Measures of personal satisfaction with health systems play an increasingly important role in national and international performance assessments. Using data from the 2010 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, we analyzed the determinants of personal perceptions of health system performance in eleven high-income countries. In most countries there was a clear relationship between o...

Background & aim: In most cases, infertility can have a profound impact on sexual relationship. In such a condition, individuals often have unpleasant feelings towards their bodies, lose their self-confidence, feel depressed and frustrated, and experience decreased sexual desire. Therefore, we sought to investigate the relationship between sexual satisfaction and genital self-image among infert...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is the most important criterion in evaluating the quality of care. Besides, its assessment in patients with severe mental disorder treated by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is highly appropriate. The ECT is accompanied by lower satisfaction and may exacerbate the patients' condition. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to determine the effect of supportive nurs...

OBJECTIVE The world population is aging rapidly and the well-being of older people is of great interest. Therefore, this study investigates the determinants of life satisfaction among the oldest-old (i.e. individuals aged 80 or over) in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS We use the 2011/2012 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey data (n = 6530) for this paper. Logistic regression is used to...

Objective: To determine whether job desertion and satisfaction predict organizational commitment among Peruvian regular basic education teachers. Methods: Predictive study in 301 teachers of both sexes three regions (highlands, coast, jungle) Peru, where an intentional non-probabilistic sampling was applied. The information collected by the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ), Teacher...

hospital committees play an important role in programming, organization and coordinating hospital activities. this study was conducted to evaluate hospital committees’ situation in kashan educational hospitals.  hospital committees’ meeting reports and face-to-face interview were used to data collection. there were 402 meeting reports with average 7 members attendance at the each meeting.  1292...

BACKGROUND Regular physical exercise has been reported to reduce depressive symptoms. Several lines of evidence suggest that physical exercise may prevent depression by promoting social support or resilience, which is the ability to adapt to challenging life conditions. The aim of this study was to compare depressive symptoms, social support, and resilience between Japanese company workers who ...

Objective. This study compared the effectiveness of Conversation MapTM (CM) education tools versus regular care of adults with type 2 diabetes. Methods. Participants from Spain and Germany were randomized to either four CM education sessions or regular care. Data were collected at baseline (visit 1), immediately posteducation (visit 2), and 6 months later (visit 3). The primary objective was to...