BACKGROUND There is a trend to delay birth of the first child until the age at which female reproductive capacity has started to decrease. The aim of the present study was to explore how highly educated women and men reflected on future parenthood. METHODS Twenty-two women and 18 men, who had started their professional career, were subjected to individual qualitative semi-structured interview...

Approximately 15% of married or cohabiting women and as many as 60% of battered women are raped at least once by their partners. This study compared community-based counseling outcomes of battered women with outcomes of women who were both raped and battered by their partners. Over time, both groups improved in wellbeing and coping. Although those both battered and raped progressed more in coun...

The Four Domains Model of Spiritual Health and Well-Being was used as the theoretical base for the development of several spiritual well-being questionnaires, with progressive fine-tuning leading to the Spiritual Health And Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM). SHALOM comprises 20 items with five items reflecting the quality of relationships of each person with themselves, other people, the enviro...

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of adrenal androgenic hormone precursors in female sexual function. DESIGN A review of current literature on sexual function and the androgen precursor hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS). RESULT(S) The C(19) steroid DHEA is both an ovarian and adrenal androgen precursor hormone, whereas DHEAS is only synthesized i...

Abstract Multiple myeloma (MM) is a relatively rare malignant hematological disease, which is characterized by multicentric proliferation of plasma cells in the bone marrow. It is typically a disease of adults, with men being affected slightly more often than women. The median age at diagnosis is between 60 and 70 years, and it is rarely diagnosed before the age of 40.  Although any bone ...

this research compares the psychological well-being of female heads of household and woman in male-headed in city of tehran. it was a descriptive cross-sectional study. statistical population was consisted of female heads of family under coverage of imam khomeini aid committee and woman in male-headed households in city of tehran in 2012. the sample consisted of 280 subjects including 140 femal...

Background: Social well-being is one of the main health dimensions that needs to be assessed. Objectives: As there are few studies on the social well-being dimensions, the current study aimed to determine the social well-being of women of reproductive age and the related factors in Zanjan, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 382 women of reproductive age (10-49 years), ...