[Comparison of depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life in dormitories students of Tarbiat Modares university]

Students are the future managers of each country and in our country because of having a young population pyramid; the importance of them in managing country future is more outstanding. Therefore physical health especially their psychic condition is directly related to the community health in future. The purpose of this study was to compare depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life [QOL] of female and male students resident in Tarbiat Modares University dormitories. This study was a cross-sectional descriptive study which used DASS21 and SF-8 questionnaires completed by subjects to measure the mentioned variables in 223 female and male dormitory students of Tarbiat Modares University. The subjects were selected using cluster sampling method. The results of this study showed that 51.6% of students suffer from depression, 39.5% from anxiety and 71.7% from stress. The level of depression, anxiety, and stress in male students showed to be higher than females. Student's QOL was moderate in 33.2% and poor in 4.9% of them. The relation between education level [MSc vs. PhD] and the main variables was not significant. Stress, anxiety and depression had a direct relation together and an inverse relation with QOL. Regarding to the results of this study, it is concluded that academic study is accompanied by a high level of depression and anxiety and lower level of QOL because of the presence of high levels of stress. So every society which thinks about its health and its future generations is expected to investigate on predisposing factors of stress, depression, as well as anxiety and remove them in order to ensure its future goals

effect of changing position on patients' fatigue and satisfaction after coronary angiography

Patients' satisfaction is one of the most important indices for evaluating quality of care. Restricting patients to be bed rest after angiography leads to minimize the complications bleeding which is always accompanied by patient's fatigue and dissatisfaction. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of changing patients' position on the levels of fatigue and satisfaction and to monitor the amount of bleeding and hematoma after angiography. This study was a quasi-experimental design with accessible sampling on Iranian patients [with 18-80 years old] who had undergone non-emergency angiography, were randomly allocated to experimental or control group [35 patients in each group]. A demographic questionnaire, visual analog scale to measure the fatigue intensity and the level of satisfaction, and a specific ruler to measure the amount of bleeding and hematoma were used to collect data. The experimental group was treated with the modified positioning compared to the control group with routine protocol. To analyze the data, t-test, chi square, ANOVA with repeated measure and correlation tests were used. The study finding showed that the control group had significantly higher fatigue scores, and lower satisfaction scores than the experimental group at 3, 6, 8 hours and on the next morning after angiography [P < 0.05]. There also was no significant difference in the amount of bleeding and hematoma in the experimental group compared to the control group [P > 0.05]. According to the study results, modifying positioning of the patients after angiography is associated with decreased level of fatigue and increased satisfaction level without increasing the risk of bleeding and hematoma

[Effect of positioning on patient's back pain and comfort after coronary angiography]

Coronary angiography is the golden diagnostic test for coronary heart disease. After the procedure, for minimizing the complications [mostly bleeding and hematoma] patients are restricted to bed rest for 8 to 24 hours that is always accompanied by patient's back pain and discomfort. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of changing patients' position on back pain, comfort, amount of bleeding and hematoma. Subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental [changing position] and the control group. Visual analog scale was used to measure pain intensity and comfort level, and a specific ruler was used to measure the amount of bleeding and hematoma. The experimental group had significantly lower pain scores and higher comfort scores than the control group at 3, 6, 8 hours, and at the next morning after angiography [p<0.01]. Changing patient's position according to the designed protocol produced no significant increase in the amount of bleeding and hematoma compared to the control group. The results showed that changing patient's position after angiography is practically feasible, and is associated with decreased level of back pain and increased comfort level without increasing the amount of bleeding and hematoma