scholarly journals SEXUAL NURSING CARE FOR THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD AND ITS IMPACT ON SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG EGYPTIAN WOMEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115
Author(s):  
Nabila E. Sabola ◽  
Marwa A. Shahin ◽  
Khaled A Khader ◽  
Hanan M. Metwally ◽  
Mervat M. Desoky
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Postpartum Period ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Care Intervention ◽  
Egyptian Women ◽  
The Impact

Many couples experience postpartum period of decreasing sexual satisfaction. Postpartum sexual dysfunction is a very common and relevant clinical problem, with significant adverse effects on women's health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of sexual nursing care for the postpartum period on sexual dysfunction and life satisfaction among Egyptian women. A quasi-experimental design was used to study 219 women selected using a purposive sample. The study was conducted in out-patients maternity clinic at Zagazig university hospitals, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, between the periods from February 2019 to February 2020. Data was collected using three tools. The first: Structured interview questionnaire that consist from three parts, part one: socio demographic characteristics , part two obstetric history and part three sexual history, the second: Female Sexual dysfunction index (FSDI), and the third: Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS).Four session about sexual education was done. The Results showed an improvement in sexuality and life satisfaction after application of sexual nursing care for the postpartum period including kegel’s exercise, positioning and distractions techniques post intervention compared to pre intervention. The study concluded that sexual nursing intervention for postpartum period improve sexual functioning and create enjoyable intercourse and there was high positive correlation between sexuality and life satisfaction after implementation of the sexual nursing care intervention. The study recommended to provide counselling /training program about sexual nursing care intervention during postpartum period for nurses working in different health care settings.

scholarly journals Happiness and Satisfaction after 1 Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
Diena Dwidienawati ◽  
David Tjahjana ◽  
Dyah Gandasari ◽  
M. Faisal
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is on human health and other aspects of human life. The government's most common action to prevent the spread of the infection is mobility restriction. The implication of this mobility restriction is the limitation of social activities can be done. Mobility restriction was implemented in Jakarta and its surrounding cities and impacted more than 20 million people. The previous study showed that mobility restriction impacted people's happiness and life satisfaction. After one year of COVID-19 measure implementation, is the adaption effect applied? This study aims to see whether, after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are starting to adapt, and their well-being level is improving compared to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey was conducted in February - March 2021. Happiness and satisfaction with life were measured using the Subjective Happiness Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale. The reliability and validity of measures were analyzed with SPSS. The study reveals that the participant's happiness level was only slightly happy, and the level of satisfaction was only slightly satisfied. The participants claim that their happiness has deteriorated during mobility restriction (58%). Fifty-eight percent felt their satisfaction has deteriorated. The student's group is shown as the most impacted group in their happiness and life satisfaction scale.

scholarly journals Multiple Intelligences and Attachment among University Students and Their Influence on Life Satisfaction and Happiness

2018 ◽  
pp. 82-90
Author(s):  
Serpil Aytac ◽  
Nazan Bilgel
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
University Students ◽  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
The Impact

This study is about the types of multiple intelligences and attachment styles among a group of Turkish university students. Participants were 450 students from one public university in Turkey. A demographic and socio-economic questionnaire, Multiple Intelligence Survey, Revised Adult Attachment Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire -short version were used as study instruments. Of the 450 students, 63.8% were female and the mean age was 21.24±2.14 years. Bodily intelligence was reported more frequently by male students whereas intrapersonal and logical intelligences were reported at higher rates in female students. Attachment related avoidance was reported by 58.7% of the students. Male students reported more attachment related anxiety, and female students reported more attachment related avoidance. No significant correlations were determined between attachment style and economic status, age, class-year and Grade Point Average of the students. The relationship between students’ intelligence and attachment style was also insignificant. No significant relationship was determined between the happiness and life satisfaction scores of students with different types of intelligences. Female students were found to be significantly happier and satisfied with their lives than male students. Students with a poor economic status had the lowest happiness and life satisfaction scores and the difference was statistically significant. These findings are important to provide a more complete picture about the difficulties experienced by young adults when socially or emotionally adapting to university life. There is much to say regarding the impact of “multiple intelligences”, “attachment styles” and the “subjective well-being” of university students.

scholarly journals Call for Alleviating Sexual Issues among Cervical Cancer Survivors' Women in Northern Upper Egypt

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-11
Author(s):  
Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan ◽  
Ragaa Ali Mohammed ◽  
Soad Abd El Salam Ramadan ◽  
Hagar kamal masaud
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Sexual Distress ◽  
Function Index ◽  
The Impact

Background: Cervical cancer affects all aspects of a patient’s life, including sexual functioning, body image, and intimacy. Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of a protocol of nursing intervention on sexual dysfunction and body image among cervical cancer survivors' women. Methods; Design: Α quаsi-experimentаl research design was conducted. Setting: out-patient clinic in the oncology unit at Ɓeni-Suef University Hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of 70 women. Tools: Data was collected through а structured interviewing questionnаire sheet, femаle sexuаl function index, femаle sexuаl distress scаle, and body image scаle. Results: The results of the study reveаled that there was а high statistically significаnt difference in the women's totаl score of knowledge аbout cervical cancer, total scores of female sexuаl function index, female sexual distress scаle, аnd body image scale at post-intervention compared to pre-intervention (р<0.001). Conclusion: The study concluded that educational protocol, which provided to cervical cancer survivors' women, have a positive effect on their own knowledge, body image, and sexual function. Recommendations: disseminate the multidisciplinary collaboration approach for addressing sexual problems related to cervical cancer, and preparing health classes for cervical cancer women regarding sexual dysfunction with cervical cancer.

