Showing papers in "Iranian Journal of Ageing in 2017"
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TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-anatomy of the central nervous system, which aims to clarify the role of emotion, language, and emotion in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Abstract: 1. Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allame Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. 2. Department of Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3. Department of Social Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Allame Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. 4Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 5Department of Neurobiology, Division of Clinical Geriatric, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Elham Mohammadi1, *Talat Allahyari1, Ali Darvishpoor Kakhaki2, Hasan Saraei3, Seyed Mohammad Fereshtehnejad4,5
TL;DR: Quality of life, Fertillty, Infertility, Psychological- affective status, Enjoying life, Perceived stress is one of the important issues to be addressed in infertility counseling.
Abstract: Background & Aim: Assessment of Quality Of Life(QOL) is one of the most active areas in modern studies. QOL is a term to describe individuals' health and affective, social and physical wellbeing and also to demonstrate their ability for accomplishing daily routine tasks. This study aimed to compare QOL domains in fertile and infertile women. Method & Materials: Forty-four infertile women referred to Isfahan Clinic of Fertility and Infertility and 35 fertile women were randomly selected. Participants' level of education considered to be at least graduation from intermediary school & their range of age to be 20 to 40. QOL questionnaire was administered to all participants. This questionnaire consists of 55 questions which assess the QOL in 5 domains namely: physical status, psychological and affective status, perceived stress, enjoying life and perceived overall QOL. Data analyses were done by SPSS software. Findings: Compared to fertile women, QOL mean score was significantly lower in infertile ones(p=0.02). In the domains of physical status, perceived stress and perceived overall QOL, the two groups showed no significant difference (p > 0.05), but infertile women group had a significantly lower score on the domains of psychological- effective status(p = 0.02) and enjoying life(p = 0.0001). Conclusion: QOL is one of the important issues to be addressed in infertility counseling. Keywords : Quality of life, Fertillty, Infertility, Psychological- affective status, Enjoying life, Perceived stress.
TL;DR: The results of the present study showed that listening to the Holy Quran recitation could be a useful factor in the promotion of the quality of sleep in the elderly and using this easy, costeffective, and valuable strategy is recommended for the improvement of thequality of sleep among the elderly.
Abstract: Objectives Concerning the high prevalence of insomnia disorder in the elderly population and its effect on their quality of life, this study aimed to examine the effect of Holy Quran recitation on the quality of sleep of older adults in nursing homes. Methods & Materials The participants of this clinical trial study were 65 older people from a nursing home in Malayer City, Iran. They were randomized to either the experimental (n=33) or the control (n=32) group. The participants in the experimental group listened to Holy Quran recitation for 20 minutes before sleep every night for 4 weeks. The data were collected using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index and were analyzed using parametric (dependent and independent samples t-test) and non-parametric (Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney) tests and covariance analysis. Results The Mean±SD ages of the older people were 73.97±9.91 years in the experimental group and 64.53±12.75 years in the control group. The results of covariance showed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups after listening to the Holy Quran recitation (P<0,001). Furthermore, in the experimental group, the Mean±SD scores of total quality of sleep (from 9.27±3.37 to 6.60±3.87) and its two subscales of habitual sleep efficiency (from 2.94±0.35 to 0.63±1.25) and daytime dysfunction (from 0.33±0.54 to 0.39±0.50) improved significantly (P< 0.05). Conclusion The results of the present study showed that listening to the Holy Quran recitation could be a useful factor in the promotion of the quality of sleep in the elderly. Therefore, using this easy, costeffective, and valuable strategy is recommended for the improvement of the quality of sleep among the elderly. © 2019 Negah Institute for Scientific Communication.