conclusions as perceived risk factors may not always translate to a real risk factor, patients with a perceived risk factor toward cvd may experience anxiety and depression. the results found in females are discussable. objectives the current study was conducted to compare anxiety and depression among cardiovascular patients with and without a perceived risk factor toward cvd. methods the admin...

conclusions the findings of this study show that the need for early rehabilitation in the hospital phase of care for rti victims is needed. knowledge about the barriers precluding nurses from early rehabiltiation of rti patients and facilitators that can help health care workers and policy makers eliminate the barriers precluding early rehabilitation can help health care workers, especially nur...

several factors including cancer, malformations and traumas may cause large facial mutilation. these functional and aesthetic deformities negatively affect the psychological perspectives and quality of life of the mutilated patient. conventional treatments are prone to fail aesthetically and functionally. the recent introduction of the composite tissue allotransplantation (cta), which uses tran...

professionalism is the foundation of trust on which the doctor-patient relationship is built. this study was performed to measure professionalism in iranian physical medicine and rehabilitation residents as a baseline assessment tool for future studies. this was a descriptive study. the persian version of the american board of internal medicine (abim) questionnaire was distributed among all the...

background : cardiac arrest is a condition in which the heart is completely stopped and is not pumping any blood. although most cardiac arrest cases are reported from homes or hospitals, about 20% occur in public areas. therefore, these areas need to be investigated in terms of cardiac arrest incidence so that places of high incidence can be identi-fied and cardiac rehabilitation defibrillators...

the aim of this study was to demonstrate that handgrip strength test can discriminate the presence/absence of asthma and between intermittent and moderate persistent asthma in children. 140 children (70 healthy and 70 with asthma) completed the pediatric asthma quality of life questionnaire (paqlq) and performed the handgrip strength test. forty-eight hours later, subjects performed spirometry....

generally icu patients are in critical status and need long stay in icu. pulmonary rehabilitation program (prp) is considered as an important tool to improve outcome and shorten the length of stay in icu. the aim of this study was to investigate whether prp can affect outcome and duration of hospitalization in icu patients. this study was performed in medical icu of labafi nejad hospital, tehra...

background: the nonamnesic type of mild cognitive impairment (na?mci) is predementia state with subtle decline incognitive domains except memory. although cognitive rehabilitation (cr) has been investigated in amnesic type of mci, we could not find any trial that rehabilitated na?mci exclusively. we studied the effectiveness of cr on na?mci. materials and methods: this study was a blinded, rand...

Based on insights from brain research in music, neurologic music therapy (NMT) has been established as a new model for music in therapy and medicine. Standardized clinical interventions are based on clusters of research evidence and established learning principles in motor, speech/language, and cognitive training. The research support for NMT in stroke rehabilitation has been growing rapidly ov...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The incidence of stroke and the demand for stroke rehabilitation services continues to increase, and it has been proposed that age be used in combination with severity of stroke to determine type of rehabilitation. It is important to identify the impact of age on functional outcome before embracing a system that limits access to rehabilitation on the basis of age. METHO...