OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to measure the sleep quality and anxiety level of a group of employees, as well as determine the relationship between sleep quality and anxiety and other factors. METHODS A total of 130 of 185 employees at a university campus were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. A descriptive questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Beck Anxiety In...

ALTHOUGH individuals with psychiatric difficulties (particularly depression) apparently experience a greater incidence of insomnia than individuals without psychiatric difficulties, sleep disturbances are commonly reported in both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric populations [l]. Insomniacs typically report that it requires an excessive length of time to fall asleep once they are in bed and/or th...

Objectives: Dental anxiety can be potentially problematic. Anxiety must be controlled in highly anxious patients in order to ensure a smooth procedure and prevent potential complications. Awareness and reassurance are believed to be efficient for anxiety control in patients undergoing dental procedures especially dental implant treatment. This study sought to assess the effect of aware...

background: surgery is a stressful condition for both patient and family members. this anxiety may interfere with the adequate family functioning and in providing positive support for the patient. thus, specialized assessment and interventions to reduce anxiety level of family members are essential. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of watching movie on anxiety level of family memb...

background: masticatory ability as a subjective response to masticatory function indicates patients’ perception of their mastication. to the best of our knowledge, there has been no study on association between masticatory ability and psychological status. this study investigated the association between self-assessed masticatory ability (sama) and psychological status among a large sample of ir...

nonpsychiatric hospitalized patients are frequently exposed to psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, which significantly infuence the patient's subsequent admission days and the rate of recovery. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and depression among hospitalised patients in mashhad hospitals and to compare the level of anxiety in patients adm...

Background Existence the children with blood diseases in family could cause lots of stress and anxiety for parents, this stress among parents would negative effects on children's disease process and his response to treatment. Materials and Methods This is a descriptive-analytical study which carried out on 480 parents with children affected to blood disease referring to Shafa hospital of Ahvaz,...

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) purports to measure two types of anxiety: state anxiety, fluctuating and transitory; and trait anxiety, a relatively stable proneness to apprehension. As part of a battery of measures comparing a new occupational therapy curriculum with an old curriculum being discontinued, the STAI was administered to separate groups of students from each curriculum com...