introduction: the present study aims at comparing two training methods of self-management and relaxation on the aspects of quality of life in women with cancer. methods: this is a pilot study which has been conducted by expanded pre-test and post-test pattern by control group. community sample of this study were all women with breast cancer in ardabil in 1390 (approximated estimation: n=1000). ...

introduction: the diseases and problems due to ageing can affect the quality of life (qol) in the elderly. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of self-care program education run by health volunteers and healthcare staff on the qol in the elderly. methods: in this experimental, field trial study, 150 elderly people living in mashhad were enrolled by multistage sampling in 2014. the ...

background the improvement of self-caring and self-efficacy behaviors is vital in the successful management of asthma. objectives the aim of the research is to determine the relation between self-efficacy of asthma control and quality of life in iranian asthmatic patients. patients and methods this research represents a descriptive-analytical study. the 257 asthmatic patients referred to the cl...

background and objective: life skills are abilities that grow with continued training and prepare the person to face with daily life issues, increasing mental, social and health abilities. the present study aimed to evaluate the student's life skills in kurdistan university of medical sciences and its affecting factors. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study. three hundred...

conclusions the present study showed that life skills training program did not affect self-efficacy of nursing students. perhaps, the methods used in education were influencing and then, more effective techniques such as role-play and group discussion should be substituted in life skills training. results in the untrained and trained groups, 23% and 8% of the students had very high self-efficac...

objective: one way of improving the quality of life is to eliminate its barriers. selfhandicapping is a form of problematic behavior, which investigating its effect on the quality of life is of great importance. the present study aimed to examine the relationship of selfhandicapping with the quality of life in primary students.  methods: this research is a correlational that condoucted on stude...

background : health related quality of life (qol) has now been considered as a main tool for outcome measurement in infertility. the present study aimed to determine the association between general and specified qol with different psychological aspects of self-esteem, social support, sexual satisfaction, and marital satisfaction in a sample of iranian infertile couples. method : this cross-sect...

background: the need for self-esteem is one of the natural human psychological needs. in lifeskills trainingit is aimed to help women for better understanding and properly being able to cope with violent behavioragainst them. this study examinedthe impact of life skills training on self-esteem of women for the prevention of domestic violence. methods: this was a semi-experimental study with pre...

conclusions: implementation of self-directed learning provides a useful strategy that should be included in health intervention and national surveillance programs in order to improve health and therapeutic compliance in postmenopausal women. results: there were significant statistical differences between two groups regarding the age of subjects; age of menopause; economic, educational and emplo...