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Objective: The study was planned to investigate the role of meaning in life with life satisfaction among women with breast cancer. The study further analyzed the influence of socio-personal characteristics of these women with their life satisfaction. Study Design: Cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted from Sep 2015 to May 2016 on patients selected from different hospitals of Islamabad and Rawalpindi
Material and Methods: A total of 60 patients of breast cancer were enrolled for the said research. The present study used two scales i.e., satisfaction with life scale and meaning of life questionnaires. Snow ball sampling technique was used to collect data of clinical groups from different hospitals of the Punjab
Results: To compare group differences-test analysis was computed. The results showed significant relationship between meaning of life and life satisfaction. The study also found that the low sense of identity as a whole, leads women to be dissatisfied with their lives
Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the level of meaning of life among women with breast cancer is low. Several factors like marital status and education were found to be significantly associated with the meaning in life and life satisfaction of women with breast cancer
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Objectives: To compare depression and psychological well-being between caregivers of schizophrenic patients and non-caregivers and to study the burden of caregiving as a relative risk for depression and psychological well-being
Methods: This cross sectional comparative study was conducted at International Islamic university Islamabad from January to September 2017. Fifty informal caregivers of schizophrenic patients from 19 to 55 years of age were included in the study. The control group consisted of age and socio-economic status matched healthy volunteers who did not have any psychological or medical patient at home needing care and assistance. For measurement of study variables i.e., burden of caregiving, depression and psychological well-being, instruments used were Zarit Burden Interview [ZBI], The Beck Depression Inventory [BDI] and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale [WEMWBS] respectively
Results: Results were analyzed using MANOVA followed by One-Way ANOVA. Findings indicated that informal caregivers of schizophrenia have greater depression and poor psychological well-being in comparison to the non-caregiver controls. Association of caregiving burden with psychological well-being and depression was calculated using Chi Square test and relative risk
Conclusion: Caregiving adversely affects informal caregivers' mental health and wellbeing. Informal caregiving is a burden for the caregivers; health status of family members involved in caregiving should be routinely assessed to enhance their health-related quality of life
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Objective: The objective of the present study was to explore the association of depression with mental wellbeing with respect to religiosity among hospitalized depressed patients. Study Design: An Exploratory and co-relational study. Place and Duration of the study: The study was conducted at Khyber Medical complex, Hayatabad Medical Complex and Lady reading Hospitals of Peshawar from Mar 2016 to Aug 2016
Material and Methods: A sample of 50 male and female hospitalized depressed patients was taken from different hospitals of Peshawar through purposive sampling technique. Beck Depression Inventory, Belief into Action Scale and Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale were used for measuring study variables. Correlation and regression analysis were conducted to analyze data
Results: Total 50 patients were selected among them 25[50%] were males and 25[50%] were females. The mean age was 28.2 +/- 12.8 with the range of 15-60 years. Bivariate correlation matrix revealed that scores of respondents on Belief into Action Scale has a significant positive correlation with scores on Warwick Mental Wellbeing Scale. Patients who had religious attachments had better mental wellbeing. On the other hand, mental well being was negatively correlated with depression showing that the more the respondent was depressed the less were the scores on mental wellbeing scale. The R2 value of 0.14 indicates 14% variance in outcome variable with F[1, 49]=8.19, p<0.01]. Findings reveal that religiosity was a significant positive predictor mental wellbeing [B=0.23, p<0.01]. Results reveal the moderating role of religiosity for the relationship between depression and mental wellbeing. Results revealed that depression significantly negatively predicted mental wellbeing [i.e. B=- 1.76, p<0.01]. explaining a total of 35% variance in mental wellbeing
Conclusion: Results revealed a strong negative relation between depression and mental wellbeing; however, religiosity significantly moderated the relationship between depression and mental wellbeing