scholarly journals The psychological impact on infertile women – A review

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Namrata Thapa ◽  
Sonali Verma ◽  
Gresh Chander ◽  
Amrita Bhat ◽  
Deepika Bushan Raina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Population ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
The World

Infertility is an inability to get pregnant after 1 year of trying. Infertility is a serious condition which not only affects the physical health of a woman but also influences a woman psychologically. Infertility in females is growing rapidly throughout the world. It is the fifth most serious disability in the world. The woman’s inability to get pregnant leads to many psychological problems such as sadness, anger, depression, anxiety, loss of social status, lack of self-esteem, and poor quality of life. There is a tremendous increase in infertility and its treatment which actually highlights the psychological aspect of infertility. It is the growing problem affecting 10–15% of couples of reproductive ages from all the cultures and societies in the world. Patients with infertility reports elevated levels of anxiety and depression, so it is very clear that infertility causes psychological problems. It is a common problem affecting one in four. About 48.5 million couples experience infertility worldwide. According to the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction, infertility affects about 10–14% of the Indian population. Approximately 27.5 million couples who are actually trying to conceive suffer from infertility in India. The prevalence of infertility is 15% in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and 15.7% alone in Kashmir region. The knowledge and understanding of infertility are also very low. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first documented study from Jammu and Kashmir correlating psychological stress and infertility among women. The main aim of the current review is to check the correlation of infertility and its psychological impact, that is, stress, depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem on women.

UNSUR MANAJEMEN DALAM PENGELOLAAN LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DI INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 675-695
Author(s):  
FAJRI DWIYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Classic Problem ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Personnel

Abstract: Islamic education institutions in Indonesia face two challenges, namely; internal and external. Internally, Islamic education is faced with the classic problem of the low quality of human resources in education management. The causes include poor quality and education staff development and selectivity of education personnel. Furthermore externally, Islamic education institutions faced three major issues; globalization, democratization, and liberalization. The issue of globalization that is identical with market orientation and mechanism also affects the world of education. That way in education also includes awareness about how to attract and convince the community of the type and model of education. From here, the education world is ready or not ready to be involved in competition to gain public trust. To face these challenges Islamic Education institutions must maximally manage and empower all elements of management in the management of educational institutions. A good understanding of the elements of management can have an impact on the readiness of educational institutions to manage their institutions well in any condition to be the best and foremost. Keywords: Elements of Management, Management, Education, Islam

Usability of India’s government statistics1

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Vikas Kumar
Keyword(s):  
National Sample ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Sample Surveys ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Government Statistics

The quality of metadata is a crucial determinant of usability/interpretability of data. This paper draws attention to the poor quality of India’s government statistics and the paucity of metadata necessary to understand the problems. The paper suggests that there has been a decline in India both in terms of the availability and quality of metadata for key government sources of information including maps, decennial population censuses and National Sample Surveys amidst growing sophistication in the understanding of metadata. The poor quality of metadata impairs cross-sectional as well as inter-temporal comparisons and policymaking apart from concealing biases and lapses of government statisticians. The paper draws on the experience of three states – erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Nagaland – where government statistics have been affected by serious errors that are not well-understood due to the lack of adequate metadata.

P–478 Quality of life assessment in women undergoing assisted reproduction. A study of FertiQol and HADS

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N Figueras-Puigderrajols ◽  
A Ballesteros ◽  
D Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Fertility Treatment ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Gamete Donation

