background and purpose: anxiety is a common problem associated with invasive medical procedures, especially in patients undergoing coronary angiography. as an intensifier at cardiovascular reactions, anxiety poses significant risk to the health of patients undergoing angiography. researchers believe that use of benson’s relaxation technique could reduce anxiety in different patients. this study...

labor pain is a cause of stress and suffering; for which many women seek methods to relieve this pain. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of relaxation techniques on pain relief during labor. this study was carried out on 62 pregnant women referred to fatemieh hospital (hamadan, iran) during their labor. they were selected using convenience sampling and were divided randomly in t...

background: anxiety among patients after surgery can affect their physiological and psychological well-being. the aim of this study was to investigate and compare the effects of benson’s relaxation and rhythmic breathing techniques on postoperative anxiety in candidates for the mastectomy surgery. methods: this randomized controlled clinical trial study was conducted with ninety patients in 201...

background : infertility causes psychological and emotional tension in the couples and makes severe stress on infertile men and women. relaxation technique is one of the methods that reduces the stress and can balance the human’s emotions. this study aimed to determine the effect of relaxation on the infertile women’s stress score. methods : this was a semi-experimental and clinical trial study...

We present a detailed description of the kinetic activation-relaxation technique (k-ART), an off-lattice, self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) algorithm with on-the-fly event search. Combining a topological classification for local environments and event generation with ART nouveau, an efficient unbiased sampling method for finding transition states, k-ART can be applied to complex materials...

Background: Infertility effects on psychological and emotional tension in couples and make severe stress in infertile men and women. Relaxation technique is one of the methods which reduce stress and balance human emotions. The purpose of this study was determination of relaxation effect on stress score in the infertile women and pregnancy test as outcome of their treatment. Materials and Metho...

background : chemotherapy is an important treatment for cancer, yet some of its side effects are serious and painful. many patients with cancer suffer from psychiatric disorders that most likely result from therapeutic drugs or mental strategies to cope with their illness. progressive muscle relaxation is one of the cost effective, self-help methods that promotes mental health in healthy partic...