a bstract  background: pregnancy may be accompanied by serious physiological and psychological changes as it is a stressful period in a woman’s life. so, this study was conducted to determine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on pregnant women’s general health.   materials and methods: in this clinical trial, 60 primigravida women admitted to the prenatal clinic of selected hospitals ...

Aim: This study was to describe the levels of psychosocial well-being and general health international students during severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional carried out on 155 early period pandemic through social media applications with using online forms consisted General Health Questionnaire-(GHQ-28) WHO-5 index. Results: The results showed that ex...

BACKGROUND Self-employed workers experience occupational stress and may suffer from various mental health disorders. AIMS To assess the mental health, substance use and risk factors for psychological distress in a sample of self-employed lawyers and pharmacists. METHODS A cross-sectional study, using self-completion postal questionnaires, of lawyers and pharmacists. The General Health Quest...

BACKGROUND Anxiety and depression are known to be associated with alterations in central autonomic activity, and this may manifest as a functional gut disturbance. However, the final expression of motility disturbance is non-specific and non-quantifiable. This study examines the relationship between psychological state and psychosocial functioning with a new direct measure of the level of activ...

BACKGROUND Poor maternal mental health can impact on children's development and wellbeing; however, there is concern about the comparability of screening instruments administered to women of diverse ethnic origin. METHODS We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to examine the subscale structure of the GHQ-28 in an ethnically diverse community cohort of...

OBJECTIVES More mental morbidities were reported in medical students than their nonmedical peers, which may negatively influence their lives and future career. The aim of this study was to assess the mental health status among medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. METHOD Two hundred and eight 1(st) to 4(th) year Medical students took part in this cross-sectional study. Ge...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of socioeconomic status throughout the lifecourse on self reported mental health at age 50 years. DESIGN Prospective cohort study SETTING Community setting in Newcastle upon Tyne, north east England. PARTICIPANTS 503 subjects from a birth cohort assembled in 1947 who completed the 28 item version of the general health questionnaire (GHQ-28). MAI...