Relationship between quality of life and social support among women who suffer from bon fracture
Subject Areas : sociology
1 - Nursing group- Medicine faculty - Islamic Azad University - Tabriz branch
Keywords: Women, quality of life, social support, Bone fracture,
Abstract :
Considering high rate of Osteoporosis and bone fracture among women, and in light of the arguments presented an direct relationship between one person’s health and life quality, and given that having social support increase life quality; the study was conducted to determine the relationship between life quality and social support among women with bone fractures. This is a Descriptive – Analytical study which performed in cross- sectional manner. There were 138 samples which assessed by some demographic characteristics, Filip’s social support questionnaire and SF36 quality of life questionnaire. Overall finding indicate that average age of sample was 69.9, the majority of them were married and had 2 children and were household and illiterate and suffer from Hip fracture. Average score of quality of life was 63.28 and there was significant relation between quality of life and social support (p=0.000, p
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