scholarly journals A cross-sectional study on personality, coping strategies and quality of life of a single child and with siblings among undergraduate health profession students in Tamil Nadu

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
SivaIlango Thangaraju ◽  
Arumuganathan Shanmugavinayagam ◽  
Ezhilarasi Panneerselvam ◽  
HGladius Jennifer ◽  
V Sethumadhavan
2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s239-s239
Author(s):  
M. Holubova ◽  
J. Prasko

BackgroundThe quality of life is a multidimensional phenomenon which represents all aspects of patient's well-being and various areas of the patient's life. Specific coping strategies may be connected with the quality of life and also with the severity of the disorder. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between the coping strategies and quality of life in outpatients with depressive disorder.MethodsEighty-two outpatients, who met ICD-10 criteria for depressive disorders, were enrolled in the cross-sectional study. Data on sociodemographic and clinical variables were recorded. Individuals with depression filled out the standardized measures: The Stress Coping Style Questionnaire (SVF-78), The Quality of Life Satisfaction and Enjoyment Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q), and The Clinical Global Impression (CGI).ResultsThe patients overuse negative coping strategies, especially, escape tendency and resignation. Using of positive coping is in average level (the strategy Positive self-instruction is little used). Coping strategies are significantly associated with quality of life. Higher using of positive coping has a positive association with QoL. The main factors related to QoL are the subjective severity of the disorder, employment and positive coping strategies according to regression analysis.ConclusionsThis study revealed the connection between coping strategies and quality of life in patients with depressive disorders. Strengthening the use of positive coping strategies may have a positive effect on the quality of life, mental conditions and treatment of patients with depression.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.


2022 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 100943
Author(s):  
Suganya Barani ◽  
Tarun Bhatnagar ◽  
Meenakumari Natarajan ◽  
Kumari Gayathri ◽  
Harshal Bhimrao Sonekar ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
pp. 3041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Prasko ◽  
Michaela Holubova ◽  
Radovan Hruby ◽  
Dana Kamaradova ◽  
Marie Ociskova ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suganya Barani ◽  
Tarun Bhatnagar ◽  
Meenakumari Natarajan ◽  
Kumari Gayathri ◽  
Harshal Sonekar ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Holubova ◽  
Jan Prasko ◽  
Marie Ociskova ◽  
Ales Grambal ◽  
Milos Slepecky ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
AK Koushik ◽  
P Ganesh ◽  
S Shanmuganathan

Introduction: Cardiac dysfunction in cirrhosis may affect quality of life, prognosis and also may aggravate the course in patients undergoing invasive procedures such as surgery, insertion of a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (TIPS), and liver transplantation. Aim: To evaluate the association of cardiomyopathy in cirrhotic patients of Tamil Nadu region in India. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 100 diagnosed cirrhotic patients. The patient’s cardiac status was obtained from Electrocardiography (ECG) and echocardiography. Liver profile was obtained from biochemical assays and ultrasonography of abdomen. The patients were classified as per cirrhosis grading system, Child Toucotte Pugh (CTP) scoring. The association was analysed using frequency analysis, percentage analysis and Chi-square test. Results: Prolonged QTc (>0.44 sec) was seen in 35% of the study population (p-value-0.014). A 10% of patients had systolic dysfunction and 25% showed diastolic dysfunction. Also, these patients showed positive troponin T and elevated Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP). The incidence of cardiomyopathy in cirrhotic patients was 28% in this study. Conclusion: This study established 28% incidence of cardiomyopathy in cirrhotic patients. This association may further be evaluated in larger study samples to provide a better prognosis and quality of life in cirrhotic patients treated with liver transplantation or other surgical procedures.


Author(s):  
Tanisha Negi ◽  
Syed Yunus Zama ◽  
Dushyanth P.

Background: HIV today is one of the worst pandemic diseases. Unlike terminal illnesses, HIV patients have to live for decades with the disease, which now shifts the interest to the quality of their life. The present study was planned, considering a necessity to inquire about the quality of life of patients taking Antiretroviral therapy in Mysore, various coping strategies prevalent among them and correlation between the two.Methods: This cross sectional study was done on 150 adults coming for anti retroviral therapy (ART), diagnosed with HIV at least 6 months back. ART centre was approached with required permissions. After explaining the study purpose, data was collected on paper with due consent from patients. Standard WHO QOL BREF and COPE carver Bref were used as questionnaire instruments. Analysis was done using SPSS software and Pearson’s correlation was used.Results: Analysis revealed that the most affected domain in quality of life was social domain with mean=11.75±2.12 (4-20 scale) and least affected was environmental with mean14.49±0.849. Self distraction was coping strategy of the highest prevalence (mean=4.98) having no correlation with QOL. Active coping showed positive correlation under all domains while behavioural disengagement and substance abuse had significant negative correlation overall (p value<0.001).Conclusions: Our study underlined a gap in Social domain of selected HIV affected population. Self distraction was the most preferred style of coping and humour was found to be least adopted method. Active coping had linear relationship all the 4 domains whereas behavioural disengagement showed significant lowering in QOL as a whole. 


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