aim and background: panic disorder (pd) is an anxiety disorder that is associated with cognitive and physical symptoms and can cause cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, intestinal, and psychological complications, sweating, chills, and fever. given that exercise in water is effective in reducing symptoms of anxiety, the aim of this study is to determine the effect of aquatic exercise on ...

conclusion social support indirectly and quality of life directly affect stress during pregnancy. thus, health officials should attempt to establish measures to further enhance social support and quality of life of pregnant women to reduce stress and its consequences during this time. results the final path model fitted well (cf1 = 3, rmsea = 0.00) and showed that direct quality of life paths w...

the quality of life of 50 end stage renal disease (esrd) patients on hemodialysis was evaluated before and after kidney transplantation (ktx). mean duration of the patients' hemodialysis was 3 years and mean postoperative period was 2.4 years when tested. common problems of such patients such as depression, sleep disorders, energy pattern disruption, sex-life difficulties, and appetite dis...

the purpose of current survey is to determine the effectiveness of stress management training on the quality of life of divorced women who are under support of baharestan township welfare organization. the used method for this survey was quasi-experimental by designing pre test-post test with evidence group. statistical population of the study includes 587 divorced. the top thirty women in qual...

background: liver transplantation (lt) is now performed as a cure of numerous untreatable pediatric liver diseases. quality of life (qol) can be affected in pediatric patients with lt. many factors are responsible for lower scores of qol. this article aims to detail qol in liver recipients 6 months after lt in children. methods: qol assessed using child health quality-parent form 50 for parents...

heart failure (hf) is a common disease with high health care costs and high mortality rate knowledge of the health-related quality of life (qol) outcomes of hf may guide decision making and be useful in assessing new therapies for population. yet little is known about qol of hf patients in iran. objectives: to assess health related qol of patients with hf with two different instrument and to co...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the effect of psychosocial skills training (PST) on symptomatology, insight, quality of life, and suicide probability in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD The sample consisted of 22 schizophrenic outpatients diagnosed according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Three PST groups were formed and each group's training lasted approximately 6 months....

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a common cause of painful legs. The leg pain of restless leg syndrome typically eases with motion of the legs and becomes more noticeable at rest. Stress or emotional upset can make symptoms worse. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship of emotional disturbance and quality of life to the severity of RLS. Using a descriptive-correlational ...