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- Impact of Depression, Anxiety and Stress on Attitude of Caretakers of Terminally III Patients Towards Euthanasia
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Ayesha Zafar
1,
Saira Majid
2
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1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan, PK
2 Pakistan, PK
1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan, PK
2 Pakistan, PK
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 7, No 9 (2016), Pagination: 889-892Abstract
The aim of the present study was to determine the impact of depression, anxiety, stress and demographic variables among caretakers of terminally ill patients and their attitudes towards euthanasia. The terminal illness for the present study was Cancer. A sample of 60 caretakers (Men=30, Women=30) of terminally ill patients was collected from Mayo Hospital, Lahore respectively. The age range was from 15 to 60 years. The two questionnaires Depression Anxiety Stress Scale and Euthanasia Attitude Scale were used and administered individually. To full fill the objectives of the study Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Multiple Regression and Independent t-test were used. Purposive sampling was used in the current study. Results revealed that anxiety and attitudes towards euthanasia had positive moderate correlation. Multiple Regression analysis showed impact of depression and stress on attitudes of caregivers of terminally ill patients towards euthanasia. Independent Sample t-test indicated that there was no gender difference in attitudes of caretakers of terminally ill patients towards euthanasia.Keywords
Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Euthanasia.
- Role of Coping Strategies in the Mental Health and Quality of Life of Caregivers of the Patients of Chronic Illness
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1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, PK
1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, PK
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 6, No 10 (2015), Pagination: 999-1002Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the role of coping strategies in mental health and quality of life of Caregivers of Chronically ill Patients. The two chronic illnesses selected for the present study were Liver Cirrhosis and Ischemic Heart Disease. The sample consisted of N=202 primary caregivers (Men =117; Women =85). Data for caregivers of Liver Cirrhosis patients was collected from Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore and for Ischemic Heart Disease from The Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore. Age range of caregivers was from 15-60 years. Purposive sampling was used. To fulfill the objectives of the study Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Chi-square and Multiple Regression were used. Three scales other than demographic sheet namely Urdu version by Akhtar (2005) of Brief Cope developed by Carver (1989) and Urdu version by Khan, Akhtar, Ayub, Alam, and Laghari (2003) of WHO-Quality of Life Questionnaire developed by Power, (2003) and Urdu version of General Health Questionnaire-28 by (Sanam,2001) developed by Goldenberg (1978) were used. Results indicated mental health and positive coping had inverse significant relationship. Multiple regression analysis showed impact of coping styles on quality of life among caregivers of chronically ill. Cross tabulation revealed an association between coping styles and demographic variables such as education, marital status, parent's education, disease and birth order.Keywords
Quality of Life, Coping Strategies, Chronic Illness.- Exploring Differences with Reference to Quality of Life and Coping Styles among Caregivers of Patients Suffering from Thalassemia Major on the Basis of Demographics of the Caregivers
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Saira Majid
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Ayesha Zafar
2
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1 National Institute of Psychology Quaid e-Azam University, Islamabad, PK
2 Department of Clinical Psychology Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, PK
1 National Institute of Psychology Quaid e-Azam University, Islamabad, PK
2 Department of Clinical Psychology Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, PK
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 9, No 5 (2018), Pagination: 700-706Abstract
Approximately nine million carriers of B- thalassemia have been found in Pakistan which has made it the most genetically common disease in the country. The objective of this research was to explore the differences with reference to quality of life and coping styles among caregivers of patients suffering from thalassemia major on the basis of demographics of the caregivers. The sample for the present study consisted of 202 (Men=102; Women“100) caregivers of patients suffering from thalassemia major. Data was collected from caregivers of patients suffering from thalassemia major from two different institutes i.e. Thalassemia center, Rawalpindi and Fatimid foundation, Lahore. Urdu versions of World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-Brief and Brief Cope were used. One way Anova and Post Hoc analysis were run to fulfill the obj ective of the study. Results of the study showed significant differences on the basis of demographic variables that included age, education, monthly income and family system.Keywords
Thalassemia, Quality of Life, Coping Style, Caregivers.References
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