conclusions following cabg, the most severity of pain was reported at surgical incision on time t2. pain began to decrease from the third day following the operation. age, sex and bmi along with operation-related factors such as duration of cbp or chest tube drainage may affect the pain pattern following cabg surgery. patients and methods the present study was conducted on 138 patients who unde...

background and objectives: patient satisfaction is a key feature of quality improvement in modern health care systems. the focus of patient satisfaction studies has been on inpatient satisfaction measurement. as such, valid and reliable instruments for assessment of outpatient satisfaction are lacking in the field. this study aimed to develop and validate a brief scale to facilitate assessing o...

  Background   The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B) in pregnant women suffering from burns.   Materials and Methods   This cross-cultural psychometrics study was done in 2015 to 2016 and included 410 pregnant burned patients. Participants completed BSHS-B. The face, content and construct validit...

Objectives: To date, there is no specific scale to assess the quality of life in Bipolar Disorder (BD). The Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder (QoL.BD) is the first questionnaire designed for this purpose. In this study, we aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Persian Brief Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder (Brief QoL.BD). Methods: After forward and backward translation of th...

Background and Objectives: Patient satisfaction is a key feature of quality improvement in modern health care systems. The focus of patient satisfaction studies has been on inpatient satisfaction measurement. As such, valid and reliable instruments for assessment of outpatient satisfaction are lacking in the field. This study aimed to develop and validate a brief scale to facilitate assessing o...

objective: the purpose of this study was to examine the role of social support on the mental health of disabled war veterans alongside the role of physical disability and deployment type. the second aim of the study was to examine the relationship between coping strategies and mental health. method: 85 disabled iranian war veterans participated in this study. all of the participants were asked ...

The Schedule of Fatigue and Anergy/General Physician (SOFA/GP) was developed to screen for prolonged fatigue in the primary care setting. We aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the SOFA/GP (SOFA/GP-K), which is adapted from the original English version. We performed translation and back translation, and after conducting a pilot study, we tested the final vers...

background and objectives: questionnaire-based survey is the most common way of assessing patient satisfaction. however, most relevant survey instruments have been developed in western countries, and valid and reliable context-specific survey tools in this area are lacking. to help filling this gap, in this study we have developed and validated the preliminary version of the novel brief inpatie...