Background: Hemodialysis patients encounter with various physical, mental, and social health problems. Empowerment programs may facilitate behavioral changes and improve general health. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an empowerment program on the general health of hemodialysis patients. Methods: This is a randomized controlled clinical trial that performed on 60 pa...

Introduction: Physician burnout is considered a great public health problem, and the occurrence of COVID-19 pandemic made it worse. The put several physical emotional stressors on frontline healthcare providers leading to increased burnout. Aim work: was assess prevalence its predictors among physicians in Egypt during COVID 19 evaluating relation between burnout, subscales, psychosomatic symp...

background: in spite of the increased range of inactivity and obesity among iranian adults, insufficient research has been done on environmental factors influencing physical activity. as a result adapting a subjective (self-report) measurement tool for assessment of physical environment in iran is critical. accordingly, in this study neighborhood environment walkability scale (news) was adapted...

Background: Fatigue may lead to several consequences and principally produces occupational physical trauma among the workforce. Objectives: This study was designed to explore the relationship between work-related physical trauma and fatigue in the copper extraction industry. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 453 male workers employed in the copper extraction ...

The importance of self-beliefs in prominent models of social phobia has led to the development of measures that tap this cognitive construct. The Self-Beliefs Related to Social Anxiety (SBSA) Scale is one such measure and taps the three maladaptive belief types proposed in Clark and Wells's model of social phobia. This study aimed to replicate and extend previous research on the psychometric pr...

Background: The Sense of Competence Questionnaire (SCQ) was originally developed for informal caregivers of patients with diagnosed dementia. In order to study the validity and usefulness of the SCQ when applied to informal caregivers of older adults with dementia symptoms (i.e. cognitive impairment, pre-diagnostic dementia or dementia in its early stages), we investigated the construct validit...

goals prioritization, mental health and irrational beliefs are concept much discussed nowadays. this study aims to compare the goals prioritization of the students and its relation to mental health and irrational beliefs. this study was designed and completed descriptively. the sample included 216 students of allamehtabatabai university. students completed the goals and aspirations, mental heal...

BACKGROUND Valid instrumentation in the assessment of health-related quality of life (HQoL) in renal transplant recipients is critical to identifying particular nuances and determinants of HQoL in this population. Therefore, the validity of disease-specific instruments to measure HQoL in renal transplant recipients, such as the Kidney Transplant Questionnaire (KTQ), needs further investigation....

Introduction: Tinnitus can have a significant effect on an individual’s quality of life, and is very difficult quantify. One of the most popular questionnaires used in this area is the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI). The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a Persian translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI-P).   Materials and Methods: This prospectiv...

INTRODUCTION Knee osteoarthritis is associated with persistent joint pain, stiffness, joint deformities, ligament damage, and surrounding muscle atrophy. The complexity of the disease makes treatment difficult. There are no therapeutic drugs available to halt the disease progression, leaving patients dependent on pain medication, anti-inflammatory drugs, or invasive joint replacement surgery. ...