objective: nutrition in childhood has an important role in current and adulthood health. recent studies have shown that the mother’s lifestyle has an important role in the methods used by mother to feed child. this paper aimed to investigate the association between mother’s weight efficacy lifestyle with feeding practices in children aged 3- 6 years. materials and methods: in this cross-section...

recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is the most common and painful oral inflammatory lesion with an unknown etiology. this study aims to determine the therapeutic effects of ibuprofen, diphenhydramine and aluminum magnesium simethicone (almgs) syrup on reducing oral aphthous ulcer pain.thirty-one patients with ras participated in this double-blind clinical trial. subjects were randomly divided ...

introduction: oral delivery is the most favorable route for insulin administration. the aim of this study was to generate new chitosan coated insulin nanoliposomes and then to assess the physiological efficacy of these nanoliposomes after oral administration in diabetic rabbits. methods: nanoliposomes with negative surface charge encapsulating insulin were prepared by reverse phase evaporation ...

background self-efficacy is an important predicator of coping with stress. objectives this study aimed to determine the psychometric characteristics of the coping self-efficacy (cse) scale among hiv-infected iranian patients. patients and methods psychometric properties of the cse scale were examined by using a cross-sectional study design. one hundred and twenty hiv-infected iranian patients t...

introduction: promoting and maintaining breastfeeding is an important part of the healthcare, nutrition and other social measures required to promote proper growth and development of infants, and a major component of primary healthcare. several factors affect onset and duration of breastfeeding. self-efficacy is one of those factors that can be modified, buthas been less studied. objective:the ...

introduction: quality of life is individuals’ perception of their status in life in the context of the culture and value systems they live in. pregnancy has a great impact on mothers and their quality of life. prenatal classes provide mothers with information about pregnancy, labor process and newborn care. objective:the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of prenatal classes on ...

abstract background: in nursing, self-efficacy is quite critical for skill performance. some factors might influence and predict self-efficacy in nurses. thus, the present study aimed to investigate self-efficacy and the factors predicting nurses’ self-efficacy in clinical setting. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 264 nurses were selected from five hospitals affiliated to s...

introduction: studies have indicated that emotional intelligence is positively related to self-efficacy and can predict the academic achievement. the present study aimed to investigate the role of emotional intelligence in identifying self-efficacy among the students of public health school with different levels of academic achievement. methods: this correlational study was conducted on all the...

background: diabetes is one of the chronic and prevalent diseases in the world. the number of diabetic patients has increased 7 times during the last 20 years. if the current trend continues, there will be 350 million diabetics in 2030. it means that 7 million people will be patients annually. up to now, different unadjustable factors have been monitored in self-care for diabetes to manage and ...