conclusions we concluded that the fcchl scales are valid and reliable, and can be used to measure health literacy among iranian diabetic patients. however, further research is needed to establish stronger psychometric properties for the use of this questionnaire in iran. results exploratory factor analysis (efa) identified three main factors with 27.07%, 22.46%, and 16.23% of extracted variance...

Objectives: Neuro-critical Intensive Care Units (NICUs) have functioned to deliver intensive medical care services for patients with acute neurology problems. However, physicians and ICU staff do not have any feedback about their patients and their abilities after successful discharge. Various studies have documented short-term survival in ICUs, but the long-term outcome and quality of life (...

Background and Objectives: Cancer as a frightening disease may affect people's confidence in their abilities, sense of controlling over their lives, and in other words self-esteem. Spiritual health as the main aspect of health can be an important source for calmness, decrease in existential distress, improvement of self-esteem and coping with the disease. This study was conducted to investigate...

background: metabolic acidosis is a fatal finding in trauma patients that complicates the process of resuscitation. case: the case was a 37-year-old man with open fracture in both legs and fracture in second lumbar vertebral (l2). the serial arterial blood gas (abg) test results showed a ph value of 6.7 indicating a very severe and special case of metabolic acidosis. the rate of mortality for s...

background increasing evidence indicates that opiate users and methadone maintenance patients (mmps) are impaired in executive control tasks and response inhibition behavior compared to healthy individuals; however, the cognitive functional difference between opiate addicts and mmps has not been clarified. objectives this study employed go/no-go tasks to evaluate the response inhibition behavio...

evidence has been accumulating for some time regarding the reduced life-expectancy experienced by people living with a mental illness. in developed world settings this can involve a two-decade reduction in life expectancy, whilst in the developing world the gap may be as high as thirty years. whilst genetic risk factors and suicide contribute to this ‘scandal of premature mortality’, modifiable...

cancer patients are more susceptible to adverse drug-drug interactions (ddis) due to receiving multiple medications especially chemotherapy medications, hormonal agents and supportive care drugs. the aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of potential ddis and to identify risk factors for these potential interactions in hospitalized cancer patients in a developing country.a cross-secti...

conclusions the main and frequent hbv genotype among azerbaijani patients with chronic hepatitis b virus infection was genotype d followed by genotype a. results the mean age of patients was 35.9 ± 11.7 years (19-66). of 103 patients, 72 (69.9%) were male. in the present study, the predominant hbv genotype was d (93.2%) followed by genotype a (5.8%) and concurrent infection with a and d genotyp...

background and purpose: cancer is associated with significant changes in the lifestyle of patients. spiritual well-being has been shown to be an inherent element of health, quality of life, increased survival rate, and enhanced adaptability of cancer patients with the disease. this study aimed to evaluate the spiritual health of cancer patients and their nurses. methods: this descriptive, corre...