Abstract Study question The present study aims to explore infertility-related psychosocial outcomes, including fertility quality of life (QoL), as well as anxiety and depression levels, in women diagnosed with infertility. Summary answer Differences on fertility-related QoL appeared when comparing treatment types (gamete donation vs own gamete). Furthermore, statistically significant associations were found between QoL and anxious-depressive symptomatology. What is known already Those who wish to have children and do not achieve their objective just like other peers can see their goals and expectations with pessimism, generating concern and a series of negative emotions. Several psychological implications of infertility have been described, such as increased levels of stress, anxiety, depression, decreased self-esteem, mood and hope, or poor relationship adjustment. The emotional impact of infertility in people’s life cycle can be so strong that reducing it only to biological aspects would lead to a dangerous situation of neglect. For this reason, QoL assessment in ART becomes an important need. Study design, size, duration FertiQol stands as the most widely used tool to assess infertility-related QoL, overcoming the limitations of other instruments that only target specific medical conditions. The present is a multi-site cross-sectional study over patients with infertility (n = 104), aiming to explore their fertility-QoL, as well as their anxiety and depression levels, which are symptoms that have been previously associated.Questionnaire administration, and sociodemographic and medical data gathering took place between January 2019 and December 2020. Participants/materials, setting, methods Participants were 104 female patients (M.age= 39.8) undergoing or expecting a fertility treatment. The FertiQol Spanish version was administered through mobile app, and its paper version distributed at medical/psychological appointments. QoL was self-reported through FertiQol, assessing the influence of infertility problems in various areas (e.g. impact on self-esteem, emotions, general health, family, partners, social relationships, work, life projects...). Additionally, HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) was provided as a measurement of anxiety and depression levels. Main results and the role of chance Regarding treatments, 50.6% of participants were currently undergoing gamete donation while 44.3% were undergoing treatments that involved using their own gametes. After comparing QoL between these treatment types, results showed that patients who underwent egg donation, compared to those who used their own eggs, reported statistically significantly lower scores of QoL in the Social Subscale (p = .03), but not in the other psychological outcomes. Also, statistically significant negative correlations were found between HADS and all core FertiQol subscales (p< .05). Results are consistent with previous studies showing similar associations between fertility QoL and anxiety and depression, as well as with increased psychological negative implications of gamete donation. The majority of participants reported non-pathological scores of anxiety and depression when considering the cut off value of 8 for HADS, thus suggesting the presence of a relatively healthy sample. The number of treatments that patients had previously taken and the years of infertility were not associated with any of the psychological variables. Limitations, reasons for caution Some limitations to consider are presence of co-morbid diagnosis, differences in medication, or patient’s cultural backgrounds.Also, conclusions should be interpreted cautiously since the design doesn’t allow causal inferences. Further investigations should consider a continuous assessment to explore changes in psychological well-being at different points of intervention, specially with gamete donation. Wider implications of the findings: The great advantage we’ve seen so far when using FertiQol is the possibility to identify more accurately the true impact on other aspects of patient’s well-being besides the emotional area.ART professionals, including psychologists and counselors,will have more information within a small amount of time about QoL when using this tool. Trial registration number 1503-BCN–019-DG

Low cognitive reserve is associated with chronic migraine with medication overuse and poor quality of life

Cephalalgia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 683-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Gómez-Beldarrain ◽  
Ane Anton-Ladislao ◽  
Urko Aguirre-Larracoechea ◽  
Isabel Oroz ◽  
Juan Carlos García-Moncó
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Migraine ◽  
Cognitive Reserve ◽  
Medication Overuse ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sf 36

Objective The objective of this article is to test the hypothesis that cognitive reserve (CR) is related to migraine chronification, medication overuse and poor quality of life in migraineurs. Design/methods A cross-sectional study on patients with chronic migraine with medication overuse (CM-MOH), episodic migraine (EM), and controls, matched by sex, age and education, was carried out. CR was assessed by a specific questionnaire, and quality of life was measured by general and specific questionnaires (SF-36 and MSQoL). Migraine Disability Assessment Scale and Beck questionnaires for depression and anxiety were used. Medication dependence was evaluated by the medication-dependence questionnaire in headache (MDQ-H). Results Fifty-five individuals were enrolled: 18 CM-MOH patients (32.73%), 22 EM patients (40%) and 15 controls (27.27%). Fifty (90.91%) of them were females and aged 43.53 (7.54) years. Univariate analysis showed a significant association between the study group and CR, and all items of the SF-36, anxiety and depression questionnaires, MSQoL and MDQ-H. The lower CR and CM-MOH group were related to a worse quality of life, more anxiety and depression and the highest medication dependence scores. Multivariate analysis showed that higher CR scores were related to higher quality of life as measured by the physical and mental composite scores of the SF-36, and to lower anxiety (beta = −1.08, p = 0.001) and depression (beta = −0.56, p = 0.03) levels. Focusing on MSQoL, the increase in CR was predictive of a better quality of life (beta = 1.88, p < 0.0001). By all the models, the explained variance of the sample ranged from 39% (mental composite score) to 58% (MSQoL). Conclusions Low CR appears to be an independent factor associated with the deterioration of quality of life, the presence of anxiety and depression, and drug dependence and medication overuse in CM-MOH.

