ba ck g r ou n d  & aim: nurses professional values are standards for action and provide a frame- work for evaluating behaviors. this paper is the report of a study designed to assess the psycho- metric  properties  of  the  turkish  version  of  the  nurses  professional  values  scale-revised (npvs-r). methods & materials: this methodological study was carried out a university hospital in izm...

background in islamic countries alcohol consumption is considered as against religious values. therefore, estimation of frequency of alcohol consumptions using direct methods is prone to different biases. in this study, we indirectly estimated the frequency of alcohol use in iran, in network of a representative sample using network scale up (nsu) method.   methods in a national survey, about 40...

conclusion gray scale sonography in combination with doppler sonography could be a trustworthy technique in differentiating metastatic lymph nodes from reactive ones. although, circulation pattern had a higher diagnostic accuracy in the present study, combination of sonographic characteristics could be more beneficial in differentiating metastatic cervical nodes from reactive ones. results the ...

introduction: now a day, resulting from life style modification and alteration, fatigue, as a consequence, is not uncommon symptom. diverse tools are available to measure fatigue status. one of which is functional assessment of chronic illness treatment (facit) fatigue scale. the facit is one of the most widely used questionnaires for screening fatigue. the questionnaire has been translated and...

background: transition into parenthood is a major developmental life event and is very significant because development in infanthood is affected by the transition process of mothers parenting an infant. this study aimed to develop the assessment tool for transition process of high risk infant’s caregiver in korea. methods: the participants were 246 mothers of premature infant born with gestatio...

background: status epilepticus (se) is one of the most common neurological emergencies with high mortality and morbidity. this study aims to determine the most common causes and outcomes of se in adult patients from fars province in southern iran. materials and methods: 134 patients with se (either convulsive or non-convulsive), admitted to namazi hospital, were enrolled from january 2006 to fe...

background: social health is considered as a significant dimension of health and, hence, its assessment is vital in health planning. within this context, this study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale for measuring individual’s social health in iran. to do so, an exploratory sequential mixed method was used. methods: to establish the item pool and primary scale, 30 interviews with exper...

ôbjective: many studies evaluated the efficacy of exercise on some depression indices, but the effect of physical exercise in exhilarating milieu on urine 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (mhpg) sulfate-the main metabolite of norepinephrine is not clear. the purpose of this research was to study the effect of a six-week intermittent walking in the water on 24-hour urine mhpg sulfate in depressed...

because of superficial location and not being covered by boney structure, thyroid is the ideal organ for 2-dimensional gray scale ultrasonography. availability of relatively low cost equipment and ever increasing number of endocrinologists with expertise in thyroid ultrasound has made it an integral part of thyroid practice in the office of endocrinologists. in particular, the current recommend...

purpose :   the present study investigated the psychometric properties of a malaysian adapted brunel mood scale.   methods:   the questionnaire was administered to 355 young sport athletes with a mean age of 14.69 + 1.70 years. confirmatory factor analysis (cfa) and cronbach's alpha were used to determine the factorial validity and the internal consistency of the questionnaire respectively. res...