aim and background: there is a relation between patients' levels of physical functioning and their acceptance of chronic pain. however, this relation has not been examined amongst iranian chronic pain patients. the purpose of this paper was to evaluate the relation between acceptance of chronic pain and physical disability. methods and materials: in a descriptive-correlational study, convenienc...

background: water, sanitation and hygiene have a very important role in public health. poor sanitation is the cause of water contamination, which causes many types of diseases. the aim of this paper was to present the attributable death and disability adjusted life year (dalys) of untreated water and insanitary environments from 1990 to 2010 in iran.   methods: in the global burden of disease 2...

background: dysphagia as a common condition affecting many aspects of the patient’s life. the dysphagia handicap index (dhi) is a reliable self-reported questionnaire developed specifically to measure the impact of dysphagia on the patient’s quality of life. the aim of this study was to translate the questionnaire to persian and to measure its validity and reliability in patients with neurogeni...

introduction: according to change in the approach to the rehabilitation of children with disability, function is an effective characteristic of the quality of life for these children. pediatric evaluation of disability inventory (pedi) was designed to assess the function of 6 months to 7 and half years old children. the aim of this study was to translate the pediatric evaluation of disability i...

OBJECTIVES Following trimodality treatment for superior sulcus tumours (SSTs), the 5-year survival rate has significantly improved. Quality of life and potential negative effects of this strategy have become more important. The objective of this study was to investigate the quality of life and the arm and shoulder function after the resection of superior sulcus tumours following neoadjuvant che...

We report a case of Hodgkin lymphoma (classic type) referred for response assessment after two cycles of chemotherapy with ABVD regiment. The F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG PET/CT) showed hypermetabolic cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions with a linear pattern in the left arm with significant F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron accumulation in associate with left axi...

INTRODUCTION The amount of active muscle mass can influence the acute inflammatory response to exercise, associated with reduced risk for chronic disease. This may affect those restricted to upper body exercise, for example, due to injury or disability. The purpose of this study was to compare the inflammatory responses for arm exercise and intensity-matched leg exercise. METHODS Twelve male ...

AIM The PRODIGY trial is an ongoing randomized controlled trial of Social Recovery Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (SRCBT), a new intervention designed to improve social functioning in young people at risk of long-term social disability due to severe and complex mental health problems. The aim of this qualitative sub-study was to understand trial participants' experiences of SRCBT and the control...

BACKGROUND Most patients seeking help for back pain are managed in primary care. AIM To describe the content and outcome of 'usual care' for low back pain in primary care trials. DESIGN OF STUDY A systematic review of randomised controlled trials published since 1998. SETTING Primary care. METHOD Randomised controlled trials of back pain in adults were scrutinised to obtain data on trea...