SPOUSE ADAPTATION AFTER THE PARTNER'S OPEN HEART SURGERY By Marietta J. Gardner The purpose of this study was to describe the adaptation of male and female spouses after their partners' open heart surgery using the theory of person as an adaptive syston. A descriptive correlational design was used to examine adaptation of male and fanale spouses to their partners' open heart surgery (criterion ...

BACKGROUND In this study we ask why spouses resemble each other in smoking behaviour and assess if such resemblance depends on period of data collection or age. Spousal similarity may reflect different, not mutually exclusive, processes. These include phenotypic assortment (choice of spouse is based on phenotype) or social homogamy at the time spouses first meet, and marital interaction during ...

BACKGROUND Providing care for patients with chronic disability affects caregivers' social lives and relationships and can lead to poor health and lower quality of life. OBJECTIVES In this study, our goal was to assess the quality of life in spouses of war veterans with bilateral lower limb amputations to find factors affecting caregivers' quality of life. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a cross-sec...

this research aims to understand mother’s and girl’s expectations from their spouses, and shows the difference between these two generation’s expectations. along this, by using qualitative approach and deep semi-structured interview, we studied the expectations difference among 14 mothers and 14 girls resided at tehran city’s fifth region (area).results from the research showed that women’s exp...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the effectiveness of statins in daily practice in reducing the arterial wall thicknesses by comparing the carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) between statin-treated familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) patients and their unaffected spouses. METHODS FH subjects treated with LDL-c lowering medication for at least 5 years and their unaffected spouses were included in th...

Codependency is considered to be a dysfunctional form infused with the extreme focus outside oneself. Spouses of male substance abusers derive sense purpose from marital relationship, while neglecting their own self-esteem, personal life, self-worth and autonomy. It not only affects psychological health but also varied by number sociodemographic factors that may contribute functionality spouses...

The present study was undertaken with an aim to study the locus of control and adjustment among middle-aged husbands with working and non-working spouse. The survey was designed with 80 samples (husbands with working spouse and non-working spouses) in the age group between 40-50 years on the basis of their family income, religion and occupation. Data was collected with the help of Levensons’ Sc...

A review of the literature shows an association between depression and perceived burden in caregivers of dementia patients. These caregivers are often the spouses of cognitively impaired elders, and they experience an emotional toll with negative effects on their mental health and well-being. Findings from past research focus on spouses as caregivers and the influences of primary and secondary ...