OBJECTIVE Living a healthy lifestyle in order to manage stress encountered in the health care system is important for health care professionals. The purpose of this study was to increase healthy behaviors of undergraduate students in professional health care majors by introducing a health promotion intervention in a required course. PARTICIPANTS The sample consisted of 201 undergraduate healt...

BACKGROUND Care for patients with indwelling urinary catheter is one of the most important factors in preventing problems associated with indwelling urinary catheters. Caregiver education about caring of indwelling urinary catheters is important the same as patient education to prevent urinary catheters problems. METHODS A pre test post test control group design was used with nursing students...

objective: to compare the knowledge and attitude regarding pubertal changes among pre – adolescent girls before and after the pubertal preparedness program (ppp) in experimental and comparison group. materials and methods: a quasi experimental (non- equivalent comparison group pretest posttest) design was adopted with 104pre-adolescentgirls (52 in each experimental and comparison group) of age ...

OBJECTIVE To examine test characteristics of laser Doppler vasomotor reflex testing for leprosy and to determine the prevalence of abnormal responses in leprosy patients, healthy contacts and controls. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional study including 89 leprosy patients (mean age 35 years, 74% male), 36 healthy contacts (29 years, 64% male) and 47 controls (30 years, 68% male), for a t...

The field of EDM has focused more on modeling student knowledge than on investigating what sequences of different activity types achieve good learning outcomes. In this paper we consider three activity types, targeting sense-making, induction and refinement, and fluency building. We investigate what mix of the three types might be most effective in supporting robust student learning. To do so, ...

The field of EDM has focused more on modeling student knowledge than on investigating what sequences of different activity types achieve good learning outcomes. In this paper we consider three activity types, targeting sense-making, induction and refinement, and fluency building. We investigate what mix of the three types might be most effective in supporting robust student learning. To do so, ...

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that important in maintaining the integrity of body functions, regulating mood, emotion, sleep, appetite, and memory function. However, changes serotonin its receptors are associated with development anxiety, depression, psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia. Exercise suggested treatment for several disorders. The study aims to prove effect moderate-intens...

Diabetes mellitus has been documented to be associated with alterations in salivary composition and function. Therefore, the main aim of this case-control study was to determine the alterations of salivary alpha-amylase in diabetics compared to healthy people. A total of 40 type 2 diabetic subjects (15 male/ 25 female, aged from 4270 years, mean age 55.6 ±7.11) were selected. Also, the control ...

Introduction: The aim of the current research was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy (CBT) training on the general health and improve the emotional intelligence of male adolescents in Tehran city. Methodology: The current research is a semi-trial research with pretest-posttest experimental design and two test and control groups, which were carried out in the 2014...