Iranian Journal of War and Public Health
Volume:12 Issue: 47, 2020

The stress of war is not limited to the wartime period, but also triggers chronic and acute reactions after the war, characterized by psychological and physical damage. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of anger management training on resilience, happiness and general health of veterans’ sons.

The research was quasi-experimental with pretest and posttest with case and control groups. The number of samples required for this study was 30 male students of the veteran child of the second high school of Shahed school in Kerman in 2018, in which 15 people were randomly assigned to the case group and 15 to the control group. Anger control training was conducted for 12 sessions in the case group. To collect the required data in both pre-test and post-test stages, 4 trait-anger expression questionnaires (STAXI-2), Conor-Davidson Resilience Questionnaire (C-DRS), Patterson Happiness Questionnaire and General Health Questionnaire were used. The collected data were analyzed using analysis of covariance and SPSS 23 software.

There was a significant difference between case and control groups in terms of resilience, happiness and general health scores after presenting the independent variable (anger management training) (p<0.001), so that the effect of anger control on resilience variable 60%, Happiness 41% and general health 65%.

Anger management training is effective in increasing resilience, happiness and general health of veterans’ sons.

Psychological well-being can affect different aspects of peoplechr('39')s lives through the positive development of emotions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of social and communication skills training using cognitive-behavioral approach on psychological well-being and happiness of female students with martyred and veteran parents in Shahrekord governmental universities.

The research was a quasi-experimental study that was conducted as a pretest-posttest-follow up with a control group on 50 female students with martyred and veteran parents in Shahrekord governmental universities in 2018-19. Research tools included the Ryff and Keynes Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. The interventions were performed in 10 sessions of 90 minutes for the experimental group. Data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance using SPSS 22 software.

There was no significant difference between the two groups in the pretest stage (p>0.05). The mean scores of psychological well-being and happiness in the experimental group had a significant increase in the posttest stage compared to the control group (p<0.05). The results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that the mean scores of psychological well-being and happiness, regardless of the effect of grouping during the posttest and follow up stages, changed significantly (p<0.05).

Group training of social and communication skills with a cognitive-behavioral approach leads to increased psychological well-being and happiness of female students with martyred and veteran parents.

One of the areas of veteranschr('39') lives that may be affected by war and its long-term consequences is psychological well-being, which demonstrates an individualchr('39')s ability to understand the purpose of life and the positive consequences of personal growth. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based treatment on the psychological well-being of chemical veterans.

In this quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design with a control group, 50 chemical warfare veterans of Kermanshah in 2017 were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The research tool was Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale. Acceptance and commitment therapy training was performed in 10 sessions of 45 minutes for the experimental group. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 statistical software using multivariate analysis of covariance.

Acceptance and commitment based therapy in the experimental group improved the subscales scores of positive relationships with others, mastery of the environment, purposeful living and self-acceptance (p<0.001) and autonomy and personal growth (p<0.002).

Acceptance and commitment therapy training improves the level of psychological well-being in chemical veterans.

This study investigated the effect of perceived social support on the happiness of the wives of Zanjan physical veterans.

This is a descriptive correlational study. 188 wives of physical veterans with a percentage of 40% and above were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected through Oxford and Zimet questionnaires and analyzed by multivariate regression in SPSS 25 software.

The age group of 45 to 54 years, with 60.6%, had the highest frequency. 55.9% of veteranschr('39') wives’ happiness level was high, 41% moderate, and 3.2% low. Among the happiness components, the lowest mean was related to the aesthetic (1.85) and the highest to self-efficacy (2.27). 78.72% of veteranschr('39') wives reported high perceived social support, 15.50% moderate, and 5.85% low. The highest averages were obtained from family (4.02), community (3.92), and friends (2.91), respectively. There was a significant relationship between the components of happiness and perceived social support (p<0.05). The results showed that the correlation coefficient of social support components with happiness (MR=0.443 and RS=0.96) was significant (p<0.00), and 19.6% of the variance of happiness is explained by the dimensions of perceived social support Among the three types of social support, only family support was predictive of happiness (p<0.00).

Family support plays a major role in the happiness of physical veterans’ wives.

The complications of sulfur mustard (SM) in lungs, eyes, and skin of exposed survivors have already been studied. This study evaluates health problems of other than the usual affected organs in survivors with severe respiratory injuries.

