ABSTRACT
Objectives: Quality of sleep [QoS] in individuals is affected by their occupation and is one of the factors affecting the quality of life [QoL]. Few studies have evaluated the relationship between QoS and QoL in military women personnel. The aim of this study was to assess QoL and QoS, and compare their relationship among military and non-military women in Tehran
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 90 women working in Tehran during 2014, 30 were military forces, 30 were military staff, and 30 were civilian organizations staff. The female subjects were selected from Amin Police University and Tehran Health Insurance Organization using simple random sampling. The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey [SF-36] and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] were used to measure QoL and QoS, respectively. The relationship between QoL and QoS was assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient
Results: The mean scores of QoL in the military forces, military staff, and civilian organizations staff were 58.94 +/- 17.71, 67.18 +/- 13.52, and 69.10 +/- 12.51, respectively. Among the study participants, 62.9% of military forces, 20.0% of military staff, and 17.1% of the civilian organizations staff had poor QoS. Mental health as one of the dimensions of QoL was significantly different between military forces and civilian organizations staff. The association between QoL and QoS was statistically significant in military forces and military staff women
Conclusions: Low QoS and QoL in the army necessitates that the authorities offer programs and appropriate strategies to improve mental health of QoL and promotion of QoS
ABSTRACT
Social desirability may affect different aspects of people's quality of life. One of the impressive dimensions of quality of life is mental health. The prevalence of Minor Psychiatric Disorders [MPD] among health care workers is higher than other health workers. This article aims at evaluating the relationship between social desirability and MPD among nurses in southern Iran. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 765 nurses who had been employed in hospitals in the southern provinces of Iran. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire [GHQ-12] and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale [MC-SDS] were used for evaluating the MPD and social desirability in nurses, respectively. The Robust Regression was used to determine any quantified relationship between social desirability and the level of MPD with adjusted age, gender, work experience, marital status, and level of education. The mean scores of GHQ-12 and MC-SDS were 13.02 +/- 5.64 [out of 36] and 20.17 +/- 4.76 [out of 33], respectively. The result of Robust Regression indicated that gender and social desirability were statistically significant in affecting MPD. The prevalence of MPD in female nurses was higher than males. Nurses with higher social desirability scores had the tendency to report lower levels of MPD