in schizophrenia, neurocognitive functions are one to two standard deviations below the normal controls and these deficits have a significant relationship with overall functioning and poor outcome. according to this fact, it is important to investigate the factors that effect neurocognition in schizophrenic patients. this study was carried out to demonstrate the relationship between attention/v...

background: dairy products intolerance is defined by existing of gastrointestinal symptoms following dairy product consumption. its prevalence varies among different countries. this study is conducted to determine the frequencies and severities of intolerance symptoms in the consumption of different dairy products in iranian students of medical sciences. methods: in this cross-sectional study, ...

aim and background: the present study aimed to investigate the symptom severity and quality of life in patients suffering from bipolar disorder. methods and materials: this longitudinal and prospective study was done on 20 patients with bipolar type i disorder who were hospitalized in noor hospital of isfahan, iran. patients were evaluated before hospitalization, at the time of discharge, 3 and...

background: in clinical trials of irritable bowel syndrome (ibs), evaluation of treatment efficacy is still mainly subjective.we compared three outcome measures in reflecting response to treatment in a clinical trial of ibs. â  materials and methods: sixty three adult ibs patients participated in a placebo-controlled trial of 10-wk cognitive-behavioral therapy. patients completed the ibs-qualit...

background: treating inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) with antidepressants might be of utility to improve patient’s condition. the aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of duloxetine on depression, anxiety, severity of symptoms, and quality of life (qol) in ibd patients. materials and methods: in a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial on  2013-2014, in alzahra hospital (is...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Up to 30% of children who have concussion initially evaluated in the emergency department (ED) display delayed symptom resolution (DSR). Greater initial symptom severity may be an easily quantifiable predictor of DSR. We hypothesized that greater symptom severity immediately after injury increases the risk for DSR. METHODS We conducted a prospective longitudinal coho...