Introduction: Elderly is a very important period of life in which many chronic illnesses threat the person well-being, also endangers their quality of life. This study aimed to compare the association of meaning in life and self-esteem with quality of life in elderly living at home and those in nursing home. Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical study performed on 120 elderly women and me...

Monitoring of mental health and its determinants among students is essential for development as well as prevention and health promotion programs. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between quality of life and self-efficacy with mental health components among students. This research is correlational. The statistical population is all students of the Islamic Azad University...

Introduction: One of the main issues facing cancer patients is stress and anxiety due to encountering the disease. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between meaning of life, self-compassion and sense of coherence with perceived stress in cancer patients. Method: In this descriptive-correlational study, 120 cancer patients who were admitted and treated in blood...

The current research aims at predicting traffic police staffs satisfaction with life based on creativity and self-efficiency. It is a descriptive correlational research study. The research statistical population includes all traffic police staffs of Birjand city in 2014; their total number was equal to 55 persons. Considering the statistical population size, census method was used and the entir...

Background and purpose: Monitoring of health and its determinants in general population is essential for development of societies, promoting health and disease prevention programs. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of social support and self-efficacy with mental health and life satisfaction in individuals living in suburbs of Kermanshah, Iran. Materials and methods: T...

Background and Objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune inflammatory disease, which causes joint destruction and disability. People with this disease are at risk of reduction of quality of life. A key factor in successful management of rheumatoid arthritis is an appropriate self-care behavior. The aim of the present study was to evaluate self-care behavior and life expectancy in patien...

 Aims:  High blood pressure as a silent killer can endanger the health of the aged people. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of motivational interviewing based on the health belief model on hypertension, self-care, and quality of life of rural aged people. Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study without a control group, was carried out on 120 rural aged people over...

Background & Aim: Self-care education is one of the effective ways to improve the quality of life and health in patients with heart failure. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of applying the specific situation theory on the quality of life in patients with heart failure. Methods & Materials: In a clinical trial study, 80 patients with class 2 or 3 heart failure, referred to...

the purpose of this study was to find the relationship between critical thinking and self-regulation with reading comprehension of iranian female elementary language learners. the present study is a correlational one having a descriptive design. two questionnaires, critical thinking questionnaire and self-regulation questionnaire which were valid and reliable questionnaires and four reading com...