General health of beta-thalassemia major patients in Gorgan, Iran
| Autor: | Salehi M, Mirbehbahani NB, Jahazi A, Aghebati Amlashi Y |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 120-125 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1562-4765 2008-4080 |
| Popis: | Background and Objective: Thalassemias is the most common inherited disease in the world. This study was designed to assess general health of patients with beta-thalassemia major in Gorgan, northern Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 163 patients with beta-thalassemia major whom referred to Thalghani hospital in Gorgan, northern Iran. Socio-Psychosocial status of patients was assessed by using general health questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). Results: Socio-Psychosocial status of 44.2%, 46% and 9.8% of patients was normal, suspected and suffered from psychosocial disorders, respectively. Social dysfunction (12.9%) and depression (10.4%) were the most prevalent and anxiety was the less prevalent (4.9%) in the patients. There were significant correlations between psychosocial status and mother’s ocupation (P |
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