Quality of Life in Caregivers of Severely Disabled War Survivors

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Mousavi B¹ ; Seyed Hoseini Davarani SH² ; Soroush M³ ; Jamali A^{1, 4} ; Khateri S³ ; Talebi M² ; Montazeri A⁵

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1. Prevention Department, Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC), Tehran, Iran
2. Emam Hospital Emergency Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3. Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC), Tehran, Iran
4. Student's Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5. Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, Tehran, Iran

Source: Rehabilitation Nursing Published:2015

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Purpose To evaluate quality of life (QOL) of caregivers of severely disabled war survivors and identify variables threatening caregivers' QOL. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed on 532 caregivers of Iran-Iraq war related injured survivors by using Persian version of 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Findings Caregivers had lower QOL compared to the Iranian female population (p <.001). Caregivers of amputees had better SF-36 scores compared to caregivers of two groups of chemical warfare survivors (p ranging from.01 to <.001). Caregiving to chemical warfare and being married at the time of trauma were the independent predictors of poor QOL in both the physical component summary (OR = 5.08, 95% CI = 3.35-7.7; OR = 0.57, 95% CI = 0.37-0.89) and the mental component summary (OR = 4.12, 95% CI = 2.68-6.32; OR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.40-0.98). Conclusion and Clinical Relevance Caregivers of war veterans suffer from poor QOL. Chemical warfare agents contribute to more persistent poor QOL in caregivers than the injuries caused by conventional weapons. © 2014 Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.

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MLA	Mousavi B, et al.. "Quality of Life in Caregivers of Severely Disabled War Survivors." Rehabilitation Nursing, vol. 40, no. 3, 2015, pp. 139-147.
APA	Mousavi B, Seyed Hoseini Davarani SH, Soroush M, Jamali A, Khateri S, Talebi M, Montazeri A (2015). Quality of Life in Caregivers of Severely Disabled War Survivors. Rehabilitation Nursing, 40(3), 139-147.
Chicago	Mousavi B, Seyed Hoseini Davarani SH, Soroush M, Jamali A, Khateri S, Talebi M, Montazeri A. "Quality of Life in Caregivers of Severely Disabled War Survivors." Rehabilitation Nursing 40, no. 3 (2015): 139-147.
Harvard	Mousavi B et al. (2015) 'Quality of Life in Caregivers of Severely Disabled War Survivors', Rehabilitation Nursing, 40(3), pp. 139-147.
Vancouver	Mousavi B, Seyed Hoseini Davarani SH, Soroush M, Jamali A, Khateri S, Talebi M, et al.. Quality of Life in Caregivers of Severely Disabled War Survivors. Rehabilitation Nursing. 2015;40(3):139-147.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Mousavi B and Seyed Hoseini Davarani SH and Soroush M and Jamali A and Khateri S and Talebi M and Montazeri A}, title = {Quality of Life in Caregivers of Severely Disabled War Survivors}, journal = {Rehabilitation Nursing}, volume = {40}, number = {3}, pages = {139-147}, year = {2015} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Mousavi B AU - Seyed Hoseini Davarani SH AU - Soroush M AU - Jamali A AU - Khateri S AU - Talebi M AU - Montazeri A TI - Quality of Life in Caregivers of Severely Disabled War Survivors JO - Rehabilitation Nursing VL - 40 IS - 3 SP - 139 EP - 147 PY - 2015 ER -

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