Introduction Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine (TCVM) has been used to treat animals, primarily horses, cattle and pigs, for thousands of years in China. It differs from Western medicine in that acupuncture focuses on " balance " of the physiological, spiritual and emotional wellbeing of an individual while conventional Western medicine focuses on controlling a disease. Western medical pr...

BACKGROUND Psychological distress is prevalent among people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and aggravates their motor symptoms, thereby leading to increased disability, high healthcare costs, and poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The under-recognition and adverse effects of the pharmacological management of anxiety and depression among the PD population are considerable. Thus, adoptin...

This qualitative study aims to understand the factors motivating Korean migrants’ participation in weekly Charismatic Prayer Meetings in a Catholic Church. As music plays a crucial role in these meetings, the paper explores whether active engagement with music motivated the long-term commitment of participants to the meetings. The research is based on a thematic analysis of a focus group compri...

Due to COVID-19 and the repeated imposition of lockdowns in Pakistan’s Sindh province, life senior citizens has become challenging. Given scarcity health care policies targeted at Sindh’s aged persons, use folk literature as therapy increased support against isolation, depression, distress caused by lockdowns. Although research on healthy ageing from medical perspectives been increasingly condu...

background and objectives: nurses are the most important group who provide health system services. they may face with various stresses related to their job that may cause physiological problems. many factors can influence their psychological health. with this in mind, the current study aimed to examine the relationship between religious attitude with psychological well-being in nurses working i...

Whilst a growing body of evidence demonstrates people derive a range of health and wellbeing benefits from visiting parks, only a limited number of attempts have been made to provide a complementary economic assessment of parks. The aim of this exploratory study was to directly estimate the perceived health and wellbeing benefits attained from parks and the economic value assigned to parks by p...

OBJECTIVE To examine the quality of life and palliative care needs of elderly patients with advanced heart failure (HF). METHODS This was a correlation descriptive study conducted at a 650-bed sub-acute hospital. Patients who were aged 65 or over, diagnosed with HF of New York Heart Association Class III or IV symptoms, and mentally sound were eligible to the study. The Edmonton Symptom Asses...