the effect of supportive companionship on length of labor and desire to breastfeed in primiparous women    samieizadeh toosi t [1] *, sereshti m [2] , dashipur ar [3] , mohammadinia n [4] , arzani a [5]    received : 14 april , 2011 accepted: 10 june , 2011    abstract  background & aims: child birth is the most significant life change experience for primiparous women with lifelong effects on t...

BACKGROUND Research findings on the relationship between the psychosocial work environment and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) are equivocal. This might partly be due to studies having focused on a restricted set of psychosocial dimensions, thereby failing to capture all relevant domains. AIMS To examine cross-sectional associations between seven psychosocial work environment domains an...

BACKGROUND Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus significantly improves motor function in patients with severe Parkinson's disease. However, the effects on nonmotor aspects remain uncertain. The present study investigated the effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on mood and psychosocial functions in 33 patients with advanced Parkinson's disease in a three year follo...

the present research was done to examine the efficacy of psychosocial skills training on psychological and job stress management of bus drivers. accessible sampling method was utilized and the sample consisted of 157 bus drivers in the city of tehran. the research method is quasi- experimental with pretest-posttest. job stress inventory and stress response inventory were administered before and...

BACKGROUND Psychosocial support is considered a central component of nursing care but it remains unclear as to exactly how this is implemented in practice. The aim of this study was to provide a descriptive exploration of how psychosocial needs (PNs) of patients in a hospice ward are expressed and met, in order to develop an understanding of the provision of psychosocial support in practice. ...

In this study, we examined concurrent and longitudinal relations among Navajo adolescents' ethnic identity, experiences of discrimination, and psychosocial outcomes (i.e., self-esteem, substance use, and social functioning). At Time 1, 137 Navajo adolescents (67 male, 70 female), primarily in Grades 9 and 10, completed a written survey assessing ethnic identity, discrimination experiences, and ...

BACKGROUND Clinical guidelines have recommended psychosocial assessment of self-harm patients for years, yet estimates of its impact on the risk of repeat self-harm vary. Assessing the association of psychosocial assessment with risk of repeat self-harm is challenging due to the effects of confounding by indication. METHODS We analysed data from a cohort study of 15,113 patients presenting to...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Psychosocial support is a widely accepted term referring to activities designed to promote social and psychological recovery in disasters, and is a crucial concept in the organisation and management of preparedness, response and recovery systems. The New Zealand Ministry of Health recognised the importance of a common framework of understanding this concept, and commission...