DECONSTRUCTING THE ARGUMENT FOR FREE TRADE: A CASE STUDY OF THE ROLE OF ECONOMISTS IN POLICY DEBATES

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Driskill
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Standard Argument ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
The World ◽  
Value Judgements

This paper argues that, in light of the apparent settled nature of economists’ judgement on the issue of trade liberalization, the profession has stopped thinking critically about the question and, as a consequence, makes poor-quality arguments justifying their consensus. To develop support for this claim, the paper first recounts what economic analysis can say about trade liberalization. Then it analyses the quality of the arguments that economists make in support of free trade. The paper argues that the standard argument made by economists in favour of free trade is either incoherent or implicitly imposes philosophical value judgements about what is good for a nation or society, or it makes leaps of empirical faith about how the world works. The paper concludes with suggestions for better arguments.

The poor quality of information about laparoscopy on the World Wide Web as indexed by popular search engines

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Allen ◽  
R.J. Finch ◽  
M.G. Coleman ◽  
L.K. Nathanson ◽  
N.A. O'Rourke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World

scholarly journals STRESS, TRAUMA, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND RESILIENCE OF WOMEN AS REFLECTED IN VARIOUS MOVIES AROUND THE WORLD

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Shib Shankar Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Schindler's List

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between stressor due to restriction of women movement, traumatic events due to war, sexual abuse or domestic harassment and psychological symptoms, quality of life, and resilience. To explore the topic I analyzed samples consisted of 16 randomly selected subjects from sixteen various movies - Deliver Us From Evil, Forbidden Games, Metamorphosis, Monster, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Cemetery Club, Schindler’s List, The Cemetery Club, The Magdalene, The White Ribbon, Two Women, Taken, Empty Suitcase, Damini- Lightning, Dahan (Crossfire) and Ghajini.

scholarly journals RELASI LAKI-LAKI DAN PEREMPUAN DALAM AL-QUR’AN MENURUT AMINA WADUD

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rusydi
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
The World

<strong>Abstrak:</strong> Tulisan ini menganalisis pandangan Amina Wadud tentang problem gender dalam Islam. Pertanyaan yang muncul adalah bagaimana konstruksi pembacaan Amina Wadud terhadap relasi laki-laki dan perempuan dalam al-Qur’an. Dalam tulisan ini ditemukan bahwa bagi Wadud, al-Qur’an memiliki tiga prinsip utama dalam menyelesaikan problem gender yakni prinsip tauhid, taqwa dan khalifah. Prinsip tauhid dan takwa menunjukkan kesetaraan, sebab al-Qur’an menegaskan bahwa tidak ada yang lebih mulia kecuali dengan takwa. Wadud menyebut prinsip ini dengan istilah paradigma tauhid. Sedangkan prinsip khalifah dalam al-Qur’an menekankan agar semua muslim, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan, menjadi agen moral untuk menjaga keharmonisan dunia. Ia juga menyarankan agar al-Qur’an dibaca secara holistik dengan memperhatikan tiga aspek; konteks pewahyuan ayat, komposisi dan gramatika teks, dan pandangan dunia teks. Ia menyebut metolodogi ini dengan istilah hermeneutika tauhid, yang dijadikan argument bahwa al-Qur’an memandang laki-laki dan perempuan setara.<br /> <br /><strong>Abstract</strong><strong>:</strong> This writing analyzes Amina Wadud’s view on gender in Islam. The issue put forward is on the question of Wadud’s reading method on gender in the Qur’an. This paper reveals that according to Wadud there are three main principles to solve gender problems, namely, <em>tau<span style="text-decoration: underline;">h</span>îd</em>, <em>taqwa</em> and <em>khalîfah</em>. The principles of <em>tau<span style="text-decoration: underline;">h</span>îd</em> and <em>taqwa</em> show equality because al-Qur’an prescribes that no one is being having more self-esteem except with the quality of <em>taqwa</em>. Wadud calls these principles as <em>tauhid</em>ic paradigm. While the principle of <em>khalîfah</em> in al-Qur’an requires Muslim, both man and woman alike, to become an agent of moral custodian to maintain the harmony of the world. She also urges that the Qur’an be interpreted holistically by considering three aspects; the context of revelation, stylistic and  grammar of text, as well as <em>weltanschauung</em> or worldview of the text. As such she designates her methodology as a tauhidic hermeneutic, since upon this methodology, it can be argued that the Qur’an looks at man and woman equally.<br /> <br /><strong>Kata Kunci:</strong> al-Qur’an, gender, hermeneutika, kesetaraan, tauhid

