SRPH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
Year:2020 | Volume:2 | Issue:2|Papers Count:2

Introduction: breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the communities and allocated one third of all cancers in women to it. Breast cancer is known as the second leading cause of death due to the cancer in women. In the US, almost one of every 8 women will develop breast cancer during their lives. According to the National Cancer Registry, breast cancer ranks first among Iranian women and is allocated 16% of all cancers. Materials and methods: This study was conducted using the semi-experimental pre-test and post-test design using the control group. The study sample consisted of 30 patients. 15 patients among them were randomly assigned to each test and control groups. The research variables were assessed using Numerical Pain Rating Scale of Karoly Jensen (2001), subscale of physical complaints, check-list of mental disorder symptoms (SCL-90-R) and the physical symptoms of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Research findings: in this study which women with breast cancer were involved in, the results were significant in pain reduction (Numerical Rating Scale) with 95% confidence interval (P<0. 05) and in physical complaints and also physical symptoms with 99% confidence interval (P<0. 01). Discussion and Conclusion: Pain management training is effective in reducing of expressed pain, physical complaints and also physical symptoms in women with cancer.

The present research gets into comparing the psychic factors such as perfectionism, and negative affectivity in patients with coronary artery disease and healthy individuals. For this purpose one hundred and thirty two persons were chosen from among the clients (sixty six patients, sixty six healthy individuals) to Seyyed-al-shohada cardiac Hospital, Taleghani cardiac Hospital, Imam Khomeini Cardiac Hospital and the private doctor offices in the city of Orumieh by means of convenience sampling. Healthy individuals were being chosen from among the patients relatives and Hill’ s tests of perfectionism, and the positive and negative affectivity test of PANAS were being carried out on them. For data analysis the MANOVA method was used. The results of the research indicated that there is a significant difference between individuals afflicted with coronary artery disease and the healthy individuals in terms of perfectionism factors and the negative affectivity. It means that perfectionism and the negative affectivity in the individuals afflicted with coronary artery disease is more than healthy individuals. The findings of this research in addition to indicating the influence of variables in patients can introduce valuable approaches toward general health and prevention.