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Maryam Chehrehgosha, Maryam Dastourpour, Akram Sanagu, Azam Mohamadi,
Volume 1, Issue 2 (10-2013)
Abstract

Background and objectives:

Fatigue experience is a psychological experience therefore, the relevant caregivers’ acquaintance with this issue

is the most important step in offering optimal care for the patients. Accordingly, this study was conducted

to determine Cancer-related Fatigue and its Relationship with Demographic and Clinical Characteristics in

Cancer Patients.

A cancer diagnosis is a highly undesirable event for anyone.

Methods:

characteristics form and the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory. The data were analyzed with the SPSS-

18 software and t-test and ANOVA and tukey post hoc test were used.

In this analytical study, 150 cancer patients visiting the oncology unit, the Shafa Radiotherapy Center,and Gorgan’s 5th Azar Teaching Hospital in 2012, who were selected with a purposive sampling method,participated in the study for 4 months. The required information was collected using a demographic and clinical

Results:

of treatment, 51.3% used chemotherapy-surgery-radiotherapy regimen, 24.7% surgery-chemotherapy regimen,

14% used chemotherapy, 7.3% used radiotherapy, and 2.7% used surgery. The overall mean score

of fatigue was 54.65±8.78 from 100. The variables of residence (P=0. 018), the duration of marriage

(P=0.018), the treatment regimen type (P<0.001), and the family’s economic status (P<0.000) were found to

The patients’ mean age was 48.39±1.5 Of the patients, 55.3% had undergone less than 12 months

have a significant relationship with fatigue.

Conclusion:

Psychological interventions, besides physical caring and nursing interventions play a significant

role in the all-inclusive management of cancer patients’ problems, in particular, their fatigue.


Dr Jahangir Karami, Dr Kamran Yazdanbakhsh, Parvaneh Karimi,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (5-2017)
Abstract

Background & Objective: According to the importance of somatization disorder in women, this study was conducted to investigate the mediating role of attachment styles in relationship with temperament and character dimensions of personality and somatization disorder among female teachers in Kermanshah city.
Methods: The study population consisted of all female teachers working in Kermanshah educational system in 2013-2014. The sample population included 300 teachers who were allocated by multistep cluster sampling. They were asked to complete Cloninger Temperament and character Inventor Questionnaire (TCI), somatization questionnaire and Adult Attachment Styles Inventory Questionnaire (AII). The data analysis was done by correlation coefficient calculation and path analysis using SPSS 21.0 and Amos 18.0 software.  
Results: Our findings showed that there was a significant correlation between anxiety and avoidance attachment styles and dimensions of personality with somatoform disorder. However, the relationship between safe attachment style and physical disorder was not significant.
Conclusion: Temperament and character dimensions of personality result in somatization disorder when the insecure internal models which are set according to the framework of mother-neonate attachment relationships had been formed.


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