background and aims: loneliness typically includes anxious feelings. it is particularly relevant to adolescence period. it has effect on physical and mental health. the present study aimed to identify the predictive factors of loneliness among high schools female students.methods: a cross –sectional survey was carried out among high schools female students in ilam during the academic year 2014-...

OBJECTIVES This article examines associations between the use of selected medications and fall-related fractures in the household population aged 65 or older. DATA SOURCE The analysis was based on cross-sectional data from the household component of the 1996/97 cycle of the National Population Health Survey. Data were from a sample of 13,363 respondents aged 65 or older. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQU...

purpose of this section is to show how many observations are actually analyzed in multivariate analyses, such as multiple linear regression analysis or multiple logistic regression analysis, when there are different numbers of missing values in each explanatory variable. Let’s perform a multiple linear regression using the following hypothetical data (Table 1). In this data, explanatory variabl...

BACKGROUND P Cesarean delivery rates have been increasing throughout the world. Parallel to the developments in the world the cesarean rate in Turkey has risen to 48.1% in 2013. Some of the social factors were related with cesarean births. The purpose of this study was to determine cesarean birth rates and to find out social factors affecting the cesarean birth in primiparous women. METHODS T...