background & aim: fear of fall is well-known risk factor for falls among senior citizens. however, the mechanism by which fear of falls can facilitate falls is not clear. this study hypothesized that falls self-efficacy can play a role in relationship between fear of falls and falls. there has been rapidly growing literature on falls among senior citizens, and however, the role of falls selfeff...

background the present study was designed and conducted to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and marital satisfaction among married and single students. materials and methods the sample of this study consisted of 50 married students of payame noor university in izeh city, south west of iran; then simple random sampling method was used to select samples. to measure self-efficacy q...

abstract background: cardiac self‑efficacy is an essential factor in persistence of healthy behaviors in patients with coronary artery disease (cad). today, telenursing methods have numerous applications in health care. therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of a text message and telephone follow‑up program on cardiac self‑efficacy of patients with cad. materials and methods: this ...

introduction: users of medical record information in accordance to relying on data and health information, they demand quality. proper storage, maintenance, and archiving of old medical records forms for different purposes has led to lack of enough storage space and retention problems for health services organizations. the objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of medical record...

background : the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has increased to a considerable level internationally. one of the most important causes of childhood obesity is the lack of meal frequency. self-efficacy has been considered as one of the most important psychological factors which can affect nutritional behaviors of adolescents in previous studies. thus, the ai...

background: nutrition is the most significant factor affecting the health statue of individuals and their longevity.in this respect , children and adolescents are more dependent to a healthy nutrition in order to have adequate physical growth and mental development and to be able to prevent chronic diseases in future. therefore , encouraging this age groups for following healthy nutritional beh...

this study aims to investigate the relationship between information literacy, computer self-efficacy and academic performance in a population of 1054 of ba and ma students of psychology and educational sciences faculty of tehran university. the data are collected in a sample of 283 students (103 ba and 180 ma); selected using cochran's sampling formula. these students answered mittermeyer ...

This study focuses on the relationship between lower-intermediate level EFL learners’ metacognitive awareness and accuracy in self-assessment of a speaking test. We tried to raise the learners’ metacognitive awareness through practice in goal-setting and planning. To do so, 103 lower-intermediate level students took a pretest of speaking, completed a metacognitive awareness questionnaire, and h...

Exaggerated blood pressure responses to stress are implicated in the development of cardiovascular disease, and an effort has been made to identify factors associated with such responses. One situational factor that impacts cardiovascular responses to stress is the presence of other people and their behavior. Here, we manipulated the status of the audience during a stressful public speaking tas...