Psychosocial Impact Among Sudanese Women with Vesico-Vaginal Fistula
Abdelraouf Mursal Saadalla,
Hyder Osman Mirghani
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2017
Pages:
122-124
Received:
1 January 2017
Accepted:
12 January 2017
Published:
18 January 2018
Abstract: Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) is an abnormal fistulous extension between the urinary bladder and The vagina. The objective of this study was to investigate psychosocial impact among Sudanese women suffering from Vesicovaginal fistula. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among one hundred patients with Vesicovaginal fistula admitted at the fistula ward in Khartoum Teaching Hospital during the period from December 2007 to March 2008. The participants were invited to sign a written informed consent, and a pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the following information: sociodemographic data, the level of education, marital status, socioeconomic status, and the family attitude towards the patients. The Ethical Committee of the Sudan Specialization Board approved the research, and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for the data analysis. A P-value of, < 0.05 was considered significant. The study revealed that more than two third of patients lie in age group (18-23) years. 71% of patients were valid married, 42% of patients were depressed, 26% of patients were either divorced or separated. 61% of patients were illiterate, and 69% were of low socioeconomic status. Family neglect was evident in 6% of patients while criticism was observed in 1%. Women with vesicovaginal fistula were young, of low socio-economic class, and relatively high level of depression, divorce rate, and separation.
Abstract: Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) is an abnormal fistulous extension between the urinary bladder and The vagina. The objective of this study was to investigate psychosocial impact among Sudanese women suffering from Vesicovaginal fistula. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among one hundred patients with Vesicovaginal fistula admitted a...
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Investigation on the Effect of Emotional Intelligence Training on Self-Esteem Scales of Adolescents Under the Supervision of Behzisti Organization
Atefeh Hooshan,
Abolfazl Karami,
Farhad Shaghaghi
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2017
Pages:
125-134
Received:
29 August 2017
Accepted:
7 November 2017
Published:
20 January 2018
Abstract: To study the effect of emotional intelligence on self-esteem in adolescents under supervision of Behzisti organization 50 girls living in boarding centers in Tehran were chosen. A total of 25 patients in experimental group and 25 patients were assigned randomly to a control group. Ellis Poop questionnaire was conducted on them. This time round, the questionnaire pre-test, post-test and again after training the emotional intelligence to test group was completed by both groups. A third time to determine the lasting effect three months after the further education and training by experimental group were studied. The results show that emotional intelligence education to increase general self-esteem, physical, family, social and decrease the polygraph scores, but changes in educational self-esteem of adolescents under the supervision was not occurred. In the study, lasting effects of emotional intelligence training on self-esteem in Behzisti's adolescents was evident significantly. In total, according to the results it can be stated that teaching emotional intelligence to them can increase their self-esteem in majority of its scales.
Abstract: To study the effect of emotional intelligence on self-esteem in adolescents under supervision of Behzisti organization 50 girls living in boarding centers in Tehran were chosen. A total of 25 patients in experimental group and 25 patients were assigned randomly to a control group. Ellis Poop questionnaire was conducted on them. This time round, the...
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