Comparative Exploration of Psychological Health and Subjective Well-being among Fertile and Infertile Females

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-92
Author(s):  
Ruqia Safdar Bajwa ◽  
Hamida Bibi
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Past History ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Infertile Women ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

Psychological health directly affects life satisfaction especially to those women who face social and family pressure about their infertility. A wide range of research studies comparing fertile and infertile women documented that there is negative impact of infertility on subjective well-being and global life satisfaction (Abbey et al., 1991, 1992; Callan, 1987; Callan& Hennessey, 1988). The present study was aimed to investigate the impact of psychological health on life satisfaction among fertile and infertile females. Through the convenience sampling technique, a sample of 310 (N=310) fertile and infertile women was selected whose age ranged between 25 to 50 years. Demographic variables included age, employment status, level of education, duration of marital life, type of marriage and family system for both fertile and infertile females. To be included in sample, Women must have been diagnosed with infertility (primary or secondary), they must not have adopted any child, and marriage duration must be at least 2 years and must not have past history of psychiatric illness. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used for current psychological health and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) was used to measure life satisfaction. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 21. Descriptive statistics, Regression analysis, ANOVA and t-test were used to analyze the data. Results have shown that psychological health has impact on life satisfaction in both fertile and infertile groups of women. Furthermore, results show that level of life satisfaction and psychological health is more prevalent in educated and employed women as compared to uneducated and unemployed women. To conclude, this study will be helpful in resolving psychological problems of the infertile females. Education can increase awareness about infertility and infertile females can meet the challenges of the society and can stand with better health and emotions.

scholarly journals SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USAGE AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONDITIONS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Illya YAGIYAYEV ◽  
◽  
Alina NOVOSELSKA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Impact

The relevance of the topic is related to the psychosocial consequences of the COVID19 pandemic. The aim is to study the subjective well-being during the beginning of the pandemic and introduction of the quarantine measures and their connection to social media activity. The methods employed in the present study include various types of questionnaires, namely the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) (Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) (Diener, Emmnos, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), and an original questionnaire developed to study the impact of the pandemic and the respondents’ understanding and perceptions of it. The findings of the quantitative analysis show that the subjective well-being during the pandemic is connected to the use of social media, life satisfaction, health risks assessments and economic consequences, leisure time and the level of self-efficacy. A qualitative analysis indicates that at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine the negative predictions of the consequences of both the pandemic and the implemented quarantine measures prevail among the subjects. A longitudinal study during one month has found a reduction in health concerns, and respondents began to assess the threat to their health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic as less serious than at the beginning. Thus, it can be concluded that from a short-term perspective the negative affect, especially the levels of fear and anxiety, decreased, whereas the level of the positive affect did not change. Keywords: psychological well-being, subjective well-being, pandemic, life satisfaction, social media, conspiracy theories, COVID-19.

scholarly journals Evidence on the Bidirectional Relationship Between Health and Life Satisfaction in Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darío Moreno-Agostino ◽  
Francisco José Abad ◽  
Francisco Félix Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bidirectional Relationship ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

AbstractPrevious research on health and life satisfaction in older adults has suggested a bidirectional relationship. However, most evidence either is based on cross-sectional data, being unsuitable for inferring any directionality on the results, or disregards the within-person stability of both variables over time, thus providing potentially biased results. We analysed data from 11,667 older adults interviewed between 2008 and 2016 within the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. A health measure including self-reported and measured tests on cognitive and physical performance was computed using a Bayesian multilevel item-response theory approach. Life satisfaction was assessed with the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Cross-lagged models using a Structural Equation Modelling approach were used to analyse the longitudinal interrelation between health and life satisfaction. Models accounting and not accounting for the within-person stability in the measures were computed. Additional sensitivity models were ran using an exclusively self-reported measure of health. Health and life satisfaction were significant longitudinal predictors of one another only when the within-person stability was not considered. The effect of life satisfaction on health became negligible once that stability was modelled. The impact of not accounting for within-person stability was larger when health was measured exclusively with self-reported information. Our study suggests that health and life satisfaction are not bidirectionally related in older adults, but only health predicts a better life satisfaction over time. Thus, policies aimed at fostering older adults’ life satisfaction by focusing on health enhancement and maintenance may be fruitful, whereas the opposite may not.

scholarly journals How does stress affect our life satisfaction during COVID-19 pandemic? Moderated mediation analysis of sense of coherence and fear of coronavirus

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Dymecka ◽  
Rafał Gerymski ◽  
Anna Machnik-Czerwik
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

COVID-19 is a significant threat to human life and health, which makes people experience fear, stress, anxiety and mood disorders, which have a negative impact on their psychological well-being. One of the resources that makes people manage stress better is a sense of coherence, which also has a positive impact on quality of life. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between fear of COVID-19, stress, a sense of coherence, and life satisfaction during the coronavirus pandemic. 907 Polish people (522 women and 385 men) participated in this study. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FOC-6), Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-29) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) were used in the study. It was verified that the relationship between stress and life satisfaction was mediated by sense of coherence. The relationship between stress and sense of coherence was moderated by fear of COVID-19. The fear of COVID-19 acted as a buffer in the relationship between stress and a sense of coherence - it weakened the impact of stress on the sense of coherence. This study is the first to verify the proposed model of moderated mediation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analyses were performed on a very large sample. This manuscript draws attention to the important role of fear of COVID-19 and the sense of coherence in our functioning. The sense of coherence can, by effectively managing stress and reducing the level of anxiety, affect subjective well-being.

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