Background and Purpose: Oral health is a critical factor in the quality of life (QoL) of older adults in relation to their nutrition, mental health, and healthy social relationships. This study aimed to investigate oral problems and psychological status of older adults referred to a hospital and its relationship with cognition status, stress, anxiety, and depression. Materials and Methods: Thi...

conclusions with regard to the current challenges in iran’s health system, using risk-adjusted capitation as a primary healthcare payment system can lead to useful changes in the health system’s features. however, future research should focus on the development of the risk-adjusted capitation model. background when a country’s health system is faced with fundamental flaws that require the redes...

OBJECTIVE To measure the visual functioning and quality of life in patients with uveitis. METHODS Consecutive adult patients with noninfectious uveitis were enrolled. The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form (SF-36) and the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) were administered by a trained interviewer. Sociodemographic and clinical data were also collecte...

This paper discusses the concept of social capital as a potential factor in understanding the controversial relationship between income inequality and individual health status, arguing a positive, important role for social capital. Most of the health research literature focuses on individual health status and reveals that social capital increases individual health. However, the difficulty in me...

background a child's hospitalization in intensive care units causes stress and worry in other family members. this study aimed to determine the effect of family presence during pediatric icu bedside on family general health. materials and methods in this clinical trial study, 46 family members of the pediatrics hospitalized in the icu in teaching hospital affiliated with the lorestan unive...

background: mental disorder is one of the most important diseases of which is predicted to increase from 10.5% to 15% until 2020. this study aimed to determine economic factors influencing mental health using multiple regression models in ilam province in 2013. methods: in this cross sectional study, 903 families from different cities of ilam were selected using multistage cluster sampling. the...

recognizing patients at a higher risk of developing chronic low back pain (lbp) is important in industrial medicine. this study aimed to assess the power and quality of general health questionnaire (ghq) for prediction of the odds of chronicity of acute lbp. this study was conducted on industrial workers. all subjects with acute lbp who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled. demographic char...