objectives: stroke, is one of the major causes of disability in adults. so, the patient may prefer to use the non-involved limb to perfom selfcare & named this phenomen learned non used. constraint induced therapy is one of the rehabilitative interventions that can be effective in restoration of the function of the involved limb in some hemiparetic post stroke patients. purpose of this study wa...

BACKGROUND Diabetic foot affects more than 25% of diabetic patients and finally up to 20% of cases result in amputation. The most important factor resulting in severe complications or even death is lack of self-care. Health locus of control has been introduced as one of health factors and predicting factors of self-care. This research was performed for analyzing the correlation between self-car...

The objective of this study was to identify elements of the international classification of functioning, disability and health, applicable to quadriplegic men's home care, to reduce the dependence on their parents' help for activities of daily living and selfcare. Data were collected from June 2004 to March 2005. Semi-structured interviews were performed with eight adults with high spinal cord ...

Dementia is a common disease in the elderly characterized by memory loss, cognitive dysfunction, disturbance of consciousness, selfcare ability and social activities decline or even loss. According to its cause is divided into the following three class: Alzheimer's disease dementia, vascular dementia, mixed dementia [1]. The incidence of dementia increases with age. International estimated that...

While most counselors have knowledge about self-care and the ability to articulate its importance to clients and others, a disconnect between knowledge and counselor self-care action remains. Expressive arts therapy techniques and creativity in counseling may provide answers to this problem. The same types of techniques used with clients could be useful for counselors in managing their own care...

This study investigates the incidence of self-care arrangements among school-aged children and it examines why some mothers choose this form of child care. The study finds that the incidence of self-care differs by region and family size, and therefore the relevance of aggregate estimates of self-care to the child care policy debate is questioned. Also, mothers' hours of work are found to incre...

Nursing theories are developed to provide a connecting frame work which focus on nursing practice. Dorothy Orem’s SelfCare Deficit Theory and Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model are grand theories; both developed these to enhance nursing practice and education. Orem Model emphasizes on the individuals demands of self care which the nurse can accomplish through certain actions to promote heal...

A thoughtful colleague pointed out that over the past 50 years we have experimented with many different ways to humanize medicine. Recently, a few of our attempts have included explicitly promoting empathy,1 inculcating cultural competence,2 and offering courses on narrative medicine.3 This is not to say that any of these approaches have failed, but we are still searching—and recent evidence su...

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 rel...

Abstract Background Although strong association between self-reported health and coronary heart disease (CHD) exists, related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been conceptualized as a predictor for fatality in CHD patients. We investigated whether HRQOL may predict the risk death six years Methods There were overall, 614 cases national representative Chronic Diseases Risk Factors Survey Turkey, ...