Study of relation between life quality and anger indices with mental health in Ostomy Patients of Tehran

The present research was fulfilled aiming on study of relation between life quality and anger indices with the mental health in Tehran ostomy patients. In this research which was of correlation type, 169 ostomy patients member of Ostomy Association were selected that less than 6 months of their surgery has been passed, they participated voluntarily and with (COH-QOL), trait- state Spilberger Anger Expression (STAXI-2) and general health (GHQ) Golberg and Hillier, the required information were collected and Spearman correlation and regression tests were used. The results show, corporal and social dimensions have a significant correlation with all the mental health indices. mental dimension with anxiety and insomnia, and depression, intellectual dimension with anxiety and insomnia, social insufficient interaction, and depression, life quality with physical signs and depression, introvert anger with physical signs, anxiety, insomnia and depression, extrovert anger with physical signs and anxiety and insomnia, general anger with physical signs have significant correlation. In prediction discussion the amount of fixed adjustment coefficient was calculated 58%. This means that two variables, anger index and life quality have predicted 58% variance of general health variable. With consideration to relation of anger and life quality with the general health of Ostomy Patients, it is better to improve the health of their body and mind by education of life skills and anger control to promote the life quality of these patients.