conclusion gray scale sonography in combination with doppler sonography could be a trustworthy technique in differentiating metastatic lymph nodes from reactive ones. although, circulation pattern had a higher diagnostic accuracy in the present study, combination of sonographic characteristics could be more beneficial in differentiating metastatic cervical nodes from reactive ones. results the ...

introduction: now a day, resulting from life style modification and alteration, fatigue, as a consequence, is not uncommon symptom. diverse tools are available to measure fatigue status. one of which is functional assessment of chronic illness treatment (facit) fatigue scale. the facit is one of the most widely used questionnaires for screening fatigue. the questionnaire has been translated and...

background: transition into parenthood is a major developmental life event and is very significant because development in infanthood is affected by the transition process of mothers parenting an infant. this study aimed to develop the assessment tool for transition process of high risk infant’s caregiver in korea. methods: the participants were 246 mothers of premature infant born with gestatio...

background: status epilepticus (se) is one of the most common neurological emergencies with high mortality and morbidity. this study aims to determine the most common causes and outcomes of se in adult patients from fars province in southern iran. materials and methods: 134 patients with se (either convulsive or non-convulsive), admitted to namazi hospital, were enrolled from january 2006 to fe...

background: social health is considered as a significant dimension of health and, hence, its assessment is vital in health planning. within this context, this study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale for measuring individual’s social health in iran. to do so, an exploratory sequential mixed method was used. methods: to establish the item pool and primary scale, 30 interviews with exper...

ôbjective: many studies evaluated the efficacy of exercise on some depression indices, but the effect of physical exercise in exhilarating milieu on urine 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (mhpg) sulfate-the main metabolite of norepinephrine is not clear. the purpose of this research was to study the effect of a six-week intermittent walking in the water on 24-hour urine mhpg sulfate in depressed...

because of superficial location and not being covered by boney structure, thyroid is the ideal organ for 2-dimensional gray scale ultrasonography. availability of relatively low cost equipment and ever increasing number of endocrinologists with expertise in thyroid ultrasound has made it an integral part of thyroid practice in the office of endocrinologists. in particular, the current recommend...

purpose :   the present study investigated the psychometric properties of a malaysian adapted brunel mood scale.   methods:   the questionnaire was administered to 355 young sport athletes with a mean age of 14.69 + 1.70 years. confirmatory factor analysis (cfa) and cronbach's alpha were used to determine the factorial validity and the internal consistency of the questionnaire respectively. res...

conclusions the layout of whiteboard in classrooms can be effective in causing student’s neck pain. in this study, the suitable height of installation of whiteboard was determined and it is recommended to be used in classrooms. background the mismatch between equipments and anthropometric dimensions of users is one of the issues that can be effective on development of musculoskeletal disorders ...

background: infertility is a global public health issue and may adversely affect life satisfaction. one of the most widely instruments used to assess life satisfaction is the satisfaction with life scale (swls). objective: the objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the swls in iranian infertile women. materials and methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional stud...