introduction: the aims of the study were to investigate the health-related quality of life (hrqol) in students of shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences (iran) and to identify factors that might have associated with their hrqol. materials & methods: in 2010, 364 students with a cluster sampling method enrolled in the cross- sectional study. hrqol was assessed by using sf-39 questionnair...

abstract:- introduction: pesticides continue to be used in the farming industry despite to compelling evidence of their ill effects purely because of economic reasons. time and again attempts have been made to help farmers understand these risk. pesticide labels and  pictograms have been enforces as a means to propagate this risk information to the farmers in a simple and effective way. this hy...

abstract background: hazardous pesticides continue to be used in the farming industry purely because of economic reasons. farmers need to understand this risk. pesticide labels and pictograms were enforced to propagate this risk information to the farmers in a simple way. however, their effectiveness has not been evaluated in india. this study attempts to evaluate the efficacy of these labels a...

background menarche is considered as a milestone in the women’s reproductive life. most existing studies on factors influencing menarcheal age had cross-sectional designs and their finding were controversial. objectives we aimed to determine some factors affecting the age at menarche in a cohort study with an average of ten-year follow-up; the study was conducted within the framework of tehran ...

historically, the majority of immigrants to the united states came from european countries. the 1965 immigration reform act (ira) fundamentally changed the configuration of immigrants to the united states. the largest immigrant communities now consist of latin americans, asians, and africans. another important development in immigrant communities in the past few decades has been the growth of a...

background: the current study estimated the national prevalence rate of intimate partner violence against women (ipvaw) in nepal. besides, the individual level, empowerment level, family and societal level factors were assessed to relate with the victims of ipavw in nepal. methods: nationally representative sample of 4210 women of reproductive age (15-49 yr) were included in the study. househol...

introduction: cochlear implantation can facilitate the development of communication skills in children with profound hearing loss. the objectives of our study were to determine the average ages at suspicion and diagnosis of hearing loss, amplification, intervention, and performing the cochlear implantation and to investigate the effects of the parents’ level of education and economic circumstan...

introduction: the family of each hearing-impaired child has its own cultural, social, educational, and financial background, and its own special needs. the objectives of our study were to explore the information and support needs of parents of children with severe-to-profound hearing impairment and to investigate the effects of the parents’ level of education and economic status on the score at...

drug and health literacy is a key determinant of health outcomes. there are several tools to assess drug and health literacy. the objective of this article is to determine drug literacy level and its relationships with other factors using a single screening tool. a cross- sectional survey was conducted among 1104 people in qazvin province, iran. based on the proportional-to-size method, partici...

objective: this research aimed to investigate the relationship of family affective climate, self-effectiveness, and personal-social adjustment variables with academic achievement of university students in islamic azad university, ahvaz branch, ahvaz, iran.  methods: the research sample included 300 individuals (150 females and 150 males) who were selected through random stratified sampling meth...