abstract background: patient satisfaction with the cosmetic result of spinal fusion surgery was studied in 40 cases of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. neutral or dissatisfied patients were compared with satisfied patients in several physical and psychological characteristics. the aim of the study was to determine whether adolescents generally report satisfaction with the postoperative appearan...

conclusions this study can be used as a guide for further studies, especially longitudinal studies. it would also be worthwhile to do more studies in different age groups, because research in this area is limited. results there was a significant difference between the study groups in the mean scores on 9 psychological disorders. the mean score of the global severity index in periodontitis patie...

abstract background: regarding the importance of health care providers such as nurses who are always in stressful environments, it is imperative to better understand how they become more engaged in their work. the purpose of this paper is to focus on health care providers (nurses), and examine how the interaction between spiritual intelligence and psychological empowerment affect job engagement...

conclusions parental functioning and wellbeing are important aspects of a family adaptation to chronic pediatric conditions. moreover, psychological interventions were recommended to patients. results the abbreviation (gsi) score in leukemic children’s mothers was higher than t1dm children’s mothers and both groups had higher gsi compared with the control group. background parents’ psychologica...

empowerment within an organization is an ability that provides decision making opportunity by developing the span of authority, and it caused the breakage of traditional hierarchy of organizational structure. among different dimensions of empowerment, its psychological dimension so has been considered by researchers in length of past years. knowledge sharing is one of the factors which effects ...

Noting the increasing public attention on healthcare, Korean society has shown greater attention to the significance of the health technology (HT) development. In order to promote HT competitiveness, the role of research-based hospitals (RBHs), in producing new ideas as well as utilizing final outcomes, has grown increasingly significant. Despite high quality healthcare professionals, state-of-...

In ancient Mesopotamia were not practiced neither autopsies nor dissections, so the internal organs of human body were known only from occasional inspections on wounds and injuries. The brain was considered as a part of the head and was not related to mental activity. However, Babylonian and Assyrian physicians were able to identify the symptoms of many diseases that affect this organ. We will ...