objective: the aim of this study was to determine the associates of marital relationship in mustard exposed veterans. materials and methods: two hundred ninety two married iranian mustard exposed veterans, who had been exposed to single high dose mustard gas in iraq-iran war, were assessed for marital adjustment with revised dyadic adjustment scale (rdas). census sampling was done. the patients...

please cite this article as : heidarnia ma, ghaemian t, montazeri a, abadi ar. evaluation of the relation between poverty and health-related quality of life in the people over 60 years-old in the district 4 of tehran municipality in 2009-2010. novel biomed 2013;1:23-28. as the articles in recent years well indicate, more than all other factors, social determinants of health are involved in peop...

walnuts are one of the most important nut crops worldwide. the area under cultivation increases every year. in 2008, the food and agriculture organization reported exports of about $17.1 billion. the country of iran is the 4th largest producer of walnuts in the world. stages from production to consumption are very important, because the condition and quality of the shelled nutmeats affects the ...

background decision-makers have begun to recognize health-related quality of life (hrqol) as an important and measurable outcome of healthcare interventions; and hrqol data is increasingly being used by policy-makers to prioritize health resources. our objective was to measure hrqol in a group of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) patients receiving insulin treatment in buenos aires, argentina.   ...

introduction: the scientific, technological and economic development of a society is closely related to its public health. therefore; improvement of health service quality along with increasing the number of health facilities is one of the main concerns of health care authorities in developed countries. this study was designed to compare accreditation models of health care organizations in euro...

the quality of life (qol) has been de.ned as ‘‘a person’s sense of well-being that stems from satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the areas of life that are important to him/her’’.  age was also signi.cantly associated with several functional limitations such as illness, and physical restrictions. the concept of ‘‘resilience’’ refers to successful adaptation that unfolds within a context of si...

background cardiac rehabilitation (cr) can reduce risk factors and mortality rate and improve physical functions. coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is commonly performed for patients with coronary disease. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cr program on quality of life in patients with cardiac disease who had undergone cabg. patients and methods twenty p...