Swinkels-Meewisse et al. (2003) examined some of the psychometric properties of both the Dutch Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK-DV) and the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) in acute low back pain patients. We congratulate the authors for their work; early identification of acute (low back) pain patients at risk of becoming chronic may be of prime importance to reduce both economic ...

Multi attribute decision making methods are considered as one of the most useful methods for solving ranking problems. In some decision making problems, while the alternatives for corresponding criteria are compared in a pairwise comparison manner, if the criteria are inherently fuzzy, debates will arise in ranking alternatives due to the closeness of the values of the criteria. In this researc...

background:diabetic foot affects more than 25% of diabetic patients and finally up to 20% of cases result in amputation. the most important factor resulting in severe complications or even death is lack of self-care. health locus of control has been introduced as one of health factors and predicting factors of self-care. this research was performed for analyzing the correlation between self-car...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correlation between the severity of intervertebral disc injury and the anteroposterior type of thoracolumbar vertebral fractures. METHODS Fifty-six cases of thoracolumbar vertebral fractures treated in our trauma center from October 2012 to October 2013 were included in this study. The fractures were classified by the anteroposterior classification, whereas the sever...

Background and aim Standardized techniques help us to better diagnosis and follow up of allergic diseases. In this study, we determined the sensitivity, accuracy, and specificity of an Immunoblotting test compared to ImmunoCAP as the reference in vitro test for detection of specific IgE in allergic patients. Methods In this cross-sectional study, specific IgE level was determined in patients ...

providing and promoting the health is one of the most fundamental human social evolution dimensions, that perhaps more than other aspects of development needs public cooperation. health volunteers are pioneers who have volunteered to step in providing and improving community health. the present study determines the role of health volunteers in maternal indicators of pakdasht health network. thi...

BACKGROUND An absolute prerequisite to the effective management of dementia is its early diagnosis. Successful dementia screening requires precise and sensitive instruments that can be completed even by illiterate elderly people. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the cognitive state test (COST). MATERIALS AND METHODS This ...

background and purpose: the students studying at the universities of medical sciences deal with numerous stressors during their educational experiences in the healthcare settings, which lead to poor mental health status and low performance. these stressors include the psychological pressures of the environment, the hospital settings, diseases, patients, heavy course load and training, economic ...