BACKGROUND Nurses often complain about overwork and underpay. It seems that the association between "quality of working life" (QWL) and the degree of nurses' involvement in their carrier is the critical factor in achieving a higher level of quality of care. This study aimed to assess the quality of working life and its association with "job performance" of the nurses in educational hospitals af...

CONTEXT Biofeedback has been used successfully in the treatment of fecal incontinence, working mainly on rehabilitation of the sphincter muscle. However, there are few studies presenting objective results of biofeedback, in terms of functional results and those related to the quality of life. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study was to evaluate the immediate results of biofeedback in the treatme...

introduction: several strategies have been raised and studied for rural development including the development and fortification of small towns. researchers believe that small cities as a chain ring between cities and villages, provided their development and fortification, can lead to development in their surrounding rural areas in various aspects.  so, the strength and growth of small towns cou...

objective : the findings demonstrated that parents of children with cerebral palsy experience elevated levels of distress, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptom and subjective symptom of stress and low quality of life. effective interventions targeting relapse have the potential to dramatically reduce the point prevalence of this condition. many studies have shown that mindfulness b...

OBJECTIVES To analyze the relationship between symptom improvement and health-related quality of life in female overactive bladder patients treated with solifenacin. METHODS We carried out a prospective, multicenter, open-label study. Eligible patients were treatment-naive female patients with overactive bladder, with an urgency episode at least once a week. Symptoms were quantitatively asses...