results the depression and disability scores of patients before lumbar discectomy significantly decreased after surgery. conclusions our results indicate that lumbar discectomy surgery significantly improved depression and disability in patients with chronic herniated discs. patients and methods one hundred forty-eight patients with chronic low back pain and radicular leg pain were included in ...

abstract background: pain is one of the common problems encountered by patients with burns, which increases after each dressing. this study aimed to investigate the effect of inhalation aromatherapy with damask rose essence on the pain of patients with burns that is caused after dressing. materials and methods: a randomized clinical trial was conducted on 50 patients with second‑ and third‑degr...

the effect of lavender aromatherapy program on the pain intensity of patients with aml undergoing chemotherapy     babashahikohanestani f [1] , ahmadi f [2] *, memarian r [3]     received: 30 jan , 2013 accepted: 14 apr , 2013     abstract   background & aims : the painis the most common problem in patients undergoing chemotherapy. nurses have the key role to determine and control signs and sym...

background: the aim of this study was the validation of the revised mcgill pain questionnaire (sf-mpq-2) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). materials and methods:â  a total of 107 (40 males, 67 females) ibs patients diagnosed according to rome iii criteria who referred to the gastroenterology clinic at baqiyatallah hospital in 1389 enrolled in this study. â enrolled patients compl...

 Background: Chronic pain is a frequent disability that negatively affects patient’s quality of life. Understanding of the possible relation between sociodemographic and medical variables with Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) may help identifying the multidimensionality of pain and risk factors that limit physical and psychological adjustment of the patients. The present study was done to ...

introduction: several mehods have been proposed to alleviate pain after hysterectomy. pre-emptive analgesia has been used to relieve pain following abdominal hysterectomy with conflicting results. this study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of pre-incision skin infiltration of lidocaine in relieving postoperative pain in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy.  methods: 60 patients wi...

introduction: chest pain is a common compliant in children and adolescents visiting the clinic. we assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children referred a pediatric cardiology clinic in cardiac center in south west of iran.materials and methods: we assessed children with chest pain who visited our medical center during march 2013 to april 2014. any case of trauma associated ches...