%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of stress management training and problem solving on quality of life and life expectancy among infertile women
%A Mohammad Reza Zarbakhsh Bahri
%A Zahra Shoa Hasani
%A Ziba Zahiri Sorori
%A Farideh amirsadat Hafshejani
%J Pajouhan Scientific Journal
%D 2013
%I Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
%X Introduction: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of stress management training and problem-solving training on quality of life and life expectancy of infertile women was conducted.Material and Methods: The method of this study was experimental with pretest ¨C posttest design with a control group. population of 400 infertile women who referred to infertility center in Rasht were randomized to 250 of them were selected and the quality of life and life expectancy of the study were the 45 members of the quality of life and life expectancy lower were more randomly in three groups of 15 people, including two experimental groups and one control group were replaced. Each experimental groups were trained for 10 sessions of 90 minutes, respectively, stress management and problem-solving. Upon completion of the training program, participants were assessed again.Results: The result of present study showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental groups and control group in the scores of quality of life and life expectancy (p<0.05) while there was no significant difference between 2 experimental groups in these scores (p>0.05).Conclusion: Stress management and problem solving training were effective on life expectancy and quality of life of infertile women but there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of these two methods on life expectancy and quality of life of infertile women.
%K Stress management training
%K Teaching problem solving
%K Quality of life
%K Life expectancy
%K Infertility
%U http://journals.umsha.ac.ir/index.php/PSJ/article/view/972