OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that the Spanish (Castillian) version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (cHAQ-S) is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the health status of children with juvenile chronic (or rheumatoid) arthritis (JCA) and is sensitive to change. METHODS A conceptual translation of the original questionnaire into Spanish and two back-translations were perfor...

Background: We have developed a new next-generation intrapleural hyperthermic chemotherapy (IPHC) for non-small cell lung cancer with dissemination, which is a hybrid chemotherapy combined with oral S-1 medication plus conventional cisplatin-based IPHC. We now report the preliminary feasibility and outcome of quality of life (QOL) regarding this hybrid IPHC. Methods: The patient was a 76-year-o...

Fatemeh Soleimani Roozbahani PhD Candidate for IT Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Iran Email: [email protected] Sanaz Nikghadam Hojjati PhD Candidate for IT Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Iran Email: [email protected] Reihaneh Azad Master Student of IT Management, Farabi University, Kara...

Balance deteriorates with age, and may eventually lead to falling accidents which may threaten independent living. As Taekwondo contains various highly dynamic movement patterns, Taekwondo practice may sustain or improve balance. Therefore, in 24 middle-aged healthy volunteers (40-71 year) we investigated effects of age-adapted Taekwondo training of 1 h a week during 1 year on various balance p...

OBJECTIVE To compare 2 screening methods for unrecognized handicapping hearing loss in the elderly. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. POPULATION Five hundred forty-six older individuals who underwent audiometry at biennial examination 22 of the Framingham Heart Study and who took the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening (HHIE-S) questionnaire. OUTCOMES MEASURED The 2 scr...

the main purpose of this descriptive – survey study was to investigate the factors affecting the professional skills of faculty members in iranian agricultural colleges. the statistical population of the study consisted of the faculty members of iranian agricultural colleges (n=1837), from whom 380 were determined as sample, applying morgan's sample table. the population size was later inc...