Fruits and vegetables appear to confer protection against several cancers, but most adults in the United Kingdom eat substantially less than the recommended amounts. Cancer screening services could provide a valuable context in which to provide advice on increasing fruit and vegetable intake. This study examined the efficacy of a brief, tailored, psycho-educational intervention for increasing f...

the aim of this study was to determine adherence and attrition rates in a lifestyle intervention for people with metabolic syndrome.adherence and attrition data from a randomized controlled trial were collected. participants were classified as adherence group if they completed assessments at 3 and 6 months follow-up and as attrition group if they did not. physical activity and quality of life w...

background: controversy persists over the potential benefits/harms of opium consumption in coronary heart disease. this study investigated the association between 12 months' major adverse cardiac events (mace) and pre-procedural opium consumption among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (pci). methods: retrospectively, 1545 consecutive men who underwent pci between 21 st   j...

the aim of this review article is describing a research on spiritual and religious interventions in iran. an integrative review was conducted to determine the state of the science in iran. iranmedex, scientific information database, irandoc, noormags, magiran and google scholar were searched to find articles published in peer-reviewed journals from august 2002 to august 2012. a qualitative appr...

background: we observed the clinical effects of comprehensive nursing intervention pattern in 23g minimally invasive vitreous surgery according to the comprehensive nursing intervention table developed by our hospital, which would supply a basis for its clinical application. methods: in this prospective study, we followed 120 patients undergoing 23g minimally invasive vitreous surgery from xuzh...

introduction: no-reflow phenomenon in coronary vessels, manifested in some patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction (mi), is associated with poor clinical and functional outcomes. therefore, evaluation of predisposing risk factors can be helpful in risk assessment and identification of patients at higher risk. herein, we aimed to study the predictive factors for the development of n...

BACKGROUND Although most patients with low back pain (LBP) recover within a few weeks a significant proportion has recurrent episodes or will develop chronic low back pain. Several mainly psychosocial risk factors for developing chronic LBP have been identified. However, effects of preventive interventions aiming at behavioural risk factors and unfavourable cognitions have yielded inconsistent ...

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