conclusions self-care education can improve self-care behavior in women with gestational diabetes and it is also effective in impaired glucose tolerance. results after adjusting for the baseline score, the mean score of self-care behaviors was significantly higher in the intervention group than the control group four weeks after the intervention [adjusted mean difference: 19.5; 95% confidence in...

benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) is the most common condition in aging men, associated with lower urinary tract symptoms. it is caused due to the augmented levels of the androgen dihydrotestosterone. dutasteride, a 5α-reductase inhibitor has been recommended for the treatment of bph upon oral administration. however, long term oral administration of dutasteride may cause sexual problem in man...

background metabolic syndrome (mes) consists of central obesity, hypertension, reduced high density lipoprotein (hdl), elevated serum triglycerides and high fasting blood sugar (fbs). they are susceptible to cardio-vascular disease, and insulin resistance. the goal of present research was to assess any relation between the composition of the body in type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1dm) children and ...

background: major attention has been drawn to the prognostic value of plasma/serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (ngal) in detection of acute kidney injury (aki) in children, but still no consensus has been reached. accordingly, the present study aimed to assess the diagnostic value of this biomarker in detection of acute kidney injury in children through a systematic review and me...

aim and background: this study reviewed the effectiveness of self-control training on quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis (ms). to do so, 40 patients with ms were selected through convenient sampling method among the study subjects with multiple sclerosis recorded in ardabil in 2012 (estimation: n = 350). methods and materials: this was a clinical trial designed as pretest postt...

background sickle cell patients suffer from many physical, psychological, and social problems that can affect their quality of life. to deal with this chronic condition and manage their disease and prevent complications associated with the disease, they must learn skills and behaviours. the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of self-management programs on quality of life in th...

background: although hemodialysis has a therapeutic effect on esrd, but these patients encounter many physical, psychological, and social stress full factors that lead to a decrease in their quality of life (qol). one of the factors that are effective on increasing of qol is self care ability. review of literature demonstrates that there have been done a few studies on different aspects of qol ...