background: we aimed to determine the status of strongyloidiasis in mentally disabled population in the institutional places in rasht city, the capital of guilan province, northern iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in 8 institutions for mentally retarded population in rasht in 2013. before collecting the samples, a questionnaire was filled out for each participant by an ex...

objectives: nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers are encountered with high pressures and stresses and the objective of this study is the investigation of the relationship between the mental pressure of the nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers and their job burnout. methods: this study was done on 180 nurses of different shifts of nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers of mash...

OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among mothers of mentally disabled children and mothers of non-disabled children, and to identify the determinants associated with psychiatric morbidity. METHODS A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in Qatar from January to June 2005 to compare the prevalence psychiatric morbidity by using the General Health Questionnai...

PURPOSE Mentally disabled patients show different recovery profiles compared to normal patients after general anesthesia. However, the relationship of dose-recovery profiles of mentally disabled patients has never been compared to that of normal patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty patients (10 mentally disabled patients and 10 mentally intact patients) scheduled to dental surgery under gen...

Objectives: The birth and presence of an exceptional child in a family can be considered as an undesirable challenging event. This event may be associated with stress, frustration, sadness, and despair. This study aimed to examine the relationship of religious coping styles with general health and psychological well-being among mothers of mentally disabled children. Methods: This cross-section...

Objectives: Nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers are encountered with high pressures and stresses and the objective of this study is the investigation of the relationship between the mental pressure of the nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers and their job burnout. Methods: This study was done on 180 nurses of different shifts of Nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers of M...

we read with a great interest the article written by davoodbeglou and colleagues entitled “evaluation of hepatitis b infection prevalence in institutionalized intellectually disabled children” which is recently published in your prestigious journal 1 . the authors concluded that hbv infection is more prevalent among institutionalized disabled children and that we should change our health polici...

objectives: any form of disability is considered a critical factor having significant effects on a family. stress is the main result of such effects on parents. according to the classical procedure, the mothers play a major role as child caregiver, so they experience more stress than other members of the family. the goal of this study was to develop and assess the role of the de-stress training...