Vocal markers of preoperative anxiety: a pilot study

Acupressure and preoperative parental anxiety: a pilot study.

In this randomized sham-controlled study we examined the anxiolytic and sedative effects of acupressure on parents in the preoperative holding area before their children's surgery. Sixty-one parents received acupressure either at the Yintang point (midpoint between the two eyebrows) or at a sham point. Anxiety (as measured by the Stait-Trait Anxiety Inventory), arterial blood pressure, and hear...

The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Improves Vocal loudness in Early Persian Parkinson’s Patients: A Pilot Study

Objectives: In the early stages, most Parkinson’s patients display some degrees of voice and speech disorders. Speech disorders can negatively affect social interactions and human life, thus treatment plans for the disorders in the early stages might be further beneficial than the late stages. Therefore, we aimed to investigate on the effect of an intervention on Persian patients with early mil...

Religiousness and preoperative anxiety: a correlational study

BACKGROUND Major life changes are among factors that cause anxiety, and one of these changes is surgery. Emotional reactions to surgery have specific effects on the intensity and velocity as well as the process of physical disease. In addition, they can cause delay in patients recovery. This study is aimed at determining the relationship between religious beliefs and preoperative anxiety. MET...

a study of translation of english litrary terms into persian

چکیده هدف از پژوهش حاضر بررسی ترجمه ی واژه های تخصصی حوزه ی ادبیات به منظور کاوش در زمینه ی ترجمه پذیری آنها و نیز راهکار های به کار رفته توسط سه مترجم فارسی زبان :سیامک بابایی(1386)، سیما داد(1378)،و سعید سبزیان(1384) است. هدف دیگر این مطالعه تحقیق در مورد روش های واژه سازی به کار رفته در ارائه معادل های فارسی واژه های ادبی می باشد. در راستای این اهداف،چارچوب نظری این پژوهش راهکارهای ترجمه ار...

A clinical pilot study of the effect of auriculotherapy on anxiety after cesarean section