backgrounds: anxiety and depression are found to be the major contributors to irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). the present study aimed to measure the effect of a specifically designed cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt) program on the severity of the symptoms and quality of life of patients with chronic ibs, and also define whether anxiety and depression in patients with ibs at baseline affect t...

background: impairment in quality of life and mental health had been reported in the previous studies as the results of musculoskeletal disorders among workers. mental health has a wide concept and contains different disorders including  anxiety, depression or even decreased quality of life, all of which having challengeable impacts on work- related characters such as work productivity and abse...

the present study aims at recognizing and analyzing the relationship among variables such as stress, social capital, self esteem and the locus of control that affect the high school students’ quality of life in fars province, iran. to this end 224 high school students form shiraz, kazerun, and marvdasht were selected as participants based on cluster sampling. cronbach’s alpha was used to measur...

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic disease that may affect patients’ quality of life. We investigated the quality of life (QoL) and its related factors in psoriasis patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 123 patients with psoriasis vulgaris were enrolled, who were at the age of 18-55 years. The QoL was assessed by the psoriasis disability index (PDI...

background & aim: the purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between stress coping styles and quality of life (qol) among patients with breast cancer. methods:this descriptive correlational study was conducted on 50 patients with breast cancer, selected via convenience sampling in kerman, iran. to collect data stress coping strategy scale (moss and billings, 1982) and th...

background and objectives: military hospitals play a crucial role in delivery of healthcare services to patients during emergencies. despite that, limited studies have attempted to characterize factors affecting quality of work life in employees of military health settings. to contribute in filling this gap, this study explored employee occupational stress in a military hospital, situated in th...

introduction children with autism may experience unique adverse effects, which result in social restrictions and high stress in the parents, especially the mother. this research aims to determine the effectiveness of group training program relevant to stress management on improvement of quality of life and its dimensions (mental health, physical health, social adjustment, and environmental heal...