Received: 2016/03/15 | Accepted: 2016/07/24 | Published: 2016/11/13
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2- Student Research Center, Nursing & Midwifery Faculty, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
3- Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center” and “Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department, Public Health School”, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran , gh.roshanaei@umsha.ac.ir
4- Behavioral Disorders & Drug Abuse Research Center” and “Psychiatry Department, Medical Faculty”, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
5- 5Social Aids Department, Veterans Affairs Foundation of Hamedan, Hamedan, Iran
Aims: Care of the veterans with amputations results in some physical and mental side-effects, mainly, in their spouses, affecting their quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life of the spouses of the veterans with amputations in Hamadan Township.
Instrument & Methods: In the descriptive cross-sectional study, the spouses of 140 male veterans with amputations, supported by Hamadan Martyrs and Veterans Foundation, were investigated via census method in 2014. Data was collected by a bi-section questionnaire consisted of demographic and quality of life parts, the latter done using 36-question standard questionnaire of quality of life. Data was analyzed by SPSS 16 software using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests.
Findings: Total number of quality of life in the veterans’ spouses was 42.40±21.47. Maximum and minimum mean scores of quality of life were of mental health (54.50±20.37) and of public health (32.40±19.99) domains, respectively. Age, type of injury, and heart diseases significantly affected the quality of life of the veterans’ spouses (p<0.05). Nevertheless, other demographic factors had no significant effect on their quality of life (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The quality of life of the spouses of the veterans with amputations of Hamadan Township, including, even, maximum quality of life observed in the mental health domain, is low.