asthma affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide. poor compliance with the prescribed medication leads to increased mortality and morbidity. various determinants of compliance have been described. the purpose of this study was to determine factors that can influence patients' compliance with prescribed metered dose inhaler drugs. 179 patients with diagnosis of asthma were selected from ...

methods this was across-sectional study, which audited 228 general practitioner offices randomly. the data from offices was collected based on researcher-made checklist, the validity of which was approved. firstly, descriptively analysis of data was done and then, the relationship between clinics characteristics and compliance with standards was assessed using analysis of variance (anova) and t...

1. Repeatability of measurements of arterial compliance and flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery has been infrequently reported, despite increasing use in interventional and risk-factor modification studies. Furthermore, little is known about the interrelationships of the various indices. The purposes of this study were to determine the repeatability and interrelationships of a range o...

There is extensive laboratory research studying the effects of acute sleep deprivation on biological and cognitive functions, yet much less is known about naturalistic patterns of sleep loss and the potential impact on daily or weekly functioning of an individual. Longitudinal studies are needed to advance our understanding of relationships between naturalistic sleep and fluctuations in human h...

This study presents the theory of differential compliance and the clinical application of instrumentation designed for its detection in the clinical setting. The engineering principle of using a mechanical impulse to excite a structure coupled to sensors to measure the response, has been employed in the design of the Function Recording and Analysis System (FRAS). This system, linked to software...

Residual Stress measurement has gained interests among researchers for many years due to its great influence on the structural integrity. Slitting method is one of the destructive techniques that relies on the introduction of an increasing cut to a part containing residual stresses. Similar to all other mechanical strain relief techniques, slitting also suffers from its shortcomings during the ...

ôbjectives: non-adherence limits the effectiveness of medications among patients with bipolar disorder. many studies have investigated the predicting factors of non-adherence. this paper aims to present the pattern of adherence in patients with bipolar ï disorder (bïd). methods: seventy six patients with bïd enrolled in a prospective study. the medication possession ratio (mpr) was used to eval...

background: personal protection equipments (ppes) should be easily accessible to decrease contact with infecting factors and also should be used purposefully to effectively keep the health care personnel in a safe distance from the patient blood and body fluid which can easily infect the operating rooms personnel. this study aimed to find the operating rooms' personnel compliance with standards...

background: the world health organization estimates that 58% of pregnant women in developing countries are anemic. in spite of the fact that most ministries of health in developing countries have policies to provide pregnant women with iron supplementation, prevalence of maternal anemia has not declined significantly. the aim of this study was to assess adherence to the current recommendation i...

background: we have previously reported multiple health benefits in individuals following the christian-based fasting protocol known as the daniel fast (df). however, our prior work has involved only short-term (21-day) assessments. for dietary modification to have a profound impact on health, compliance to the dietary plan must be established for the long-term. materials and methods we determi...