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Quality of Life in Emergency Medicine Specialists of Teaching Hospitals

INTRODUCTION: Quality of life (QOL) of emergency medicine specialists can be effective in providing services to patients. The aim of the present study was evaluating the lifestyle of emergency medicine practitioners, understanding their problems, and addressing the solutions to enhance and improve t...

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Autores principales: Amini, Afshin, Munesan, Mohammad Reza, Kariman, Hamid, Arhami Dolatabadi, Ali, Hatamabadi, Hamid Reza, Shahrami, Ali, Shojaee, Majid
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Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26495365
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author Amini, Afshin
Munesan, Mohammad Reza
Kariman, Hamid
Arhami Dolatabadi, Ali
Hatamabadi, Hamid Reza
Shahrami, Ali
Shojaee, Majid
author_facet Amini, Afshin
Munesan, Mohammad Reza
Kariman, Hamid
Arhami Dolatabadi, Ali
Hatamabadi, Hamid Reza
Shahrami, Ali
Shojaee, Majid
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description INTRODUCTION: Quality of life (QOL) of emergency medicine specialists can be effective in providing services to patients. The aim of the present study was evaluating the lifestyle of emergency medicine practitioners, understanding their problems, and addressing the solutions to enhance and improve their lifestyles, in teaching hospitals in Iran. METHOD: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on emergency medicine physicians in 10 teaching hospitals of Iran in 2011. Emergency physicians with at least three years of experience, who interested in the study, were enrolled in the project. All participants filled out the consent form and QOL questionnaires, and then underwent physical examinations and some medical laboratory tests. Categorical variables were reported as percentages, while continuous variables expressed as means and standard deviations. p <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Totally, 100 subjects participated in the study, of whom 48 were male. The mean and standard deviation of the physicians’ age were 38.7±5.1 years. 43% of physicians had an average QOL, while 37% good. 96% of studied physicians had a good condition regarding habitual history, while 93% of them had a poor condition in performing screening tests. Exercise program and personal health in individuals with normal BMI were correlated with higher levels of QOL. BMI was higher in 40-50 years old subjects than youth. Hypertension was present in five cases (5%), hypercholesterolemia in six (6%), hypertriglyceridemia in six (6%), increased LDL in four (4%), low HDL in four (4%), and impaired FBS in 4 (4%). CONCLUSION: The findings showed that 63% of studied emergency physicians had an average level of QOL and other ones good. The majority of physicians had undesirable situation regarding the performance of screening tests.
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spelling pubmed-46145792015-10-22 Quality of Life in Emergency Medicine Specialists of Teaching Hospitals Amini, Afshin Munesan, Mohammad Reza Kariman, Hamid Arhami Dolatabadi, Ali Hatamabadi, Hamid Reza Shahrami, Ali Shojaee, Majid Emerg (Tehran) Original Research INTRODUCTION: Quality of life (QOL) of emergency medicine specialists can be effective in providing services to patients. The aim of the present study was evaluating the lifestyle of emergency medicine practitioners, understanding their problems, and addressing the solutions to enhance and improve their lifestyles, in teaching hospitals in Iran. METHOD: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on emergency medicine physicians in 10 teaching hospitals of Iran in 2011. Emergency physicians with at least three years of experience, who interested in the study, were enrolled in the project. All participants filled out the consent form and QOL questionnaires, and then underwent physical examinations and some medical laboratory tests. Categorical variables were reported as percentages, while continuous variables expressed as means and standard deviations. p <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Totally, 100 subjects participated in the study, of whom 48 were male. The mean and standard deviation of the physicians’ age were 38.7±5.1 years. 43% of physicians had an average QOL, while 37% good. 96% of studied physicians had a good condition regarding habitual history, while 93% of them had a poor condition in performing screening tests. Exercise program and personal health in individuals with normal BMI were correlated with higher levels of QOL. BMI was higher in 40-50 years old subjects than youth. Hypertension was present in five cases (5%), hypercholesterolemia in six (6%), hypertriglyceridemia in six (6%), increased LDL in four (4%), low HDL in four (4%), and impaired FBS in 4 (4%). CONCLUSION: The findings showed that 63% of studied emergency physicians had an average level of QOL and other ones good. The majority of physicians had undesirable situation regarding the performance of screening tests. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4614579/ /pubmed/26495365 Text en © 2014 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Kariman, Hamid
Arhami Dolatabadi, Ali
Hatamabadi, Hamid Reza
Shahrami, Ali
Shojaee, Majid
Quality of Life in Emergency Medicine Specialists of Teaching Hospitals
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26495365
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