background: according to who and unicef emphasison breastfeeding as an essential strategy in child growth and survival,nevertheless, there is a significant space in breastfeeding and whorecommendation in iran yet. this study aimed to assessing the effective factorsof breast feeding behavior based on health belief model constructs among womenin third trimester of pregnancy referee to health care...

illiteracy in studies on quality of life (qol) and self-efficacy (se) of diabetic patients has been ignored. illiteracy and diabetes have high rates in developing countries. the aim of this study was to identify the effect of literacy level on health outcomes. to achieve this, we studied health outcomes such as se, self-management behaviors and health-related quality of life (hrqol) in diabetic...

BACKGROUND A web-based self-management intervention guided by peer-trainers was developed to support young adults' self-management in coping with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). To investigate its effectiveness, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted. In addition, the content of the chat and participants' goals were studied to identify underlying processes. METHODS An RCT with...

PURPOSE Patient adherence to antidepressants is poor. However, this is rather unsurprising, given the equivocal efficacy, side effects, and practical problems of antidepressants. The aim of this study was to examine a wide array of patient experiences and perceptions regarding the efficacy, side effects, and practical problems of antidepressants, as well as their associations with nonadherence,...

conclusions the study found an association between the stages of change model and obesity control. results the findings indicated a statistical difference in scores of body mass index, self-efficacy scale, and health promotion lifestyle profile between the intervention and control group. patients and methods the student participants were randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 52) and contro...