objective: diabetes is now known as one of the chronic diseases that besides body have negative effects on the psychological status of patients. the present study aimed to assess the physical and mental attributes of patients to evaluate and compare life expectancy and mental health among diabetic patients with normal ones. materials and methods: this was an analytic cross-sectional study, that...

although theoretically peace affects health, few published evidence for such an association was empirically available. this study aimed to explore the association between peace and life expectancy (le) among the world countries.in an ecological study and using random effects regression model, we examined the association between peace and le among world countries between 2007 and 2012. the le at...

regarding the important role of health in economic growth and development, the purpose of the present paper is to investigate the impact of life expectancy, as the most important indicator of health, on economic growth in iran during 1965-2009. the estimated smooth transition regression (str) model supports a nonlinear threshold behavior in the relationship between life expectancy and economic ...

this paper analyzes the effects of socio-economic factors on life expectancy. using multiple regression analysis, the paper shows that there is a positive strong correlation between life expectancy as an independent variable and per capita income, health expenditures, literacy rate and daily calorie intake. also, it shows that there is a negative strong correlation between life expectancy and n...

objectives: multiple sclerosis is an incurable and chronic disease of the central nervous system. the main purpose of this survey is to compare the character types and life expectancy of patients suffering from m. s as compared with normal people. this survey was conducted using the persian translation of neo-ffi (neo-five factor inventory) and herth life expectancy. methods:thirty nine people ...

conclusions this study demonstrates that the mental states associated with specific diseases should not be ignored in evaluating health states. although there are benefits to relying on expert panels and the general population in evaluating various health states, attention to the particular health states of the patients (taking into account their associated mental well-being) should also be uti...