Can a psychosocial intervention programme teaching coping strategies improve the quality of life of Iranian women? A non-randomised quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT: To assess whether a psychosocial intervention teaching coping strategies to women can improve quality of life (QOL) in groups of Iranian women exposed to social pressures. Quasi-experimental non-randomised group design involving two categories of Iranian women, each category represented by non-equivalent intervention and comparison groups. A large urban area in Iran. 44 women; 25 single mothers and 19 newly married women. Seventh-month psychosocial intervention aimed at providing coping strategies. Effect sizes in four specific health-related domains and two overall perceptions of QOL and health measured by the WHOQOL-BREF instrument. Large effect sizes were observed among the women exposed to the intervention in the WHOQOL-BREF subdomains measuring physical health (r=0.68; p<0.001), psych

SUBMITTER: Addelyan Rasi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3612755 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature