Love of life and its association with well-being in Iranian psychiatric outpatients.
Mahboubeh Dadfar, Ahmed M Abdel-Khalek, David Lester
PMID 33072372WHAT IT FOUND
Psychiatric outpatients in Iran scored lower on a 16-item love-of-life scale than most previous college samples, and higher scores correlated with better spiritual and psychological well-being.
This is a measure, not tested treatment.
Key findings
01In psychiatric outpatients, the 16-item Farsi Love of Life Scale had a Cronbach's alpha of 0.95.
02Love-of-life scores correlated positively with spiritual well-being (r = .67) and psychological well-being (r = .53).
03Psychiatric outpatients' mean Love of Life score was 51.02 on a 16 to 80 scale, and it was lower than college student samples except Egyptian females.
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What it does not show
The sample was a convenience sample from one Iranian mental-health centre. The participants were only Iranian psychiatric outpatients, so the results may not apply to other settings or countries. The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that love of life caused better well-being or that using the scale improved care. Psychiatric diagnoses were not taken into account, so results may differ across diagnostic groups. The authors' suggested nursing use was not tested.
Declared interests
The authors declared no funding and no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that the Love of Life Scale improves psychiatric nursing care. The study measured associations in a convenience sample and did not test an intervention.