background and objectives: nurses are the most important group who provide health system services. they may face with various stresses related to their job that may cause physiological problems. many factors can influence their psychological health. with this in mind, the current study aimed to examine the relationship between religious attitude with psychological well-being in nurses working i...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of dysmenorrhea, effect on daily activity, academic activities, quality of life, and knowledge of management in Siriraj medical students. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross-sectional descriptive study at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand that included 552 female medical students who were asked to complete two questio...

The prevalence of asthma in a small African town has been assessed using two questionnaires. The first was put to 9768 subjects aged 5 years and older and the second, more detailed, questionnaire to random selections of these subjects grouped according to their replies. The overall prevalence of asthma was 1.40%. In those under 20 years of age it was 1.20% and in adults, 1.57%. This adult rate ...

Background: 79% of the pregnant women suffer from sleep disorders and can affect disorders before, during and after childbirth can be involved in causing depression during pregnancy, according to studies the poor quality of sleep in the second trimester of pregnancy is directly related to depressive symptoms in late pregnancy,Also gender difference may have a role in depression. This study aime...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes considerable morbidity and mortality in Spain. The 1997 IBERPOC study, applying the old criteria of the European Respiratory Society, reported a COPD prevalence of 9.1% in the adult population of Spain. The Epidemiologic Study of COPD in Spain (EPI-SCAN) aims to determine the current prevalence of COPD in residents of...

BACKGROUND Methadone maintenance has remained the main modality of treatment for opioid dependent subjects. Side effects of methadone treatment may be potential obstacles to its continuation. Sleep quality and sexual function are two culture-based concerns, directly related to patients' compliance with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program. OBJECTIVES This research was conducted to ex...

BACKGROUND The physiological changes of pregnancy may predispose females to develop restless legs syndrome (RLS). Studies evaluating outcomes of RLS symptoms in pregnancy are scarce. OBJECTIVES We examined the risk of preterm birth in pregnant women with and without restless legs syndrome (RLS). MATERIALS AND METHODS A cohort study included 231 pregnant women attending Ardabil health care c...

Noonan syndrome (NS) is a multiple malformation syndrome characterized by pulmonic stenosis, cardiomyopathy, short stature, lymphatic dysplasia, craniofacial anomalies, cryptorchidism, clotting disorders, and learning disabilities. Eight genes in the RAS/MAPK signaling pathway are implicated in NS. Chronic pain is an uncommon feature. To investigate the prevalence of pain in NS, we distributed ...