Hadi Kooshiar

Assistant Professor of Gerontology ,Department of Medical- Surgical, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

[ 1 ] - Investigating the Effect of Humor Therapy on Chronic Pain in the Elderly Living in Nursing Homes in Mashhad, Iran

Background: The prevalence of chronic pains in the elderly residing in nursing homes is high, which can bring about social isolation, depression, incidence of disabilities, as well as increased costs. Given the risks, medication therapy is not used for the elderly, and non-pharmaceutical methods, such as humor therapy as one of the complementary medicine techniques using thought distraction, ha...

[ 2 ] - بررسی کیفیت زندگی و عوامل مؤثر بر آن در سالمندان ساکن در خانه های سالمندان شهر مشهد- سال 1392

Background and purpose: Elderly’s quality of life can be easily threatened by some factors. Therefore, it is crucial to have enough information about elderly’s quality of life and its influencing factors so that actions could be taken to improve their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the elderly’s quality of life of people resident at Mashhad’s nursing homes and it...

[ 3 ] - Absence of FLT3 mutations in Iranian adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma patients

Background: Adult T cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL) is a rare disease, significantly linked to the infection by the human T-cell lymphotropic virus 1(HTLV-1). ATLL is typically preceded by decades of clinical latency during which infected cells accumulate selectable traits leading to a malignant transformation. Amongst all the HTLV-1 infected carriers only about 3-5% will develop ATLL. Despite th...