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Introduction: Diabetes and its complications have a significant impact on patients' quality of life and spirituality can help improve the quality of life in such patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of spirituality with quality of life in patients with Type 2 diabetes
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive-correlation study. Participants were 145 individuals with type 2 diabetes, patients of rural health clinics and the Valiasr hospital in Khorramshahr city, selected via stratified random and sampling methods. Data collection tools were a version of 29- item of the spiritual questionnaire [Parsian and Dunning] and a version of 26-item of the Quality of Life Questionnaire [World Health Organization], both questionnaires with previously confirmed validity and reliability in numerous studies. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16 software and Pearson's correlation, T-test, ANOVA, Post Hoc and Stepwise Regression analytical statistics
Results: There was a significant positive relationship between spirituality and quality of life [p<0.0001]. The results show a statistically significant relationship between spirituality and quality of life with both education and age
Conclusion: A strong correlation between spirituality and quality of life in patients with type II diabetes, demonstrates the roles and responsibilities of healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses and patients' families in meeting the varied spiritual and religious needs of patients along with their therapeutic management. Focusing on improving spiritual health is also important in education programs for these patients
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Background and aims: Occupational stress is defined as the harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker. Occupational stress may bring about economic and health problems. This study was conducted to determine the factors that contribute to occupational stress of the employees of ESCO [Iran]
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 400 ESCO employees. Data were collected using demographic and DASS questionnaire and then were analyzed using Chi statistical test and logistic regression analyzation
Results: The prevalence of stress was 53%. There was no significant relationship between stress and age, marital status, experience, literacy and shift work. However, high significant relationship was found between income and stress. It is apparent that financial problems were the most common reasons for stress among the employees and the main contributors to stress were work environment, task type, financial problems and the income below 5000000 rials [P<0.05]
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, about half of the ESCO employees suffer from stress compared with other industrialized countries, Iranian employees appeared to have much higher prevalence of stress. This result calls for appropriate planning of the workplace and condition to improve the quality of life and reduce stress