Tuberculosis is still known as the most fatal disease of man caused by a single microbe.according to the report of world Health organizition ,contaminition of about half of the population of the world by My cobactrrium tuberculosis and nine million cases  of  tuberculosis anually as well as appearance of the resistant forms of tuberculosis has made it  one of the health diffeculties in the w...

BACKGROUND There is a growing emphasis towards including patients in medical decision-making. However, not all patients are actively involved in such decisions. Research has so far focused mainly on the influence of patient characteristics on preferences for active involvement. However, it can be argued that a patient's social context has to be taken into account as well, because social norms a...

BACKGROUND The existing studies have indicated that persons with positive attitude and believe to narcotics have more addiction than those with negative or natural attitudes. The aim of the present study was to specify the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral training on increasing of self-concept's measure, and the attitude style toward narcotic drugs in addicted prisoners of Tonekabon. OBJ...

BACKGROUND To investigate perceptions and attitude to prescribe Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among HIV specialists. METHODS A questionnaire developed through a Focus Group and literature review was administered to a convenience sample of HIV specialists during educational courses in two Regions and an online survey in February-May 2012. Participants were classified as having a positive or ...

BACKGROUND Globally, diabetes is the top priority chronic disease. Health literary would be cost effective for prevention and control of diabetes and its consequences. This study was conducted to determine the level of diabetes related health knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) among diabetic patient and factors associated with KAP. METHODS An institutional based cross-sectional study was ...

results: most addict patients had a medium level of education. improvement in knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of patients after intervention was observed as follows; decreasing kap in poor level (2.8% vs. 30.6%), (3% vs. 50%), (25% vs. 80.6%), respectively; also, increasing kap in fair level (7% vs. 55.6 %), (15% vs. 15%), (19% vs. 7%), respectively and increasing kap in satisfactory lev...

BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients permanently confronted with serious challenges from treatment regimen. Developing a new questionnaire in MS management, through evaluation of patients' perspectives and knowledge regarding treatment will help to identify the sources of tension, and to build a therapeutic alliance. We purposed to describe MS patients' understanding of their treatments....

Introduction The attitude of Non Psychiatry Doctors (NPD’s) and Non psychiatry Post Graduate Residents (NPPG’s) towards Psychiatry is crucially important because of its influence on impressionable medical students and the large number of psychiatric patients who present to Non Psychiatry Doctors like General Practitioners. Since the data on the attitude of NPD’s and NPPG’s to psychiatry in Indi...