abstract health economic evaluation research plays an important role in selecting cost-effective interventions. the purpose of this study was to assess the quality of published articles in iranian journals related to economic evaluation in health care programs based on drummond’s checklist in terms of numbers, features, and quality. in the present review study, published articles (persian and e...

BACKGROUND Web-based and mobile health interventions (also called "Internet interventions" or "ehealth/mhealth interventions") are tools or treatments, typically behaviorally based, that are operationalized and transformed for delivery via the Internet or mobile platforms. These include electronic tools for patients, informal caregivers, healthy consumers, and health care providers. The "Consol...

abstract background: although nurses acknowledge that spiritual care is part of their role, in reality, it is performed to a lesser extent. the purpose of the present study was to explore nurses’ and patients’ experiences about the conditions of spiritual care and spiritual interventions in the oncology units of tabriz. materials and methods: this study was conducted with a qualitative conventi...

objective: this study aimed to determine factors affecting depression in infertile couples and effect of psychological intervention on pregnancy rate of infertile couples. materials and methods: in this study, 638 infertile patients referring to a university infertility clinic were evaluated. among them, 140 couples with different levels of depression in at least one of the spouses were found a...

original article   training interventions are regarded as essential managerial strategies in various organizations. the present study investigated managerial interventions in training based on deming model and their effectiveness to decrease the rate of unsafe behaviors of workers. it was a case study, conducted in a rolling industry and a descriptive- analytic research, done periodically durin...

An evidence-based review was undertaken to answer the question, "What is the evidence for the effect of interventions designed to establish, modify, and maintain activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), leisure, and social participation on quality of life (QOL), health and wellness, and client and caregiver satisfaction for people with Alzheimer's dise...

Ensuring the safety of patients is a vital duty of a doctor. It is their responsibility to advise patients about activity limitations on discharge from hospital. This study aims to assess the current provision of driving advice for patients after abdominal surgery and institute improvements to this provision of information in North Bristol NHS Trust. A preliminary questionnaire ascertained curr...

Background and Aim: The realist review has been introduced to review and synthesize the evidence related to the implementation of complex healthcare interventions. This method interprets the results of an intervention by explaining the causal relationships between the intervention and the results. This study aimed to explain the methodology of realist review in the health system. Materials and...

background: screen time (st), including watching television and playing electronic games are the leading cause of a growing obesity epidemic. this study aimed to evaluate st and its association with physical activity, overweight and socioeconomic status (ses) in children 10 to 12 years of age in sanandaj.   methods: this study was designed as a cross-sectional study, which was conducted in sana...