BACKGROUND Loss of dignity for people with advanced cancer is associated with high levels of psychological and spiritual distress and the loss of the will to live. Dignity Therapy is a brief psychotherapy, which has been developed to help promote dignity and reduce distress. It comprises a recorded interview, which is transcribed, edited then returned to the patient, who can bequeath it to peop...

Background: Some studies demonstrate that depression, stress, low self esteem and sexual dissatisfaction may be psychological outcomes of infertility. Depression and sexual satisfaction may play a significant role in the life of infertile couples, their infertility treatment follow ups and their hopefulness for the future, this study was done to determine and compare rates of depression and sex...

BACKGROUND Although most older people living in nursing homes die there, there is a dearth of robust evaluations of interventions to improve their end-of-life care. Residents usually have multiple health problems making them heavily reliant on staff for their care, which can erode their sense of dignity. Dignity Therapy has been developed to help promote dignity and reduce distress. It comprise...

OBJECTIVE During 1988-1990, 103 children presented to Child Protection Units (CPU) at two children's hospitals in Sydney, Australia. Nine years later, the psychological adjustment of these young people (mean age=19.1 years, SD=3.4 years; range=14-25 years) was compared with that of non-abused young people of similar age and gender to assess group differences and examine potential risk factors. ...

. introduction east azerbaijan province is one of disaster-prone provinces of the country and each year the occurrence of potential risks of atmospheric phenomena is not unexpected. however, the lack of sufficient information and knowledge of farmers in the field of risk management strategies in agricultural production process has multiplied the losses incurred to farmers. thus, the existence o...

satarzadeh n1, bahrami n2, ranjbar koch-saraei f3, ghojazadeh m4 1. instructor, department of nursing, faculty of nursing and midwifery, tabriz university of medical sciences 2. instructor, department of parastari, faculty of nursing and midwifery,ghazvin university of medical sciences 3. assistant professor, department of psychology medicine , faculty of medicine , tabriz university of medical...

Satarzadeh N1, Bahrami N2, Ranjbar Koch-saraei F3, Ghojazadeh M4 1. Instructor, Department of nursing, Faculty of nursing and midwifery, Tabriz University of medical sciences 2. Instructor, Department of parastari, Faculty of nursing and midwifery,Ghazvin University of medical sciences 3. Assistant professor, Department of psychology medicine , Faculty of medicine , Tabriz University o...

Of all influences religion may have on health, the most intuitively plausible and uncontroversial concerns patients’ health-related habits and behaviors. At least part of the epidemiologic association between religious involvement and mortality is accounted for by inverse associations between religious involvement and detrimental health behaviors and less consistent positive associations betwee...

It is well known that in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) per cycle live birth rates are low (25%–30%) but patients can increase their chances of achieving parenthood by undergoing repeated cycles. Women aged <40 years with good prognosis, particular, have a 62.6% chance pregnancy three cycles treatment, and this increases to 80.3% if they undergo six (1Smith A....