BACKGROUND Divorce, especially in women, could be assessed from socio-cultural perspective as well as psychological viewpoint. This assessment requires cultural adopted as well as valid and reliable questionnaire. This study aimed to develop and assess the psychometric properties of a questionnaire in order to address social consequences in Iranian divorced women. METHODS This was an explorat...

BACKGROUND In the recent years, advances in medical technologies for end stage cancer patients' care have affected the end-of-life decision-making in clinical practice and exposed oncologists to serious ethical dilemmas. But little is known about oncologists' viewpoints in our country regarding their ethical problems in this mention. We aimed to clarify the ethical dilemmas which Iranian oncolo...

INTRODUCTION This study examined the validity and reliability of the Iranian version of the spinal cord lesion-related coping strategies questionnaire (SCL CSQ-I) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS Consecutive patients with SCI (n=220) were recruited into the study. A standard forward-backward translation procedure was used to translate the SCL CSQ from English into Persian. Pa...

Background: Mental health issues and quality of life are among the critical items general in individuals, especially transgender subjects. The present study aimed to assess life, depression, anxiety, stress women determine factors contributing them. Methods: A cross-sectional was performed on 127 Iranian using a convenience sampling method from August 2019 April 2020. Quality Life (QOL) determi...

BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable neurological disease leading to severe disability in young adults. The majority of MS patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as adjunct to conventional therapies. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of CAM utilization among Iranian patients with MS and their attitude toward the CAM usage. METHODS A cross-sect...

BACKGROUND Addiction is characterized differently among women and men, and they begin using drugs for different reasons and motives. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to explore the gendered experiences and patterns of illicit drug use initiation in an Iranian context. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 29 participants (15 men and 14 women) took part in in-depth interviews conducted at a HIV...

BACKGROUND Excess weight may be associated with mental distress and this relationship varies according to the socio-cultural background of different populations. This study aims to assess the relationship of overweight and obesity with some psychological disorders in a nationally representative sample of Iranian adolescents. METHODS This nationwide study was conducted in 2009-2010 among 5570 ...