one of the most important summary measures of population health, is disability adjusted life years (daly), introduced for the first time in the project of global burden of disease (gbd), that is the newest as well as the most accepted and familial summary measure of health and the burden of diseases has been measured by this measure at national and regional levels in many countries of the world...

conclusions psychoeducation resulted in improved mental health in patients with coronary heart disease. therefore, it is recommended that this approach be performed as a complementary, effective, non-invasive, low-cost nursing intervention to reduce psychological problems in these patients. background patients with coronary heart disease are at high risk for mental health disorders, such as dep...

psychological problems play a critical role in development of cardiovascular disease. several mechanisms were suggested to explain the association and mechanism of this effect, recently. knowledge of the mechanisms mediating the association between psychological status and heart disease could help in developing treatments. the effects of mind and mood on the cardiovascular system can be due to ...

abstract background and purpose: surgery is a stressful situation and this study aimed to evaluate the effect of negative emotions coping styles training on mental health of the patients undergoing open-heart surgery. methods: this study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design on the patients undergoing open-heart surgery during a course of six months in mazandaran heart center, sari, iran...

background and aims: mental disorders may negatively affect on the quality of life in hemodialysis patients and their response to treatment. the aim of present study was to examine the prevalence of depression and related risk factors in hemodialysis patients. methods: in this cross-sectional study, during june 2013 to september 2013, 217 patients with hemodialysis whom were admitted to kerman ...

background and purpose: cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death worldwide and stress is the reason behind many negative emotions. surgery is one of the most stressful situations. coping styles and life expectancy affect people's mental and physical efficacy. the present study aims to determine the effectiveness of training life expectancy and effective coping styles to ...

objective: the main goal of this study is to compare stressful life events and mental health in coronary heart disease (chd) patients and non-patients. method: in this research, 120 participants (n=68 male, n= 52 female) were divided into two groups of patients (n=60) and non-patients (n=60). they were selected from vali asr hospital of meshginshahr (iran) and completed the general health quest...

patients with psychiatric disorders are usually more exposed to multiple somatic illnesses, including liver diseases. specific links are established between psychiatric disorders and alcohol hepatitis, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c in the population as a whole, and specifically in drug abusers. metabolic syndrome criteria, and associated steatosis or non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (nash) are fre...

stressful life events may play an important role in coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac death. this study was performed to compare the frequency of stressful events and mental strain in patients with acute myocardial infarction (mi) and normal population. a case-control study was performed on 50 survivors of mi and 50 controls with no evidence of cardiovascular disease, matched by age, ge...