AIM To analyze the relationship between duration of prior certified sick leave and the course of symptom severity in a prospective study. METHODS The severity of psychiatric symptoms was assessed in 109 patients of a psychosomatic/psychotherapeutic polyclinic. Using a basic patient documentation and the Symptom-Check-List SCL-90-R, sociodemographic information, diagnosis, symptom duration, an...

Occupational therapy in remedial education settings has been questioned by the South African Government as they see occupational therapy as a costly service and thus has challenged occupational therapy clinicians’ approach to assessment. This study was undertaken to establish whether the results of standardised tests of visual perception skills, relate to teachers’ observations in respect of pr...

To evaluate the effect of quality care on treatment compliance and efficacy angina patients with Roy adaptation model is main objective. 70 pectoris admitted to a hospital from April 2019 2020 were randomly selected as study subjects set group. Retrospective analysis was performed similar previously received in this control Different nursing intervention methods used compare clinical nursing. S...

OBJECTIVE Standard treatment in hypoparathyroidism consists of calcium and vitamin D (or vitamin D analogs) but does not employ replacement of the actual missing hormone. Only few studies have evaluated the efficacy of calcium/vitamin D treatment in hypoparathyroidism; the impact of chronic hypoparathyroid disease on well-being has not been investigated previously. DESIGN Cross-sectional, con...

Objective: Early year experiences with parents play an important role in the development of personality of individuals. In this regard, the present study aimed at assessing the relationship between parental bonding and type and severity of psychopathology in young adults.  Methods: A total of 361 students (205 boys and 156 girls) of Tabriz University were selected by cluster sampling me...

The aim of this study was to determine whether physical and psychological functioning can predict 6-year cognitive decline in older adults. A group of 669 participants aged 60 to 81 years was recruited from a longitudinal study (the Maastricht Aging Study). Physical functioning was measured in terms of perceived health and instrumental activities of daily living. Psychological functioning or mo...

background: given that validity is the baseline of psychological assessments, there is a need to provide evidence-based data for construct validity of such scales to advance the clinicians for evaluating psychiatric morbidity in psychiatric and psychosomatic setting. methods: this comparative cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the construct validity of the malaysian version of the ghq-2...

The objective of the present study was to examine the relationships between infertility characteristics, cognitive coping strategies, and depressive symptoms in definitive involuntarily childless people. Both cross-sectional and prospective relationships were studied in a sample of 169 persons for whom an involuntarily childless future was definitive. The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionna...

OBJECTIVES Policing is generally considered a high-risk profession for the development of mental health problems, but this assumption lacks empirical evidence. Research question of the present study is to what extent mental health disturbances, such as (very) severe symptoms of anxiety, depression and hostility are more prevalent among police officers than among other occupational groups. DES...