BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease and one of the main causes of mortality in developing countries. The main objective of treating all chronic diseases, of course, is to improve well-being and attain a satisfactory quality of life (QOL). The major goal of this study is comparison of attitude toward QOL in insulin-dependent subjects with diabetes mellitus and healthy subjects. M...

AIM to investigate knowledge, attitude and behaviour toward infection control in two teaching hospitals on the island of Java by means of a questionnaire and to evaluate the use of the questionnaire as a tool. METHODS we investigated knowledge, attitude and behaviour toward infection control in two teaching hospitals on the island of Java by means of a questionnaire to identify problem areas,...

nowadays, many governments have found that the main cause of water crises in agricultural sector related to neglecting farmers’ role in irrigation and drainage networks management. water users association has been considered in order to transferring irrigation management to local beneficiaries. if farmers' opinion toward such transferring don't be investigated, it may lead to failure....

INTRODUCTION The topic of euthanasia has induced differences not only among professionals in the medical fraternity but also in other fields as well. The dying process is being lengthened by the new state of art technologies erupting as such higher pace, and it is at the expense of standard quality of life and of a gracious death. AIM To study the awareness and attitude toward euthanasia amon...

This research paper was designed to examine the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) associations and environmental concerns on consumer-retailer love and attitude toward the retailer, as well as the subsequent effects on consumer behavioral intentions regarding the retailer, such as repeat patronage intention and willingness to pay a premium price for products offered by the reta...

the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between religiosity of iranians and their attitude toward democracy. the subjects of the study consisted of 383 students (both male and female) from shiraz university, and the data was collected through a questionnaire in spring 2004. to determine the relationship, the writers used max weber's theory. students' religiosity was measured...

BACKGROUND Despite the success of developed countries in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, the disease is expanding in developing countries where an unfavorable attitude exists among people, health professionals and employees. This study aimed to assess the stigmatized attitude among health care providers toward people living with HIV (PLWHA). METHODS The study is a cross-sectional survey. T...

the successful adoption of e-learning systems is mainly dependent on the learners’ attitude and willingness to use them. this survey was conducted to investigate agricultural extension workers’ attitudes toward using e-learning for on-the-job training in iran and factors which affect it. using the stratified sampling technique a sample of 379 extension workers were selected from six provinces. ...

objectives the objective of this study was to assess the effects of cognitive-behavioral training on increasing self-concept and the attitude style toward narcotic drugs. background the existing studies have indicated that persons with positive attitude and believe to narcotics have more addiction than those with negative or natural attitudes. the aim of the present study was to specify the eff...