English abstract
The study aimed to uncover the relationship between psychological stress
and quality of life in patients with chronic anemia in the Governorate of
Muscat, and learn about the quality of life in patients with anemia. The study
also aimed to find out the differences in psychological stress and quality of life
depending on the variables of gender, level of education and the family living
standard.
The study population consisted of people with sickle cell anemia in the
Governorate of Muscat, who are between the ages of (15-45) years, totaling
(2182(. After counting the questionnaires the researcher received a sample of
(118) of those with sickle cell anemia, where the number of infected people
reached (49) males and (69) females. To analyze the statistical data, the
researcher used the Pearson correlation coefficient, percentages, arithmetic
means and analysis of variance.
In order to achieve the purposes of the study, the researcher used two tools:
the psychological stresses scale prepared by (Al Abri, 2010), and the quality of
life scale prepared by (Mansi and Kazim, 2006). The study showed the
following findings:
1. The total score of arithmetic mean in the psychological stresses scale in
patients with anemia was (2.63), where social relations occupied the first
place in this scale with an arithmetic mean value of (2.95) while the
physical condition occupied the second place with an arithmetic mean of
(2.67). The psychological state dimension ranked third with an
arithmetic mean of (2.51), and the economic condition dimension
ranked last with an arithmetic mean of (2.45).
2. The total score of the arithmetic mean in the quality of life scale in
patients with anemia was (3.47) where family life ranked first in the scale
with an arithmetic mean of (4.15), and the emotions dimension came in
second place with an arithmetic mean of (3.30). In third place came the
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public health dimension with a mean value of (3.19), and came in last
place the time management dimension with a mean value of (3.11).
3. There is a statistically significant negative relationship at the level of
significance of less than (0.01) between psychological stresses and
quality of life. This shows that the less psychological stress the study
sample face the better quality of life.
4. There were no statistically significant differences at the level of
significance less than (0.05) between the arithmetic means of the
respondents in psychological stresses and the quality of life in
accordance with gender, level of education, living standard, and
educational level of their families.