scholarly journals The Impact of Schizotypy on Quality of Life Among Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albin Klang ◽  
Britta Westerberg ◽  
Mats B. Humble ◽  
Susanne Bejerot
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Autistic Traits ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Schizotypal Personality ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizotypal personality disorder can be difficult to distinguish. Deficits in social relationships and social interaction, present in both conditions, are known to impair quality of life. The aim of the present study was to investigate if schizotypal symptoms affect quality of life among adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and to study the association between schizotypy and autistic traits among them. Methods: Participants diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (n=110) completed questionnaires exploring schizotypy (Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire – Brief Revised (SPQ-BR)), autistic traits (The Ritvo Autism, Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised Screen 14 items), anxiety and depression (The Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale) and quality of life (Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life Scale and the European quality of life index version 5D). Results: Schizotypy was found to be associated with anxiety, depressive and autistic symptoms, and poor quality of life. Although schizotypy was a predictor for impaired quality of life, this relationship was mediated by symptoms of anxiety and depression, plausibly inherent to autism. Autistic traits were positively associated with all higher order constructs of the SPQ-BR, i.e. positive and negative schizotypy, disorganization and social anxiety, as well as with poor quality of life. Conclusions: There is considerable overlap between schizotypy and autism that needs to be considered in research. Prominent schizotypal traits in people with ASD may constitute an endophenotype coinciding with a particularly poor quality of life.

scholarly journals Psycho-Sexual Influence of Sterilization on Women’s Quality of Life: A Path Model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaneh Youseflu ◽  
Shahideh Jahanian Sadatmahalleh
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Sexual Function ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Body Image Dissatisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Body Image Concern

Abstract Background: This study aimed to test a conceptual model considering the interrelated role of menorrhagia, body image concern, self-esteem, anxiety and depression, sexual function, on quality of life (QOL) of sterilized women.Methods: The current study was conducted as a retrospective cohort study on 200 sterilized women. Data were collected using a socio-demographic checklist, Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), Pictorial Blood Loss Assessment Chart (PBLAC), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI), and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.Results: Results show that anxiety (β =-0.51), sexual function (β =0.15) self-esteem (β =0.15), and body image dissatisfaction (β = -0.10) have a direct effect on women’s QOL. Higher level of anxiety, body dissatisfaction with direct effect can be reduce QOL. Anxiety (β =-0.05), sexual function (β =0.20), and menorrhagia (β =-0.09) with indirect effect impress QOL. Higher level of anxiety with indirect effect thorough self-esteem can worsen QOL (β =-0.05).Conclusion: Regarding the psycho-sexual influence of sterilization on women’s QOL, a comprehensive consultation about the negative consequence of sterilization before TL, and psychotherapeutic and psychosexual help after sterilization should be offered.

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