In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 292 chemical warfare veterans with severe pulmonary complications due to exposure to sulfur mustard were examined by two physicians in 2016. Health problems in the veterans were recorded and a clinical examination was performed. Data using SPSS software version 2016 and Chi-square test and Lambda correlation coefficient were analyzed.

The most common problems of chemical warfare victims with severe pulmonary complications were related to musculoskeletal problems 92.1% (low back pain 68.8%), neurological system 88.4%(headache 78.1%), auditory system 81.8%(Hearing loss 62%), gastrointestinal tract 78.1% (reflux 74.3%), kidney and urinary tract (65.1%), cardiovascular (52.4%), immune system disorders (43.4%) and infertility 10.6%. The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the veterans were 121.1±14.7 and 79.7±8.8mmHg, respectively. Most of them were under treatment of respiratory corticosteroids (72.2%) and oral corticosteroids (45%). There were no significant relationships between gender, age, frequency of exposure to sulfur mustard, and the prevalence of physical complaints and musculoskeletal diseases, nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system, and hearing loss (p>0.05).

The most important health problems were musculoskeletal, neurological, hearing loss, and gastrointestinal problems. Moreover, the rate of using corticosteroids was very high while the rate of Infertility was less prevalent than previous studies.  These results will help investment policies aiming at considering future health promotion planning.

This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom scale-interview for DSM-5 (PSS-I-5) in military personnel involved in warfare.

This was a validation study. A descriptive research method was used. The participants in this study consisted of 287 veterans with PTSD who referred to (505 Army Psychiatric Hospital) selected using the availability sampling method. The instruments used in this study included the PSS-I-5 scale as the main research tools, Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) assessed the convergent validity, and PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (‏PCL-M-5‎‏) and Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for ‎DSM-5 (CAPS-5) were also used to measure simultaneous validity. The data were analyzed using the correlation coefficient and the Cronbachchr('39')s alpha methods.

The results demonstrated that Cronbachchr('39')s alpha of the PSS-I-5 scale was at a desirable level (α=0.91). PSS-I-5 had good convergent and divergent validity. The sensitivity of PSS-I-5 was equal to 0.97%, and its specificity was obtained to be 0.62%. Further, the analysis of the results revealed that PSS-I-5 could differentiate between sick and healthy individuals.

The PSS-I-5 scale has desirable reliability and validity for military personnel participating in the war and can be used to identify and screen military personnel involved in warfare and military missions.

The psychological effects of war, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, may persist for years after the war. The aim of this study was to estimate the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder and its related factors in the elderly survivors of the bombing in Ilam.

The present study was performed by retrospective cohort method on 227 elderly survivors of the imposed war living in Ilam City, Iran, in 2019 who were selected by multi-stage proportional random sampling. The NSESSS-PTSD instrument was used to measure post-traumatic stress disorder. Used descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t-test, ANOVA, and Correlation) for data analysis by SPSS 23 software.

The mean age of the elderly participating in the study was 66.67±7.16 years. 54.2% of participants were female. There was a significant relationship between marital status, employment, witnessing injuries and deaths, age at wartime and gender, and post-traumatic stress disorder. There was a significant relationship between current chronic patients and post-traumatic stress disorder.

16.3% of the elderly survivors of the bombing of the Iran-Iraq war in Ilam have post-traumatic stress disorder.

Paying attention to mental and physical health is very important for all society sections, especially veterans. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem, body image concern, and veteranschr('39') self-esteem.

In this descriptive study, the statistical sample consisted of 100 male veterans who did not have any acute problems in physical and physical conditions and were selected by the available sampling method. The instruments used in this study included a demographic questionnaire, shark physical activity, body image concern, self-esteem, and physical self-worth. Data analysis was performed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis with simultaneous input of variables and SPSS 23 software.

Physical activity had a positive relationship with self-esteem (r=0.442; p<0.01) and physical self-worth (r=0.532; p<0.01), and had a negative relationship with body image concern (r=-0.373; p<0.01). P). Only the physical self-worth variable (t=2.726; p<0.01) predicted the physical activity.

There is a relationship between physical activity with self-esteem, physical self-worth, and body image concern. the variable of physical self-worth has the ability to predict the variable of physical activity.