Background and purpose: Dietary adherence is a major challenge in management of diabetes and is usually lower in women with gestational diabetes. One of the main factors in following medical instructions is the health locus of control. Materials and methods: This descriptive and analytic study was performed in women with gestational diabetes and dietary modifications attending health centers ...

Introduction: Patients' adherence to treatment is one of the behaviors that can reduce the negative effects and severity of coronary artery disease.This study aimed todetermine the effect of educational program based on information, motivation, and behavioral skills model on adherence to treatment of patients after coronary angioplasty. Methods: This experimental study was performed on 80 patie...

Background & Aim: Patients with heart failure experience some outcomes such as poor self-management, poor adherence to treatment and low quality of life. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of self-management based discharge planning on treatment adherence in patients with heart failure. Methods & Materials: In this quasi-experimental research, 80 patients with heart failur...

Background: Due to the prevalence of mortality due to complications of diabetes, this disease has focused on the health system.The family as the most basic pillar of society is responsible for the proper care of the patient with diabetes. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of family-based care on adherence to treatment in type 2 diabetic patients. Materials & Methods: In quasi...

this study was conducted to investigate the impact of podcasts as a learning and teaching tool on iranian efl learners’ motivation for listening as well as on their listening comprehension ability. the study also investigated the learners’ perception towards listening to podcasts and examined whether the learners were likely to accept podcasts. out of fifty-five intermediate learners studying e...

Introduction: Medication adherence has an essential role in good clinical outcome in the treatment of chronic psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder and prevents psychiatric readmission. Medication non-adherence is prevalent among more than fifty percent of patients with chronic psychotic disorders. If a patient stops taking the medicine, the ...

feminine voice and narratology in wuthering heights wuthering heights as a general "bronte" work has extraordinary dimensions to it which can make it focal to different ways of interpretation. among other differences the issue of narrative voice is essential in understanding the ultimate purpose of wuthering heights. emily bronte uses different narrators from various focal points speaking of m...

Background and purpose: This study investigates variables such as illness perception, depression, anxiety, stress coping strategies and perceived social support as predictors of treatment adherence and health related quality of life in hemodialysis patients in city of Isfahan. Materials and methods: In the cross-sectional study, 200 end stage renal disease patients selected by convenience sam...