normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : breast cancer is a common cancer in women that affects femininity and marital life because of side effect of cancer treatments on breast as a sexual organ. the aim of this study was to evaluate the marital satisfaction in patients with breast cancer compared to general population. methods : in a cross-sectiona...

background: the whoqol-bref is one of the best-known instruments that have been developed for cross-cultural compari­sons of quality of life and currently it is available in more than 40 languages. current study was done to provide: (1) the psychometrics properties of the iranian version of whoqol-bref and (2) the norm scores for satisfaction with life over­all and satisfaction with specific li...

BACKGROUND Pressures in nursing can affect family life and marital problems, disrupt common social problems, increase work-family conflicts and endanger people's general health. AIM To determine marital satisfaction and its relationship with job stress and general health of nurses. METHODS This descriptive and cross-sectional study was done in 2015 in medical educational centers of Qazvin b...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with general satisfaction among clients attending outpatient clinics in a referral hospital in Uganda. DESIGN Cross-sectional exit survey of patients and care-givers in selected outpatient clinics. SETTING Seven outpatients' clinics at Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Mean score of clients' general satisfaction ...

Patient satisfaction surveys are increasingly being used as a measure of physician performance in a hospital setting. We sought to determine what role the clinical condition the physician is treating has on overall patient satisfaction scores. Patient satisfaction scores were calculated for elective and emergent general surgery and trauma patients for eight surgeons taking care of all three ty...

OBJECTIVE Teamwork in primary healthcare is associated with patient care processes and staff outcomes. The ability of teams to be innovative is a hypothesized mechanism. We examined the characteristics of general practices with good team climate for innovation, and assessed the impact of climate on chronically ill patients' assessment of their care and on the job satisfaction of the staff. DE...

Article history: Received date: 3 October, 2016 Review date: 26 October 2016 Accepted date:29 November 2016 Printed on line: 5 January Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, attachment styles and optimism with mental health and marital satisfaction of couples who refer to Andimeshk counselling centers in the period of 3 m...

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to evaluate patient satisfaction with four common types of breast reconstruction performed at our institution: latissimus dorsi myocutaneous (LDM) flap reconstruction with or without implants, pedicled transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction, and free deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap reconstruction. METHODS A...