Patient Interest in Receiving Assistance with Self-Reported Social Risks

Self-reported cardiac risks and interest in risk modification among volunteer firefighters.

CONTEXT Coronary heart disease causes approximately 45% of firefighter deaths annually. Although firefighters have clinically significant cardiac risks, a paucity of research and data exists. OBJECTIVE To evaluate firefighters' cardiac risk factors as well as their motivation to resolve these risk factors. METHODS During a 3-month period, volunteer firefighters representing the 79 fire depa...

Self-reported social class in adolescents: validity and relationship with gradients in self-reported health

BACKGROUND Analyzing social differences in the health of adolescents is a challenge. The accuracy of adolescent's report on familial socio-economic position is unknown. The aims of the study were to examine the validity of measuring occupational social class and family level of education reported by adolescents aged 12 to 18, and the relationship between social position and self-reported health...

Title: Self-reported Social Class in Adolescents: Validity and Relationship with Gradients in Self-reported Health

Breast cancer patients’ recall of receiving patient assistance services

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess factors that affect breast cancer patients' recall of patient assistance services. METHODS We surveyed newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients and compared recall of receiving patient assistance services at 2 weeks and 6 months in a patient-assistance randomized controlled trial aimed to connect women to such programs. The intervention group...

Self efficacy, social acceptance and locus of control as predictors of social interest among Iranian students

Social interest is human phenomenon which can be considered as structure of personality in psychology. This descriptive correlation study aimed to investigate self efficacy, social acceptance and locus of control as predictors of social interest. This was correlational study. The sample consisted of 153 boys and 147 girls who were studying at private middle schools. Multistage cluster sampling ...