objectives: this study has been conducted to investigate the «social support» various roles in anxiety and depression of elderly people, in tehran’s second district habitants. methods & materials: the method of study is causal-comparative and required data was collected by norbeck social supportquestionnaire and anxiety and depression scale. the sample includes 100 elder subjects who are 60 yea...

introduction: in iran little attention has been paid to the important role of husband’s support in promoting maternal health. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived social support from family in pregnant women and pregnancy-related factors. methods: the study included 358 postpartum women in the second half of the year 2014 in fatemiyeh hospital in shahroud, north ea...

background: military service is a crucial period in the lives of young people and during this period soldier facing with multiple psychosocial problems. objectives: the present study aimed to explore structural analysis of the relationships between depression, drug abuse, social support and the risk of suicidal ideation among military medical university soldiers in iran. methods: in the present...

background & aim : the number of cancer patients has been continuously increasing due to early diagnosis and the developments in cancer treatment. this has led to an increase in psychosocial problems associated with the diagnoses and treatment of cancer. loneliness is emphasized to be one of the most frequently observed psychological symptoms in cancer patients. personal and external factors th...

a bstract background: nurses are at risk for symptoms of compassion fatigue (cf) and burnout (bo). social support plays an important role in predicting cf and bo. this study was performed to determine the prevalence of the symptoms of cf and bo and the role of perceived social support in predicting these symptoms in iranian nurses. materials and methods: using a correlational descriptive survey...

background: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) is a fatal viral disease which can affect the patient’s immune system and render the patient susceptible to opportunistic infections. in recent years, the number of women with hiv acquired through sexual transmission has increased. therefore, due to the importance of quality of life (qol) among these women and the impact of violence and soc...

background: experiencing infertility is a crisis in couples' life, affecting all aspects of their life. in addition to stresses of infertility problems, going through treatment is also associated with physical, psychological, social and economic stress. therefore, identifying social factors especially social support related to stress of infertility treatments seems necessary. this study investi...