Recent studies find that health returns to education are elevated among those who come from disadvantaged families. These findings suggest that education may be a health resource that compensates or "substitutes" for lower parental socioeconomic status. Alternatively, some studies find support for a cumulative (dis)advantage perspective, such that educational health returns are higher among tho...

background: health assessment in patients  with epilepsy (pwe) should  include  both  clinical outcomes and  health related quality of life (hrqol) measures. the quality of life (qol) in epilepsy-31 inventory  (qolie-31) is widely used for qol studies  in epilepsy. this study  aims to evaluate psychometrics  of the persian version of the inventory (qolie-31-p). methods:  following a  standard  ...

introduction systemic lupus erythematous (sle) is among rheumatic diseases of unknown etiology. fever of unknown origin (fuo) has been rarely reported to be the presenting sign of sle. presence of four or more sle criteria is diagnostic for the disease. however, presentations may occur serially which make it much more difficult to diagnose an already questioned fuo. case presentation our case o...

background: although infectious diseases are the most common sources for the fever of unknown origin (fuo), but the spectrum of infectious diseases is changing overtime. the purpose of the study was to define the clinical spectrum and changing the pattern of fuo.methods: this existing data based study was undertaken from 2007 to 2011. one hundred-six patients fulfilling the modified criteria fo...

objective: the aim of this research is to determine the relationship between spiritual quotient parameters including understanding, life origin, and spiritual life and marital satisfaction of couples in bandar abbas city. methods: it is descriptive correlational study. 150 couples referred to consultancy centers of bandar abbas city were selected by accessible sampling method. we utilized spiri...