Background Since the COVID-19 pandemic became a serious health concern globally, patients with chronic diseases have required close attention regard to general risks and individual treatment. We aimed reveal status of pediatric asthmatic during pandemic, considering role household factors in parental attitudes. Methods asked 60 their parents respond questionnaire, aim revealing current approach...

BACKGROUND Although previous studies suggest that Gypsy Travellers have poorer health status and excess mortality compared with the general population, there is no epidemiological evidence using validated measures in this nomadic ethnic group. The aim of this study was to compare the health status of traditional Gypsy Travellers with norms from the UK population, and with a concurrent compariso...

Background: It has been reported previously that dietary fiber intake provides health benefits. Nevertheless, only a limited number of human studies have investigated whether gender differences exist in the relationship between fiber intake and perceived health and immune status. Objective: To investigate potential gender differences in the effects of dietary fiber intake on perceived health an...

background: aging is a sensitive period of life and attention to the issues and needs is essential. to access to health care for the elderly and the prevention of chronic diseases, and reduce the incidence of infection, the first step is identifying the factors affecting the health of every community. one of the factors affecting it, is the social and religious support. thus, this study compare...

Objective: To examine the impact of previously operated complex congenital heart disease on health related quality of life and subjective health status and to determine the relation between these parameters and physical status. Design: Cross sectional; information on medical follow up was sought retrospectively. Setting: Patients were randomly selected from the archives of the paediatric cardio...

The objective of this study was to evaluate associations between cigarette smoking and socio-economic variable in an Iranian male population. Isfahan Healthy Heart Program (IHHP) is a community oriented health study from which we obtained our data regarding male subjects. Socio-demographic variables--sex, age, marital status, educational level, occupation, and income--and physical activity leve...