Exploring the concept of social support as a key factor in young women's quality of life

Fatemeh Sadat Seyed Nematollah Roshan; Fatemeh Alhani; Armin Zareiyan; Anoshirvan Kazemnejad

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Exploring the concept of social support as a key factor in young women's quality of life

Fatemeh Sadat Seyed Nematollah Roshan , Fatemeh Alhani , Armin Zareiyan and Anoshirvan Kazemnejad

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From the journal International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health Volume 33 Issue 3

Abstract

Background

According to the fact that women make up half the population of each community and are considered as a family health center, exploring the factors promoting their quality of life and health must be prioritized.

Objective

This study aimed to understand the meaning of social support in young women's life.

Methods

Participants were 40 Iranian youth women who were selected by purposive sampling from the capital of Iran, Tehran. Interviews were carefully recorded and concurrent with data collection, analysis was done using conventional content analysis method. After securing the data saturation, interviews were finished and data were categorized by eight stages of zhang technique.

Results

From the interviews three main themes were identified: (i) financial support; (ii) informational support, and (iii) service-based social support.

Discussion

Awareness about aspects of social support in women' life could help health care providers and politicians in Iran to provide more effective programs to promote QOL and as a result total health of women.

Keywords: content analysis; quality of life; support; women

Corresponding author: Fatemeh Alhani, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, E-mail: alhani_f@modares.ac.ir

Funding source: Trabiat Modares University of Medical Sciences

Acknowledgements

This study is part of the PhD thesis, funded by the Research Department of Tarbiat Modarres University in Tehran. We would like to thank the Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran and all the women in this study for sharing their experiences with us.

Competing interests statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.

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Received: 2018-12-09

Accepted: 2018-12-23

Published Online: 2020-06-09

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