Background: Although upper-extremity disability correlates with psychosocial aspects of illness the association with sleep disturbance in upper extremity disability is less certain. To evaluate whether sleep disturbance is associated with upper-extremity disability among patients with upper extremity illness, accounting for sociodemographic, condition-related, and psychosocial factors. Method...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is the most common disabling neurological disease. hand dysfunction is one of the main complaints of patients with ms. the present study aimed to compare hand dexterity of ms patients with low expanded disability status scale (edss) scores and healthy adults. it also sought to identify the predictors of disability status of patients with ms based on their man...

background: similar to developed countries, aging is increased in india. because of the epidemiology and demographic transition phase, chronic diseases and disabilities along with health costs are increasing day by day. as social factors and chronic diseases are the major reasons for geriatric disability, the present study was done with the following objectives: to assess and compare the socio-...

background: citation metrics and total publications in a field has become the gold standard for rating researchers and viability of a field. hence, stimulating demand for citation has led to a search for useful strategies to improve performance metric index. meanwhile, title, abstract and morphologic qualities of the articles attract researchers to scientific publications. yet, there is relativ...

objectives: this study intended to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on moderating maladaptive schemas and affective control in students suffering from learning disabilities. methods: this experimental research was conducted using pretest-posttest and a control group. the population included all the female students who  were studying in the koohdasht's middle...

objectives: the aim of present study was to determine the effectiveness of conceptual map training method on the achievement of social-economic skill course in male students with intellectual disability. methods: this study was semi-experimental and 34 male students with intellectual disability who were educating in 3rd grade at pre-professional level in high school selected randomly from talas...

background: multiple sclerosis is a common and chronic neurologic disorder. this disorder imposes physical, economic, and psychosocial burden on individuals, their families and society. this study aims to analyze the costs of multiple sclerosis disease based on the severity of disability. methods: we performed a cross‑sectional cost of illness study. this study was conducted in 332 patients of ...

objective: having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans, and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have become important over the years. personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. thus, the current study was conducted to assess the reliability and validity of the ‘‘personal well-being index- cognitive disability’’ on mentally retarded ...