backgrounds: the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy for children with chronic pain (chact) on quality of life of 7 to 12 year-old children. thus, the basic problem of the current study is whether chact can increase the quality of life on 7 to 12 year-old children with chronic pain?   materials and methods: according to the criteria of chronic pa...

reflexology is a technique used widely as one of non-pharmacological pain management techniques. the present study aimed to review and determine the effect of foot reflexology on anxiety, pain and outcomes of the labor in primigravida women. this clinical trial study was conducted on 80 primigravida mothers who were divided randomly into an intervention group (foot reflexology applied for 40 mi...

background: breast cancer is the most common malignancy among iranian women and is a significant stressor in women’s life that may affect their coping strategies and quality of life. this study aimed to investigate coping strategies, quality of life and pain of women with breast cancer. materials and methods: this was a cross‑sectional study which held in seyed‑al shohada hospital and two priva...

introduction: the present study aimed to assess the efficacy of use of combined cognitive interventions to prepare the child and parent, and distraction of child’s attention on reported intensity of pain, distress caused by lumbar puncture, and situation-related quality of life of children with cancer. method : this was a clinical trial using pretest-posttest method and a control group. study...

conclusions lumbar discectomy improves both the physical and mental health subscale of the quality of life in patients with chronic disc herniation. results physical and mental health scores of patients significantly improved after 6 and 12 months of lumbar discectomy. the mean improvement in physical health scores was significantly higher in female patients than in male patients. however, the ...

background & aim: considering the inevitable side effects of chemical drugs, nowadays, herbal medicine has gained a special importance. cinnamon of lauraceae family, is commonly used as a food spice and medicine. it is famous to be, antimicrobial, anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-viral, and antispastic. it also prevents abdominal bloating, increases sweating and uterus muscle constrictions...