background and aims: diabetes affects all physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of patient’s health. postmenopausal diabetic women are more susceptible due to their crucial conditions. the emotional regulatory role of vitamin d may be because of the existence of its receptors distributed in brain areas involved in emotional processing and affective disorders. the aim of this study is t...

conclusions the results of the present study give some evidence that allows us to conclude that hardiness and coping strategies affect occupational life quality for both people suffering from type ii diabetes and healthy people. therefore, it is proposed that people strengthen their hardiness and coping strategies, in order to improve their occupational life quality. background due to the epide...

PURPOSE Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is considered a representative outcome in the evaluation of chronic disease management initiatives emphasizing patient-centered care. We evaluated the association between receipt of processes-of-care (PoC) for diabetes and HRQoL. METHODS This cross-sectional study used self-reported data from non-institutionalized adults with diabetes in a Swiss ...

we aimed to verify the issue of the ethics audit and its use in the system of accreditation of hospitals. it presents the results of a survey conducted among hospital managers from romania.our article highlights the results of the second part of a research carried out in 2012 on the pertinence and the structure of the ethics audit integrated within the accreditation process of hospitals, accord...

The findings of theoretical investigations indicate that short-term auditor tenures may contribute to further audit report lags (ARLs). On the other hand, auditor industry expertise represents one of the determinant factors contributing to audit quality, which has been widely studied in numerous researches. Indeed, the better the quality of audit, the less delayed would be the audit report. As ...

BACKGROUND Indigenous primary health-care (PHC) services participating in continuous quality improvement (CQI) cycles show varying patterns of performance over time. Understanding this variation is essential to scaling up and sustaining quality improvement initiatives. The aim of this study is to examine trends in quality of care for services participating in the ABCD National Research Partners...