INTRODUCTION Many patients experience side effects during treatment with antipsychotics. This article reviews the clinical use and psychometric characteristics of rating scales used to assess side effects in patients treated with antipsychotics. METHODS A systematic literature search was performed using the electronic databases PubMed and Embase, with predefined search terms. RESULTS In tot...

conclusions following cabg, the most severity of pain was reported at surgical incision on time t2. pain began to decrease from the third day following the operation. age, sex and bmi along with operation-related factors such as duration of cbp or chest tube drainage may affect the pain pattern following cabg surgery. patients and methods the present study was conducted on 138 patients who unde...

objective: to determine the prevalence of sexual problems in iranian women and association of sexual dysfunction with menopausal symptoms. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 151 married women with the age of 40-60 yearsold who were referred for treatmentto department of gynecology in vali-e-asr hospital (tehran, iran) from april to july 2012, were recruited. they were evaluat...

conclusions the layout of whiteboard in classrooms can be effective in causing student’s neck pain. in this study, the suitable height of installation of whiteboard was determined and it is recommended to be used in classrooms. background the mismatch between equipments and anthropometric dimensions of users is one of the issues that can be effective on development of musculoskeletal disorders ...

OBJECTIVES Major depressive disorder (MDD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are known to have significant impact on sexual functioning. They have been studied individually. Therefore, this study was planned to compare the sexual dysfunction between MDD, OCD, and GAD with healthy subjects as controls. METHOD Four groups (MDD, OCD, GAD, and healthy su...

DESCRIPTION. The Home & Community Social Behavior Scales (HCSBS) is a 64-item behavior rating scale that is completed by parents “and other home-based raters” of children and youth between ages 5 and 18. In contrast to the “highly clinical” nature of many child behavior rating instruments, the HCSBS is designed to emphasize “routine or commonly occurring social competencies and problems” (user’...

The aim of this study was to compare the long-term postoperative status of hypospadiac patients by analysing their sexual psychology, sexual behaviour, sexual function and influencing factors. A total of 130 hypospadiac patients hospitalized between January 1988 and December 2007 were followed up with questionnaires using Zung's Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS...

PURPOSE Our aims were to: (1) describe participation in people with Parkinson disease (PD), (2) evaluate the relationship between quality of life and participation and (3) determine the mobility measures which are predictive of participation. METHODS Participants with idiopathic PD (n = 62) were tested off medication for participation (Activity Card Sort), quality of life (PDQ-39), disease se...