Introdution: Presence of mentally retarded children as a source of pressure can jeopardize the general health of parents, especially mothers. The range of effect depends on the recognitive evaluation and the individual. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of coping-therapy on mental health of mothers with genetically and non genetically mentally retarded children referring to Ya...

Introduction: Mentally retarded children have physically less ability compared to their normal counterparts. Regarding the fact that psychomotor exercises may greatly improve such a condition, the present study aimed to investigate the impact of psychomotor exercises upon the static balance of mentally retarded students in North khorasan. Methods and Materials: In the current study, 16 mentall...

Objective: The present research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of learning strategies training in the mathematics’ word problem-solving performance among mentally-retarded elementary school students. Method: The research population included all the mentally retarded female students studying in the sixth grade of elementary schools located in Tehran in the school year of 2016, out of whi...

Background and Aim: Hepatitis E is a viral disease transmitted through contaminated water, which is most commonly reported as an epidemic. Mental retardation among high-risk groups are at high risk of infection, Therefore, the present study was designed and conducted to evaluate the seroepidemiology of hepatitis E in mentally retarded individuals. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional de...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of training problem solving skills on coping strategies in parents with mentally retarded children. Method: 60 parents with mentally retarded children from Tehran were chosen by in access sampling and they were divided accidentally in experimental and control group (any group to 30 persons).The research design was semi exper...

Background: Functions of a family refer to its systematic characteristics and include the ability of families to protect the principles governing this institution to keep its wholeness. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of families with mentally retarded children and families with healthy children. Methods: This case-control study was conducted in 2015 in Ahvaz City, Iran....

Background and Objective: Dental caries is the most common human infection. The most important indicator of dental caries is DMFT. Control of dental caries requires prevention programs. Prevention needs full knowledge of the possibilities that can be achieved through epidemiological studies. The aim of this study was to compare DMFT index in 8-12 year retarded students in special schools in Zah...