Background: Antiretroviral therapy has transformed the HIV infection into a chronic manageably disease. Optimal adherence (≥ 95%) has required to achieve treatment success; however, still non-adherence remains major problem among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). The aim of this study was to determine adherences rate and evaluate factors affecting adherence among patients on ART ...

Aims: Rhythm dysfunction is one of the important cardiovascular problems and pacemakers have been used increasingly during past decade. Complications and pacemakers’ dysfunction can be prevented by providing necessary information and nursing care to patients. This study was designed to examine nurses’ performance in giving care to patients with temporary and permanent pacemakers. Methods: This ...

OBJECTIVE Healthcare debates and policy developments are increasingly concerned with a broad range of values-related areas. These include not only ethical, moral, religious, and other types of values 'proper', but also beliefs, preferences, experiences, choices, satisfaction, quality of life, etc. Research on such issues may be difficult to retrieve. This study used word frequency analysis to g...