BACKGROUND Distress can bring about an unfavorable attitude among the patients toward tackling their disease which can affect adherence to medications. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of distress on adherence to medication among patients with diabetes. METHODOLOGY In this cross-sectional study, 124 type 2 diabetes patients above 18 years, attending the hospitals affiliated ...

Aim To analyse the concept of maternal distress. Background Although, not well developed, the concept of maternal distress has provided an important viewpoint in nursing and midwifery practice since the mid 1990s. Traditionally, understanding of maternal distress has been based on the medical model and dysfunction. The concept of maternal distress needs development so that it describes response...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Distress intolerance is a core element of many models of psychopathology and is related to a range of disorders and maladaptive behaviors. However, research on distress intolerance has been hampered by inconsistency in its assessment. Moreover, recent perspectives suggest that distress intolerance varies based on the domain of distress, highlighting the need for a meas...

background and objective: preterm birth is a public health problem and late preterm birth (deliveries between 34-36 weeks of gestation) accounts for 75% of all preterm births. antenatal betamethasone can reduce the severity of respiratory distress in preterm infants and its effect is accepted in 24-34 weeks of gestation. our goal was to determine the neonatal outcomes of betamethasone prescript...

abstract background and purpose: distress is an important issue with significant effects on nurses and patients in the nursing profession. this study aimed to investigate the effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (mbct) on the distress tolerance of nurses with job burnout. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. study pop...

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background: pyrethroids are generally of low toxicity to humans, but in suicidal poisonings which are usually associated with ingestion of high doses, they lead to severe systemic effects. case report: a 30-year old woman presented to emergency department with a history of intentional ingestion of about 15 ml of prallethrin around 3 days earlier. she complained of shortness of breath along with...

background: various strategies have been suggested for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (rds). objectives: the aim of this study was to compare the efficacies of two common methods of rds management among neonates with low birth weight. patients and methods: a cohort study was conducted on 98 neonates with definite diagnosis of rds during 2008-2009. the neonates were divided into ...

background: the clinical manifestations and outcome of influenza infection differ between various patients in the world. the purpose of this study was to assess the clinical manifestations of patients with confirmed or suspected novel h1n1 flu infection in sari, north of iran. methods: from september 2009 to january 2010, the patients’ data were collected by retrospective chart review of medica...

Research indicates that distress tolerance exhibits a complicated relationship with risk factors for suicidal behavior. Specifically, low self-reported distress tolerance has been linked to perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. Contrastingly, high self-reported distress tolerance has been linked to the acquired capability for suicide. Given the frequently discrepant findings betw...