BACKGROUND The effect of poor psychosocial work conditions on health status has widely been discussed in occupational literature. Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) is a widely accepted instrument for evaluation of psychosocial work conditions. OBJECTIVE To determine the reliability and validity of Persian version of JCQ. METHODS The questionnaire was translated into Persian and back translate...

persian garden design is one of the main elements in the architecture and landscaping in iran and the whole lands influenced by the iranian culture. this phenomenon has always been present in iranians' life and they have had a close connection to this ancient tradition. hence, it can be said that persian garden design is one of the most crucial features in shaping landscape, in particular,...

BACKGROUND Scientific journals are the most credible and updated information resources for valid information in the various fields of science and technology. The present study investigates the status of Iranian scientific journals in disseminating medical information to the world of science. MATERIALS AND METHODS Total 163 Iranian medical journals accredited by national medical journals commi...

Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version NPQ Neck Pain Assessment Questionnaire among Iranian Housekeeping Company Workers

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pregnant women tend to experience anxiety and stress when faced with the changes to their biology, environment and personal relationships. The identification of these factors and the prevention of their side effects are vital for both mother and fetus. The present study was conducted to validate and to examine the factor structure of the Persian version of the Pregnanc...

Objectives. We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Persian LupusQoL for the evaluation of quality of life in Iranian systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Methods. The LupusQoL was translated to Persian language. Patients with SLE (n = 78) completed the LupusQoL and the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). Disease activity and cumulative disease damage were assessed with standard i...

Tajik Persian is a dialect of Persian spoken primarily in Tajikistan and written with a modified Cyrillic alphabet. Iranian Persian, or Farsi, as it is natively called, is the lingua franca of Iran and is written with the Persian alphabet, a modified Arabic script. Although the spoken versions of Tajik and Farsi are mutually intelligible to educated speakers of both languages, the difference be...

BACKGROUND This research aimed to systematically study and outline the methods of hospital performance evaluation used in Iran. METHODS In this systematic review, all Persian and English-language articles published in the Iranian and non-Iranian scientific journals indexed from Sep 2004 to Sep 2014 were studied. For finding the related articles, the researchers searched the Iranian electronic...

BACKGROUND With the expansion of scientific documents worldwide and the growth of Iranian articles published in recent years, highly sensitive electronic resources containing scientific studies can be of great help to researchers at different stages of research. This study has been conducted to examine the sensitivity of domestic and international databases to locate Iranian articles related to...