Background: Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common forms of allergic disorders affecting children. The prevalence rate of allergic rhinitis differs among countries and even among regions within the same country.   Objectives: To determine the prevalence of childhood allergic rhinitis and the presence and significance of eosinophilia in nasal secretions.   Method: 4584 children aged 11-15 y...

thirty five children with a primary complaint of chest pain were prospectively studied. the average age was 9.7 years for boys and 8. 9 years for girls 60% were male. the most frequently diagnosed cause was psychogenic (54.2%). forty percent of the patients were classified as having idiopathic chest pain. precordial pain was encountered in 2. 9%), along with costochondritis and mitral valve pro...

Using individual data drawn from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, this paper analyzes how having fewer children affects early retirement of the elderly in eleven European countries. To examine the endogeneity of the number of children, I use information on the number of siblings of the respondent as instruments. The estimates indicate that having fewer children increases t...

recurrent and chronic infections in children are one of the most common reasons for physicians' visits that make a diagnostic challenge to pediatricians. although the majority of referred  children  with  recurrent  infections  are  normal,  underlying causes  of  recurrent infection  such  as  atopy,  anatomical and  functional  defects,  and  primary or  secondary immunodeficiency must be con...

The present research study was designed to investigate the family functioning of the families having children with cerebral palsy. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences in the family functioning of families having children with cerebral palsy and families having normal children. The case-control research design was used. The sample of the study was accessed from the sp...

background: fertility intention is one of the strongest predictors of couple’s fertility behavior that is affected by many variables. this study aimed to identify the relationship of socio-demographic factors, fertility behavior, and child’s perceived value with fertility intention of women in a region in the east iran methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, 241 married women aged b...

children with cerebral palsy (cp) suffer from several problems, so the family especially the mothers undertake a lot of social and emotional difficulties. the purpose of this study was to determine the severity of depression in mothers of children with cp in comparison with mothers who have normal children and its relation to the type of cp and severity of the disability. during this descriptiv...

background: the main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of play therapy training to mothers of autistic children on verbal and non-verbal improvement of their children. m aterials and methods: 30 autistic children with intermediate degree of autism were selected based on availability sampling procedure and were divided into experimental and control groups. having ...