Background: There is a lack of Iranian studies on marital satisfaction, which is one of the important factors in the stability of marriage. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of sociodemographic variables on marital satisfaction. Methods: This analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted on 770 married people from Gonabad City, Northeast of Iran. The simple random sampling method was used. Also, the ENRICH marital satisfaction scale was used to measure marital satisfaction as a dependent variable. A cut-off score of 100 was considered for the scale, with higher scores indicating satisfaction. Moreover, the logistic regression model was used to examine the effects of the variables on marital satisfaction. Results: The Mean±SD age of the participants was 39.2±10.6 years. Most of the participants (75%) were categorized as satisfied, with a Mean±SD score of 113.9±26.8. Besides, both univariate and multiple regression analyses showed a strong significant relationship between economic status and marital satisfaction, ie, a better economic status increased the odds of marital satisfaction. After controlling other investigated variables, the logistic regression model showed that men are about two times more likely than women to be satisfied with their marriage (adjusted odds ratio=1.82). Conclusion: The present findings showed that family income and gender positively influence marital satisfaction. Accordingly, marital satisfaction and family solidarity could be enhanced by the provision of legal and social rules to ensure the equal right of men and women, as well as attempts to improve the economic status of the families.

Introduction: Critical illnesses and subsequent hospitalization of a relative to an intensive care unit (ICU) can result in many psychosocial problems for patient and their family members. Caring for the anxiety and frustration of their families within the first days of patient's hospitalization is an integral part of critical care nursing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the supportive psychosocial protocol in anxiety of patient families' located at the ICU, provided within the first days of patient's hospitalization. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study. A convince and random sample was recruited over a six months, consisting of seventy-five primary family members of each critically ill patient who had been newly admitted to Isfahan Al-Zahra university hospital. Mean family psychosocial need and anxiety scores' were measured and compared before and after intervention, using two questionnaires, a critical care family needs inventory (CCFNI) and an Anxiety questionnaire (Spilburger) forms. Different statistical tests were used for data analysis. Results: with a significant difference (P < 0.001), the mean family psychosocial need scores' associated to before and after intervention was 57.1 ± 4.7 versus 32.6 ± 3.9 respectively. There was a significant difference (P < 0.001) related to the mean family anxiety scores' of before and after intervention with values of 32.8 ± 4.6, versus 27.7 ± 2.3 respectively. Conclusions: The findings support the effectiveness of supportive psychosocial protocol on ICU patient families' anxiety to allay anxiety and immediate psychosocial needs. The formation of an ICU patient families' supportive psychosocial protocol should be based on a need assessment, in order to alleviate their anxiety and meet their immediate psychosocial needs.

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