Background and purpose: Low self-efficacy is a major barrier that plays a significant role in non-adherence to self-care practices in patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) and depression. This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of motivational interviewing on self-efficacy in CHF patients with depressed mood in two hospitals in Zahedan, south east of Iran, 2016. Materials an...

Background and objective: In terms of learning psychology, one of the effective factors in learning is self-regulatory strategies. Accordingly, this study was conducted to determine the status of self-regulatory learning strategies in medical and nursing students of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences.      Materials and Methods: The statistical population included all medical and nursing st...

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of curriculums based on cognitive-behavioral therapy in the increase of self-efficacy and resilience among the addicts under methadone maintenance treatment. Method: For this purpose, 60 patients under methadone treatment whose records were available at the private addiction treatment center, named Zirkouh city and Zirkouh Tava...

Introduction: Asthma is the most common chronic disease  resulting in variable restrictions in most aspects of life and it reduces the quality of  life. Health education and behavioral improvement  methods are effective ways for preventing and controlling Asthma . The Prupose of this study was to  investigate the effect of self care education on knowledge and  attitude in patients with Asthma w...