background: providing a self-care program appropriate for patient needs in a supportive educative nursing system format could reduce migraine-induced disability. this study was designed to determine the effectiveness of orem's self-care program on headache related disability in migraine patients. methods: in this randomized clinical trial, episodic migraine patients with or without aura who sig...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) impacts the quality of life of the affected patients. The present study aimed to determine the effects of home-based self-care program follow-up on re-hospitalization frequency and quality of life in COPD patients. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed on 44 COPD patients at Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran City, Iran, ...

background: reproductive health is an important health topic. there are many challenges in reproductive health and it is necessary to train experts to manage them. the aim of this study was to define the tasks of master of science (msc) graduates in reproductive health through comprehensive needs assessment to establish the course. materials and methods: the study comprised of three steps. in t...

Background: Schizophrenia is a devastating psychiatric disorder and its  Positive and negative symptoms have negative effects on social functions. A combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments is considered more effective for this condition. The present study aimed to determine the effect of a group horticulture program on psychiatric symptoms in patients with chronic...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate a new method of closed-loop mechanical ventilation using an adaptive lung ventilation (ALV) controller in patients with different pathologic causes of respiratory failure at a time when they first met standard weaning criteria. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, open, selected case study. SETTING The 10-bed, multidisciplinary respiratory intensive care unit at Groote Schu...

Background and Objectives: This review aims to explore the use of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in patients with mechanical ventilation (MV). The topics were related to its effect on the duration of MV or weaning, respiratory symptoms or lung function, inspiratory muscle strength (IMS) or endurance, functional ability, and quality of life (QoL).  Methods: Articles published in the last 10 ...

For an embryo transfer program to be effective, numerous factors need to be put in place to ensure success. Nutrition, estrous cycle control, donor and recipient management are all factors responsible for the success or failure in fertility for a given herd. Utilization of body condition score is a practical method to determine nutritional status of both recipients and donors. Prepartum nutriti...

BACKGROUND "Persian Weaning Tool" (PWT) is the only specific, national protocol designed to assess patients' readiness for weaning from mechanical ventilation in Iran. This study was developed to determine the validity and reliability of this protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a psychometric study conducted on 31 patients connected to mechanical ventilation were ready from weaning accord...