OBJECTIVES To examine how perceptions of parental responsibility for diabetes management are associated with age, pubertal status, adolescents' self-efficacy, and parental perceptions of adolescents' efficacy, and if parental responsibility is associated with better metabolic control as a function of adolescents' self-efficacy and parental perceptions of adolescents' efficacy. METHODS Questio...

conclusions carcinomas were the most common malignant tumors of head and neck observed in this age group. also, oral cancers in children and adolescents constitute a small percentage of the lesions that were studied objectives we aimed to determine the frequency of head and neck cancers in a population of iranian children and adolescents. patients and methods the records of patients ≤ 19 years ...

background: appropriate management of chronic conditions requires full knowledge of the situation-related complications and preventive behaviors, which can improve or eliminate these complications. it is also essential to evaluate treatment methods regularly, with respect to the features of each social group and the available resources. objectives: this study aimed to evaluate the level of know...

background acute lung injury (ali) is defined as pao2/fio2 less than 300 with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, without pressure is the top of the left atrium. early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric ali and find new cases is very important. accurate diagnosis and effective steps to treating these patients is essential in the outcome of ali. this study was conducted to show the impact of recr...

background and aim: one of the main strategies for keeping health is having healthy life style. due to important role of adolescent health in community health promotion, this study aimed to determine health promoting life style in female adolescents of high schools and its associated factors in mashhad, iran. methods: this cross- sectional study was conducted on 810 girls ranging in ages from 1...

objective: mental health is one of the evaluating factors of community indicators, and physical activity is considered an important tool for the importance of public health. previous studies have demonstrated associations between physical activity and mental health, but these studies did not include those populations in which training children have some traditional and religious aspects. method...

background:leisure time activity is an important life-style habit. this study aims to determine the screen time ofa nationally representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods:this nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted as part ofthe fourth survey of a surveillance system. the participants consisted of 14880 students, with aged range from 6 to 18 years, living in 30 pr...

background : type 1 diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disease in pediatric. we aimed to determine the demographic characteristics at presentation of childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus in hamadan, west province of iran. methods : in this cross sectional descriptive study, demographic data of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus being followed up in pediatric endocrinology clinic o...