BACKGROUND/AIM Comorbidity of depression in Parkinson disease (PD) is a major factor that changes patients' quality of life. However, the neurobiological and sociodemographic risk factors for this comorbidity are not well studied. In this study, we aimed to define the prevalence, temporal relationship, and psychosocial and clinical determinants of depression comorbid with PD. MATERIALS AND ME...

Background: Myocardial Infarction (MI) is a main cause of death and disability worldwide, whichinvolves a number of genetic, physiopathologic and socio-economic determinants. The aim of thisstudy was to assess the patterns of association between education, wealth and some other risk factorswith non-fatal MI in Tehran population.Methods: Data derived from a second round of large cross-sectional ...

Objectives. The aim of the study was to assess self-reported medication adherence measure in patients selected during a health education and health promotion focused event held in the Campania region. The study also assessed sociodemographic determinants of adherence. Methods. An interviewer assisted survey was conducted to assess adherence using the Italian version of the 8-item Morisky Medica...

background & aim: thecurrent population of the world is seven billion, and developing countries account for its 97%. approximately 210 million pregnancies annually occur worldwide and 75-80 million of them are reported to be unintended. multiple factors can contribute to unintended pregnancy, which need to be assessed to design interventions reducing the incidence of unintended pregnancies.this...