The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of modality and redundancy principles on music theory learning among pupils of different anxiety levels. The lesson of music theory was developed in three different modes, audio and image (AI), text with image (TI) and audio with image and text (AIT). The independent variables were the three modes of courseware. The moderator variable was the...

Background Preexamination period is an exceptionally stressful time for schoolgoing children and adolescents, and the propensity of having anxiety symptoms increases. Aim This study aimed to assess the presence of anxiety symptoms in students in preexamination period. Materials and Methods The study was carried on 619 children from Class VIII to XI. All of them were given a structured quest...

BACKGROUND To examine the risk of depressive and anxiety disorders according to psychosocial working conditions in a large population-based sample. METHODS Job Exposure Matrix was applied to assess psychosocial working conditions in a population-based nested case-control study of 14,166 psychiatric patients, diagnosed with depressive or anxiety disorders during 1995-1998 selected from The Dan...

INTRODUCTION Studies on the relationship between prenatal psychosocial risk factors and breastfeeding are disjointed. Maternal health status has a great influence on breastfeeding, growth, and general health of the neonates. The aim of this study was to ascertain the relation between maternal mental health and breastfeeding status of mothers in Kazerun (Fars province, Iran). METHODS This cros...

Poor sleep quality and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) can affect the performance of medical students, their future work as practitioners, and the whole health care system. The study was done to determine the prevalence and predictors of poor sleep quality among medical students in King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was done among 576 medical stude...

the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between quality of life, anxiety and job satisfaction in women employees in ray zone in tehran welfare organization. in this research, participants were asked to answer which of the variables of quality of life and job satisfaction is a strong predictor for anxiety. the population of the study consisted of all female employees in tehran ...

BACKGROUND Major life changes are among factors that cause anxiety, and one of these changes is surgery. Emotional reactions to surgery have specific effects on the intensity and velocity as well as the process of physical disease. In addition, they can cause delay in patients recovery. This study is aimed at determining the relationship between religious beliefs and preoperative anxiety. MET...

OBJECTIVES 1) To investigate the association between binge eating scores, anxiety and depression symptoms, and body mass index (BMI), and 2) to assess the presence of differences in severity of anxiety symptoms, severity of depression symptoms, and BMI in women with and without binge eating disorder. METHOD The sample comprised 113 women aged between 22 and 60 years (39.35±10.85) enrolled in ...

PURPOSE To analyze the validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) among Chinese cataract population. METHODS A total of 275 participants with unilateral or bilateral cataract were recruited to complete the Chinese version of HADS. The patients' demographic and ophthalmic characteristics were documented. Rasch analysis was conducted to examine the model fit statistics, the th...

BACKGROUND Studies on anxiety in patients having intra-alveolar extraction as well as the effect of patient's sociodemographic characteristics influencing level of associated anxiety are few in our environment. The aim of this study was to statistically analyze the sociodemographic determinants of dental anxiety in patients scheduled for intra-alveolar extraction. METHODS A cross-sectional st...