BACKGROUND Caregivers deal with oral health care of the dependent elderly; however, this has a low priority among them, and their education in daily oral care is deficient. Therefore, studying the oral care practices as well as their oral health beliefs is important as these affect the quality of the oral care they perform. OBJECTIVE To compare formal and informal caregivers' oral care practi...

OBJECTIVE Emotional distress after a diagnosis of cancer is normal and, for most people, will diminish over time. However, a significant minority of patients with cancer experience persistent or recurrent symptoms of emotional distress for which they need help. A model developed in mental health, the self-regulatory executive function model (S-REF), specifies that maladaptive metacognitive beli...

background: hospitals are the central entity of each health care system and health promoting hospitals (hph) was launched by who in 1988. however, there has not been any accurate and detailed model for establishing a hph in iran up to now. therefore, this study aimed to determine factors affecting the establishment of a health promoting hospital in iran using factor analysis method. methods: th...

BACKGROUND With the release of the H1N1 vaccine, there was much controversy surrounding its use despite strong encouragements to be vaccinated in the media. Though studies have examined factors influencing people's decision to be vaccinated, few have focused on how general beliefs about the world or where an individual gathers information might influence that decision. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL F...

OBJECTIVE A fifth subscale was recently added to the widely used multidimensional health locus of control (MHLC) measure, and little is known about the factor structure of the MHLC with the new scale among African Americans from disadvantaged backgrounds. Also, few studies have examined differences in Health Locus of Control (HLOC) beliefs across medical patients from similar demographic backgr...

OBJECTIVE Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is routinely prescribed for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), but data indicate that 20% to 50% of patients do not adhere to CR. Studies have focused on the impact of depression on CR adherence, but results have been equivocal. Irrational health beliefs are related to adherence among diabetes patients, but have not been examined among cardiac pati...