Introduction: The multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) model provides an ideal foundation for assessing the psychological properties of a questionnaire designed with structure. This study aimed to present first use MIRT models investigate psychometric general health (GHQ-12) in parents school-aged children.
 Methods: A total 1104 school children-aged completed Persian version GHQ-1...

Novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic and life-threatening highly infectious outbreak. The people of Bangladesh are at high risk COVID-19 have already experienced various socio-economic, Physical health, psychological consequences. Particularly, mental health problems dominantly reported in the literature should be controlled. main objective this epidemiological study...

Objective To quantify psychological distress experienced by emergency, anaesthetic and intensive care doctors during the acceleration phase of COVID-19 in UK Ireland. Methods Initial cross-sectional electronic survey distributed first pandemic wave Ireland (UK: 18 March 2020–26 2020 Ireland: 25 2020–2 April 2020). Surveys were via established specialty research networks, within a three-part lon...

Abstract Background Aging of population brings changes in needs and capacities. People live longer chronic diseases appear to be a potential risk major causes disability functional dependency. The aim this study was investigate the physical mental health elderly residing an urban area Athens,Greece. Methods In population-based using convenience sampling, seniors aged ≥65 years old, under no med...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of group psychoeducation to relieve the psychological distress of mothers of children with high-functioning pervasive developmental disorders (HFPDD) and to improve the behaviors of the children. METHODS Seventy-two mothers of preschool outpatients with HFPDD were randomly assigned to a four-session brief group psychoeducati...

OBJECTIVE [corrected] Person-Environment fit (P-E fit) paradigm, seems to be especially useful in explaining phenomena related to work attitudes and occupational health. The study explores the relationship between a specific facet of P-E fit as Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) and health. MATERIALS AND METHODS Research was conducted on the random sample of 600 employees. Person-Organization ...

BACKGROUND Mental symptoms are prevalent among populations, but their associations with premature mortality are inadequately understood. We examined whether mental symptoms contribute to cause-specific mortality among midlife employees, while considering key covariates. METHODS Baseline mail survey data from 2000-02 included employees, aged 40-60, of the City of Helsinki, Finland (n = 8960, 8...