background and objectives: sele-ye rahem is a social behaviour that promotes social spirit, improves life expectancy and physical and mental health. seleh-ye rahem means maintaining supporting and friendly relationships with one’s physical arham (family members and relatives) and spiritual arham (consisting of the prophet, the infallible imams, religious scholars and imam’s descendants or sadat...

BACKGROUND This study tested a mediated effects model of psychological and behavioral adaptation to puberty within the context of physical activity (PA). METHODS Biological maturity status, physical self-concept, PA, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were assessed in 222 female British year 7 to 9 pupils (mean age = 12.7 years, SD = .8). RESULTS Structural equation modeling using m...

OBJECTIVE This paper sought to examine which pre- and post-migration factors might be associated with changes in refugees' health status. METHODS Using linear regression, the associations between pre- and post-migration factors and changes in self-rated mental and physical health status were examined in 525 refugees from the 1998 Settlement Experiences of Refugees in Alberta study. RESULTS ...

Objective: Lack of exercise is the fourth cause of death in the world. There is an inverse relationship between physical activity and the risk of diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine physical activity status and its related factors among type 2 diabetic patients in Hamadan, west of Iran. Materials and Methods: This analytical-observational study was performed on320 type 2 diabetic ...

introduction: cancer patients face psychosocial and physical problems, which may have an impact on the patient’s quality of life (qol). the quality of life is a powerful factor when it comes to the guidance, maintenance and increasing the level of health and culture of communities. no more attention has been paid to qol of patients with cancer in our country.  close relation between medical hea...

introduction: health is one the greatest blessings of great lord to people. many researches have been done that analyzed relation between prayer and health that most of them was about mental health. physical health is a dimension of life that is importance and few researches have been done about it then in this article, we want study the relationship between pray and physical health among the i...

BACKGROUND According to recent research studies, the built and socioeconomic contexts of neighborhoods are associated with African American adolescents' participation in physical activity and obesity status. However, few research efforts have been devoted to understand how African American adolescents' perceptions of their neighborhood environments may affect physical activity behaviors and obe...

The main aim of this study was to analyze the joint association of body fat percentage and physical activity levels on motor coordination scores in girls with different adiposity status. Sixty-eight school-aged children between 12 and 14 years participated in the study. Skinfold thickness was measured and the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder test was administered. Participants completed a sel...

Objective: To examine the impact of previously operated complex congenital heart disease on health related quality of life and subjective health status and to determine the relation between these parameters and physical status. Design: Cross sectional; information on medical follow up was sought retrospectively. Setting: Patients were randomly selected from the archives of the paediatric cardio...