toxoplasmosis is a widespread infection in the world. although the infection by toxoplasma gondii is widely prevalent in humans and animals, the disease is uncommon and most of the acquired infections are asymptomatic. the important aspect of this parasitic infection is the probable danger of congenital transmission and its severe effects on the fetus. in the present descriptive study, a total ...

Human health is highly dependent on the condition of health-related physical fitness and particularly body composition. Adolescence is unique in this regard, especially when the adolescents are mentally retarded, about whom information on physical fitness is limited. Thus, the objective of this paper was to study the components of health-related physical fitness with emphasis on body composit...

background entamoeba histolytica/entamoeba dispar and enterobius vermicularis are the major health problems in the developing countries especially in iran. the prevalence of infection is variable among different social groups in the world. objectives since elderly and mentally retarded are high risk group, the present survey was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of intestinal par...

ôbjective: having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have been focused over the years. personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. thus, the current study was conducted to estimate psychometric characteristics of “personal well-being index-adult” (pwï-â) in mothers of mentally retarded studen...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of group Coping Skills training on reducing stress of mothers with mentally retarded childrenchr('39')s. Methods: The research method was quasi experimental with pre-test and post-test design with a control group. Population of the study was all of the mothers of mentally retarded childrenchr('39')s that referred to w...