BACKGROUND 'Kneipp Therapy' (KT) is a form of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) that includes a combination of hydrotherapy, herbal medicine, mind-body medicine, physical activities, and healthy eating. Since 2007, some nursing homes for older adults in Germany began to integrate CAM in the form of KT in care. The study investigated how KT is used in daily routine care and explored t...

Although evidence exists that substance abuse abstinence is enhanced when individuals in recovery are embedded in social networks that are cohesive, few studies examined the network structures underlying recovery home support systems. In two studies, we investigated the mechanisms through which social environments affect health outcomes among two samples of adult residents of recovery homes. Fi...

to empower the farmer villagers, execution of training programs including semi-presence training, open training and virtual training is essential. the main purpose of the present research is to determine the factors affecting the enabler trainings to farmer villagers with an emphasis on the component of culture and education technology using the interpretative structural modeling together with ...

purpose: to determine the prevalence of refractive errors among elderly residents of mashhad during 2006 based on age and gender. methods: through proportionate cluster random sampling, urban residents of mashhad aged 55 years or more were invited to attend the vision clinic of mashhad medical university for an eye examination including autorefraction and subjective refraction. results: of 1,54...

In 2015, Vermont legislators may consider financing plans to implement Act 48, a law that aims to provide universal health care coverage to all Vermont residents starting in 2017. In this analysis, we estimate the economic incidence of payments for health care by Vermont residents and the value of health care benefits received by Vermont residents in 2012 and 2017, without the implementation of...

BACKGROUND Qigong, similar to Tai Chi Chuan, is beneficial to health. In Taiwan, Waitankung, a type of Qigong, is as popular as Tai Chi Chuan. This population-based comparison study compares the health-related quality of life between people practicing Waitankung and their comparable community residents. METHODS A total of 165 individuals practicing Waitankung were matched by age and sex with ...

BACKGROUND Loneliness is a significant psychosocial effect following a cancer diagnosis and may prevent people from engaging in social activities, thus creating difficulties in interpersonal relationships. This study investigated loneliness and social support among cognitively intact nursing home residents with cancer by using a quantitatively driven mixed-methods design with sequential supplem...

background: health-related quality-of-life (hr-qol) may be affected by various factors including injury-related characteristics among individuals with spinal cord injury (sci). however, the impact of the influence of these variables has not yet been fully described in iranian population. here, we assessed the relationships between injury-related characteristics and hr-qol among iranian people w...

flora and fauna of rocky coastal habitats are versatile in adapting to the prevalent tidal fluctuations. the current study was undertaken to evaluate the diversity of fouling and associated species around the port blair coastal areas of andaman and nicobar islands. except tss, the hydrographical parameters (temperature, salinity, ph and dissolved oxygen) did not significantly vary among the 5 s...