abstract background: cancer is one of the major causes of death in children and adolescents. about 4% of deaths in children of age less than 5 years and 13% of deaths in children of age 5-15 years are due to cancer in iranian population. the disease can cause many problems, which are usually detected by a psychologist, for the children and their mothers. therefore, this study aimed to identify ...

background and purpose: fever is one of the most frequent disease symptoms and a common cause of emergency admissions in infants and children. considering the alarming nature of fever and pivotal role of mothers in the management of this symptom in children, this study aimed to evaluate the ability of fever management among mothers in sabzevar city, iran. materials and methods: this cross-secti...

Recent studies have demonstrated that mothers exaggerate phonetic properties of infant-directed (ID) speech. However, these studies focused on a single acoustic dimension (frequency), whereas speech sounds are composed of multiple acoustic cues. Moreover, little is known about how mothers adjust phonetic properties of speech to children with hearing loss. This study examined mothers' production...

Aim To evaluate health-related quality of life, mental health and treatment-related stress responses in children with primary antibody deficiency both their parents. Methods Children parents completed the standardised questionnaires Pediatric Quality life Inventory, Strength Difficulties Questionnaire Impact Event Scale. Parents also regarding own life. The results were compared to those health...

objectives: hearing impairment in children is considered as an important public health problem. auditory function in these children is poor and depends on their hearing aids efficacy and also their ears’ status. hearing aids are very expensive and ear disease deteriorates its performance. therefore detecting the ear disease and offering proper treatment is necessary. the aim of this study is to...

conclusions although there was not a significant relation shown between vitamin d levels between the two groups in our study, the vitamin d level in ome patients was less than in the control group. therefore, it seems that measuring the level of vitamin d in these patients is necessary, and a deficiency of vitamin d must be treated. in order to achieve certain results with more detail we sugges...

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...

iodine deficiency is the most important preventable cause of mental deficiency. the aim of this study was to specify the phase during fetal and postnatal development when iodine supplementation would have optimum effect on the prevention of brain damage. materials and methods forty schoolchildren aged 7-13 years, from the previously iodine deficient villages of kiga and randan, were divided int...