background: pain, as a crucial subsequence of joint hemorrhages in hemophilia patients, is chronic, debilitating, and distracting. this study aimed to describe and interpret pain experiences of hemophilia patients in their lives. methods: this qualitative study with hermeneutic phenomenological approach was conducted on fourteen hemophilia patients who had been referred to a hemophilia center a...

background: parents of children with developmental problems are always bearing a load of stress. the aim of this study is to compare the stress in mothers of children with different disabilities to each other, considering their demographic background. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted in isfahan, iran during 2012 on 285 mothers of 6-12 years old children with chr...

background : adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by complex transitions. the purpose of study was to assess school adolescents’ pwb, examine the relationship of pa and socio-demographic factors with pwb. methods : a cross sectional study conducted in five randomly selected schools with 345 adolescents (aged 12-18) from grade 6th-10th. a self-administered well-being index was ad...

The aims of the study were to explore the associations between college students’ perception of their overall physical and psychological health and four measures of academic performance. College students (N = 265) completed a 65-item Web-based survey in a university’s student health services building during the spring 2015 semester. Poorer psychological health was associated with seriously consi...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the long-term effects of a workplace intervention aimed at reducing adverse psychosocial work factors (psychological demands, decision latitude, social support and effort-reward imbalance) and mental health problems among health care professionals in an acute care hospital. METHODS A quasi-experimental design with a control group was used. Pre-intervention (71% r...

background children are the most vulnerable groups in society. although exact information about prevalence of child isn’t available but short and long- term consequences of child abuse and child neglect have been documented in many studies. material and methods in a descriptive-analytic study 956 children 2-5 years attending health centers of ahvaz and haftgel cities were studied in 2010. a que...

objective: lack of exercise is the fourth cause of death in the world. there is an inverse relationship between physical activity and the risk of diabetes. the aim of this study was to determine physical activity status and its related factors among type 2 diabetic patients in hamadan, west of iran. materials and methods: this analytical-observational study was performed on320 type 2 diabetic p...

BACKGROUND Increasing life expectancies, burgeoning healthcare costs and an emphasis on the management of multiple health-risk behaviours point to a need to delineate health lifestyles in older adults. PURPOSE The aims of this study were to delineate health lifestyles of a cohort of older adults and to examine the association of these lifestyles with biological and psychological states and so...