Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Abstract BACKGROUND: Drug abuse influences the quality of life significantly. Thus, the present study is
designed to compare the quality of life of adolescents and young adults who have voluntarily referred
to addiction treatment centers at different time slots of upon admission, and 1, 4, and 8 months after
maintenance therapy.
METHODS: The present paper is a longitudinal study on 141 of adolescents and young adults who
had referred to various addiction treatment centers throughout Isfahan voluntarily. The population
was selected through convenience sampling method and 137 of adolescents and young adults
continued the research until the end. The results were analyzed using descriptive and analytic
statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation, repeated measure test, and post‑hoc test) in SPSS 17.
RESULTS: Results showed that the average of quality of life total score was sequential and not the
same in the 4 times slots under study. The total quality of life score upon admission was significantly
different from 1, 4, and 8 months after maintenance treatment. However, quality of life at 1‑month
was not significantly different to that at 4 and 8 months after the treatment; quality of life at 4 months
after the treatment was not significantly different to that at 8 months after.
DISCUSSION: According to the present study, it can be concluded that the quality of life of adolescents
and young adults referring to addiction treatment centers increases 1‑month after the treatment;
nevertheless, it is worth to note that the degree of quality of life increase in 4 and 8 months after the
treatment is not as much as that in 1‑month after the treatment.

Abstract Background and Aims: Newborn death is an unexpected outcome for parents. Parents face
with several needs in infant end‑of‑life. The health care team is responsible for meet these
needs. This qualitative study aim was to explore of parental needs in infant end‑of‑life and
bereavement. Materials and Methods: For this qualitative study, 24 single semi‑structure
interviews were done. A qualitative content analysis method was used. Sampling conducted
on purposeful with maximum variation in five Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) environments
in Isfahan city. Inclusion criteria for nurses and doctors were having at least one experience of
caring for an infant and their family at end‑of‑life. Inclusion criteria for parents and their families
were having at least one infant at end‑of‑life or had lost their infant for 6 months before in
NICU. Results: Data analysis uncovered two main themes. Family’s support needs with two
subthemes (family’s support needs before infant’s death and family’s support needs after infant’s
death) and family’s preparatory needs upon infant’s death with two subthemes (management
of the bad news of infant’s death by treatment team and management of the bad news of
infant’s death by family). Discussion: Mourning mother’s need for her husband’s presence
by her side, getting hospitalized in a separate room, and management of infant’s death news
by father and family were among items rarely pointed out in other studies. Exploration of these
needs cab be helpful for the health care team for providing care.