background: one of the common problems in menopausal women is sleep disorder. traditional chinese acupressure is a noninvasive and safe technique. menopausal women can easily learn the technique and a self-care method to manage their sleep disorder. this study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of acupressure on sleep quality of postmenopausal women in mashhad during 2009. methods: t...

background postpartum hemorrhage is a significant cause of maternal mortality and morbidity, worldwide. objectives the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy between carbetocin and syntometrine in prevention of postpartum hemorrhage. materials and methods this study was a double blind randomized clinical trial that carried out on 200 pregnant women referred to shabiehkhani maternity cente...

physical exercise would improve postural stability, which is an essential factor in preventing accidental fall among the elderly population. the aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of treadmill walking on balance improvement among the elderly people. a total of 30 community dwelling older adults with a berg balance scale score of 36-48 and the ability to walk without aid were cons...

background: based on classical two-cell, two-gonadotropin theory, in the follicle, follicle-stimulating hormone (fsh) and luteinizing hormone (lh) put on their main effects on the granulosa and theca cells. lh is essential for androgens production. androgens are used for estradiol production by granulosa cells. profound suppression of lh concentrations in some normogonadotropic patients can cau...

Randomized consent designs have been advocated in some setting. It has been argued that the use of the randomized consent designs is justified as it eliminates the so-called Hawthorne effect in the control group. Besides the ethical issue in not informing the patients, there are other potentially serious issues regarding the confounding and resultant bias in treatment comparison. This is partic...

AIM This paper is a report of a qualitative study conducted as part of a randomized controlled trial comparing a lay-facilitated angina management programme with usual care. Its aim was to explore participants' beliefs, experiences, and attitudes to the care they had received during the trial, particularly those who had received the angina management intervention. BACKGROUND Angina affects ov...