic,and emotional changes that impact quality of life(QoL).The aim of this study was to evaluate which variables(e.g.,psychological morbidity,illness representations,pain,and coping)contribute to QoL and to analyse the moderating role of illness-and wellness-focused coping in the relationship between pain interference and Qol,in chronic pain patients.A sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire,the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire,the Pain Catastrophizing Scale,the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale,the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory,the Short Form Health Survey,and the Brief Pain Inventory were completed by 103 patients with chronic pain.Greater use of wellness-focused coping and being professionally active were associated with better physical QoL.Cognitive representations and illnessfocused coping contributed to physical QoL,and psychological morbidity contributed to mental QoL.Illness-focused coping and wellness-focused coping moderated the relationship between pain interference and physical QoL,but not with mental QoL.Since pain interference was positively related to psychological morbidity,and the latter was negatively related to QoL,it is extremely important to evaluate and promote patients’coping strategies that are focused on well-being to improve QoL.Results from this study underline the relevance of a multidisciplinary approach to chronic pain and the need to account for psychological morbidity and coping strategies in intervention programs to promote QoL in chronic pain patients.展开更多
For most individuals,changes occurring during the aging process may cause dissatisfaction and concerns regarding body image,with implications on quality of life(QoL).The aim of this study was to assess the contributio...For most individuals,changes occurring during the aging process may cause dissatisfaction and concerns regarding body image,with implications on quality of life(QoL).The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of sociodemographic and psychological variables and the type of anti-aging products/treatments on men’s QoL,as well as to evaluate the moderating role of aging perceptions in the relationship between psychological morbidity and QoL.This study used a cross-sectional design and included a sample of 111 male participants who used anti-aging cosmetic products/aesthetic treatments.Participants were assessed on body image,self-esteem,psychological morbidity,aging perceptions,traits of perfectionism,and QoL.Results suggested that psychological morbidity and perceptions of the aging process as chronic negatively contributed to QoL,and emotional representations of aging moderated the relationship between psychological morbidity and QoL.According to the findings,psychological intervention programs to improve QoL should focus on men with higher levels of psychological morbidity and more negative emotional responses to the aging process.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND: Assessing and evaluating mental health status can provide educational planners valuable information to predict the quality of physicians' performance at work. These data can help physicians to practice in the most desired way. The study aimed to evaluate factors affecting psychological morbidity in Iranian emergency medicine practitioners at educational hospitals of Tehran.METHODS: In this cross sectional study 204 participants(emergency medicine residents and specialists) from educational hospitals of Tehran were recruited and their psychological morbidity was assessed by using a 28-question Goldberg General Health Questionnaire(GHQ-28). Somatization, anxiety and sleep disorders, social dysfunction and depression were evaluated among practitioners and compared to demographic and job related variables.RESULTS: Two hundreds and four participants consisting of 146(71.6%) males and 58(28.4%) females were evaluated. Of all participants, 55(27%) were single and 149(73%) were married. Most of our participants(40.2%) were between 30–35 years old. By using GHQ-28, 129(63.2%) were recognized as normal and 75(36.8%) suffered some mental health disorders. There was a signifi cant gender difference between normal practitioners and practitioners with disorder(P=0.02) while marital status had no significant difference(P=0.2). Only 19(9.3%) declared having some major mental health issue in the previous month.CONCLUSION: Females encountered more mental health disorders than male(P=0.02) and the most common disorder observed was somatization(P=0.006).
文摘Chronic pain is a health problem that significantly influences patients’lives,causing functional,social,socioeconomic,and emotional changes that impact quality of life(QoL).The aim of this study was to evaluate which variables(e.g.,psychological morbidity,illness representations,pain,and coping)contribute to QoL and to analyse the moderating role of illness-and wellness-focused coping in the relationship between pain interference and Qol,in chronic pain patients.A sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire,the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire,the Pain Catastrophizing Scale,the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale,the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory,the Short Form Health Survey,and the Brief Pain Inventory were completed by 103 patients with chronic pain.Greater use of wellness-focused coping and being professionally active were associated with better physical QoL.Cognitive representations and illnessfocused coping contributed to physical QoL,and psychological morbidity contributed to mental QoL.Illness-focused coping and wellness-focused coping moderated the relationship between pain interference and physical QoL,but not with mental QoL.Since pain interference was positively related to psychological morbidity,and the latter was negatively related to QoL,it is extremely important to evaluate and promote patients’coping strategies that are focused on well-being to improve QoL.Results from this study underline the relevance of a multidisciplinary approach to chronic pain and the need to account for psychological morbidity and coping strategies in intervention programs to promote QoL in chronic pain patients.
基金Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia(FCT)through the Portuguese State Budget,Grant/Award Number:UIDB/PSI/01662/2020。
文摘For most individuals,changes occurring during the aging process may cause dissatisfaction and concerns regarding body image,with implications on quality of life(QoL).The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of sociodemographic and psychological variables and the type of anti-aging products/treatments on men’s QoL,as well as to evaluate the moderating role of aging perceptions in the relationship between psychological morbidity and QoL.This study used a cross-sectional design and included a sample of 111 male participants who used anti-aging cosmetic products/aesthetic treatments.Participants were assessed on body image,self-esteem,psychological morbidity,aging perceptions,traits of perfectionism,and QoL.Results suggested that psychological morbidity and perceptions of the aging process as chronic negatively contributed to QoL,and emotional representations of aging moderated the relationship between psychological morbidity and QoL.According to the findings,psychological intervention programs to improve QoL should focus on men with higher levels of psychological morbidity and more negative emotional responses to the aging process.
