traffic accidents are one of the most important challenges  of public hygiene that needs global attention and effort. the recent research was conducted in order to determine the crash trend and develop the accident prediction model that leads to death in ilam from 2010 to 2014. the recent study based on descriptive analysis was performed by using the  statistical data related to death caused by...

this study was carried out to determine the psychometric properties of templer death anxiety scale (das), a tool, designed to assess the death anxiety. our sample comprised 106 nurses who were selected from two hospitals in tehran, iran, using a convenience sampling method and were then assessed using the templer death anxiety scale (das), reasons for death fear scale (rdfs), death obsession sc...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: death-related information is source for identifying the health prerequisites and formulating the related programs. due to importance of data for decision making, evaluation of it to determine the rate of documentation and errors is necessary. methods: in this descriptive, cross-sectional study, all issued cer...

BACKGROUND Dementia and severe cognitive impairment are very closely linked to ageing. The longer we live the more likely we are to suffer from these conditions. Given population increases in longevity it is important to understand not only risk and protective factors for dementia and severe cognitive impairment at given ages but also whether protection affects cumulative risk. This can be expl...

OBJECTIVE Although several studies have examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality in the general population, few have investigated this relationship among people with diabetes. This study sought to determine how risk of mortality associated with measures of SES among adults with diagnosed diabetes is mitigated by association with demographics, comorbidities, diab...

BACKGROUND According to the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education and the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, pediatricians need to be instructed in caring for terminally ill children as a part of residency training. However, a systematic approach to education in end-of-life care is lacking in most residency programs. OBJECTIVES To assess pediatricians' self-perception of their c...

OBJECTIVE Socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death. We examined the association in a large cohort of patients with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Clinical data from the Swedish National Diabetes Register were linked to national registers, whereby information on income, education, marital status, country of birth, comorbidities,...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the relationship between education and different indicators of material wealth with mortality, and to analyze whether this relationship varies with the leading causes of death. METHODS All persons aged 65 and older residing in Spain in 2001 were followed up for 7 years to determine their vital status. The relationship between mortality and four indica...