introduction : in iran along with other countries, as transplant technology progresses and advances, the number of patients undergoing transplantation is rising steadily. in order to make stem-cell transplantation (sct) safer and more effective, psychological distress of patients must be taken in to account. patients are facing challenges pre- and post-transplantation. this study attempts to me...

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common and frequently occurring disease, which not only has higher fatality rate, but also leads to loss of labor force an obvious decrease in the quality life course long-term patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease complicated anxiety depression are major public health problem. Objective: To investigate status anxiety, ...

Background and Objectives: Anxiety is frequently encountered in acute coronary syndrome. It is believed that the prevalence of anxiety among cardiac patients is between 15 and 50%. The goal of our study was to determine whether there is an association between current anxiety and anxiety tendency in patients with acute coronary syndrome. A secondary goal was to establish possible distinct featur...

We examined the association between depression and anxiety and recurrent coronary heart disease events during the first 12 months subsequent to myocardial infarction. The Beck Depression Inventory and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were completed during hospitalization by 288 myocardial infarction patients. Peel Index score and Killip class were used as indices of disease severity. The 12-mo...

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Thirty seven cases of coronary heart disease and 30 normal healthy controls were administered Hindi version of MHQ. The coronary heart disease patients scored significantly higher on total neuroticism, free-floating anxiety and somatic anxiety subscales of MHQ.

conclusions according to the present study, rose water noticeably reduces the anxiety of hemodialysis patients. therefore, inhalation of rose water can improve the patient’s emotional and spiritual condition during hemodialysis treatment. results mean scores of state and trait anxiety in the experimental group before intervention were 47/47 ± 7/6 and 49/56 ± 13/8, respectively; those after week...

Background: The association between coronary angiographic findings and the level of anxiety symptoms among patients who undergo coronary angiography is not known. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the extent of coronary stenosis and anxiety symptoms in patients who undergo coronary angiography. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 106 patients who underwent corona...