OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of predicting psychological well-being based on spirituality and religiousness. METHODS A sample of 300 participants was selected from the whole entrants to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Shiraz University using a random cluster sampling. The tools of this study were the Spiritual Scale of Ironson, the Internal and ...

OBJECTIVES Gastrointestinal lymphoma is the most common type of extranodal non-Hogkin's lymphoma. The proportion and different types of primary extranodal gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are different in various geographic locations. Therefore, in this study we tried to evaluate the various types of extranodal gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in affiliated hospitals of the Shiraz...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the correlation between subjective data obtained from a questionnaire and clinical examination among students in Shiraz university of medical sciences. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional prospective study, the samples consisted of 200 subjects, with equal distribution between males and females. Subjects' ages ranged from 18 to 30 years...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to investigate the frequency of getting such health screenings as mammography and breast self-examination among a group of women and also to identify the role of health beliefs in predicting mammography practice. METHODS The data were collected from a convenience sample of 113 female staff at the University of Shiraz and Shiraz University of Med...

INTRODUCTION Several factors affect the academic performance of college students and parenting style is one significant factor. The current study has been done with the purpose of investigating the relationship between parenting styles, academic achievement and career path of students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. METHODS This is a correlation study carried out at Shiraz Universit...

BACKGROUND Despite the enhancement in health outcomes worldwide, health inequity and inequality is one of the most relevant topics both for health policy and public health. This research was designed to decompose the health inequality of people living in Shiraz, south-west Iran. METHODS Data were obtained from a multistage-sample survey conducted in Shiraz from April to May 2012, to find dete...