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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.

ABSTRACT:

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 WHOQOL-BREF 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.

SUBMITTER: Addelyan Rasi H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3612755 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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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.

Addelyan Rasi Hamideh H Timpka Toomas T Lindqvist Kent K Moula Alireza A

BMJ open 20130325 3

<h4>Objectives</h4>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.<h4>Design</h4>Quasi-experimental non-randomised group design involving two categories of Iranian women, each category represented by non-equivalent intervention and comparison groups.<h4>Setting</h4>A large urban area in Iran.<h4>Participants</h4>44 women; 25 single mothers and 19 newly married women.<h4>Int ...[more]

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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.

Objectives

Design

Setting

Participants

Interventions

Primary outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

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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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