Repair of the injured spinal cord by regeneration therapy remains an elusive goal. In contrast, progress in medical care and rehabilitation has resulted in improved health and function of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). In the absence of a cure, raising the level of achievable function in mobility and selfcare will first and foremost depend on creative use of the rapidly advancing techno...

This initiative is the first of this kind in Australia and supports the development of a trained volunteer mentoring network, offering opportunities for people in early recovery to develop supportive mutually beneficial mentoring relationships through regular contact with someone who has lived through and recovered from body image or eating issues for a minimum six month mentoring contract. Rec...

background:despite the efforts, the level of dental caries remains prevalent in developed countries it has increased in developing countries due to dietary changes. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of an educational intervention on the oral health of students in chabahar city. methods: this quasi-experimental study carried out on 200 students selected with systematic cluster sampl...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the Spirituality Promotion Program(SPP) for young nurses working in the stressful university hospital environment. METHODS The study included 41 nurses in the experimental group, nurses who had worked less than 5 years and completed 8 weeks of SPP between June and July in 2011. The control group, 44 nurses, also received the sam...

In the context of the PANACEIA-ITV IST European project, a home care service provision system is described based on interactive TV technology. The purpose of PANACEIA-ITV is to facilitate essential lifestyle changes and to promo te compliance with scientifically sound selfcare recommendations, through the application of interactive digital television for family health maintenance. The means to ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of depression screening instruments for older adults in primary care. STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, PsycINFO (search dates 1966 to January 2002), and the Cochrane database on depression, anxiety and neurosis. We also searched the second Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, the 1993 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clini...

a long history of multiple substance abuse and sexual addiction discovers that it is the pain of his family’s rejection that drives his impulsive behavior: “There are times when I just want to be anywhere else but here.” A 42year-old HIV-positive gay man living with an abusive partner notices that when he comes home, his body becomes tense, he feels anxious, and he is unable to complete basic s...

BACKGROUND Adequate self-care in diabetes causes quality of life promotion and decreases the number of inpatient cases. The health locus of control theory is used to assess adherence to diabetes regimen in some studies in developed countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of diabetes locus of control in a sample of diabetic patients in Iran and investigation of it's rela...

study of educational needs in tuberculosis patients and   their family and selfcare in urmia   shainseddin shams [1] , m.s.   abstract:     introdtiction: tuberculosis is a disaster disease, in spite of progresses of technology and medical   sciences. early diagnosis and treatment is the first step of controling and prevention of diseases and patient education and his/her family is important.  ...