Abstract Introduction: Pregnancy anxiety is a common disorder occurred due to various factors. It has significant impact on the outcome of pregnancy. Objective: This study aimed at determining the role of perceived stress and social support to tame anxiety among pregnant women. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive-analytical study with correlational design. The study&rsqu...

BACKGROUND Anxiety and insomnia are associated with cardiovascular (CV) symptoms. We assessed whether the relation between anxiety and CV symptoms is modulated by insomnia. METHODS Independently living women (n = 1,440; mean age = 59.36 +/- 6.53 years) were recruited by cluster sampling technique. We obtained data on demographic characteristics, health beliefs, access to health care, CV sympt...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between personality, the serotonin transporter (5HTT) polymorphisms and the occurrence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in elite athletes. 133 healthy participants completed the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). The mood states were assessed using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire. The athlete's mental skills were as...

objective(s) fatty acid is amide hydrolase which reduce endogenous anandamide. transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (trpv1) channels have been reported to have a role in the modulation of anxiety-like behaviors in rodents. in the present study, the effects of either endocannabinoid system or trpv1 channels and their possible interaction on anxiety-like behaviors of the rats were explored. m...

valid objective measure that can be easily carrying for assessment of  competitive anxiety is not available in iran. competitive state anxiety inventory-2r (csai-2r) is introduced as a quick and easy diagnostic tool for competitive anxiety. the aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of csai-2r in the part of iranian society. the study population included all volleyball, ...

the present study examined the effect of grouped meta-cognitive therapy on anxiety of patients' suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. this research is a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group in which two groups of experiment and control are used. the present study population includes all state universities, islamic azad universities of tabriz stude...

nonpsychiatric hospitalized patients are frequently exposed to psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, which significantly infuence the patient's subsequent admission days and the rate of recovery. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and depression among hospitalised patients in mashhad hospitals and to compare the level of anxiety in patients adm...

introduction: the aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness of instructing hardiness components on anxiety level of national olympic committee personnel. materials and methods: the study was a semi-experimental research. the statistical population included all the personnel of the national olympic committee of islamic republic of iran employed in 2013-2014 who contained 117 indivi...

BACKGROUND Artefacts in images related to patient movement decrease image quality, potentially necessitating re-scanning, which leads to an extra radiation dose for the patient. Thus, avoiding patient motion reduces patient exposure to radiation. The aim of this study was to analyse image motion artefacts (MAs) and how they are affected by patient anxiety during cone beam computed tomography (C...