Background: Headache and depression are prevalent among general population. The aim of this study was to determine the associated factors of headache in elderly subjects with emphasis to depression. Methods: All cohort of elderly individuals of the Amirkola Health Study Project were included. Data regarding several clinical and demographic characteristics were provided via fill in quesstionn...

The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence and severity depression in patients with consequences ischemic strokes chronic brain ischemia. Material Methods. We examined 100 17 cerebral Hamilton Depression Rating Scale used assess presence degree depression. Conclusions. Slightly less than half ischemia (47.1%) had no depression, 42.1% mild only 11.8% moderate severe A different situa...

Introduction: Depression as a disorder is relatively common in all societies several factors are involved in depression development, that shift work is one of these factors. This study compared the frequency of depression in different shifts of nurses in hospitals of Yazd University of medical sciences. Materials & Methods: This study is a descriptive analytical study. Based on statistical meth...

the aim of present research was to study the relation between demographic characteristics (age, sex, and family economical status) and the rate of prevalence of depression in high school students at ray city. 388 subjects (166 boys and 222 girls) were selected through stratified random sampling method. the age range of these students was between 14 to 18 years. research data was gathered throug...

conclusions this study estimated that the prevalence of major depression among iranian individuals with pd living in kermanshah as 44%. major determinants of depression were female gender, rigidity, impaired posture, masked face, hyposmia, and anhedonia. results a total of 350 patients (52.9% men and 47.1% women) participated in this investigation. female gender (36.5% in women vs. 13.0% in men...

neonatal respiratory distress is a very common problem in our practice. the causes may be respiratory, cardiovascular, central, metabolic, haematological and surgical. the cause of distress due to transient myocardial depression is not very common in mild asphyxia. we present a case having transient myocardial depression with severe respiratory distress and features of shock in a mild asphyxiat...

Background The aim of the study was to evaluate the depression levels in mothers of children with leukemia. Materials and Methods This single centred, cross-sectional study was conducted among mothers of children with leukemia at the Hematology and Oncology research center, Baghaie-Pour clinic in Yazd City during February through December, 2013. The study sample included 58 mothers with 1-12...