An Integrated Review of The Application of The Roy Adaptation Model on Quality of Life

Physical and mental health problems reduce patients' quality of life and limit their ability to adapt to the disease. Promoting adaptive behaviors based on the Roy model ensures, maintains and promotes the health of individuals. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of an integrated review of the application of Roy adaptation model on quality of life.

The present study is a systematic review that was conducted in April 2022 by searching for articles in both Persian and English in Web of Science, magiran, irandoc, IranMedex, Scientific Information Database (SID), Scopus, Cochran, Google Scholar and PubMed performed without time limit. The search was performed using the keywords adaptation, Roy model and quality of life and AND and OR operators. CASP tools were used to evaluate the quality of articles. Finally, out of 3400 articles found,9 articles were reviewed.

Out of 9 present studies, 7 studies had English language. There were 5 studies from 2019 onwards. 5 studies were quasi-experimental and 3 studies were clinical trials and 1 studi was descriptive analytic. Studies have been conducted in Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, China and Iran. Sampling methods were available, random, and purposeful. Findings show that in all studies the quality of life of patients increased after the intervention.

Intervention based on Roy adaptation model improves the quality of life in various diseases.