The use of meta-analysis in medicine is widespread nowadays, particularly in the field of interventional cardiology. Meta-analysis is a statistical approach aiming to combine date from a large number of patients from randomized clinical studies and/or non-randomized registries so as to obtain a pooled estimate of the results and to answer specific research questions. It is important to take the...

the aim of present research was examine of relationship between destruction meta-cognitive beliefs and academic achievement of students with test anxiety. for this purpose, 243 girls and boys subjects with test anxiety of 900 students of guidance schools of noshar city were determined as the sample of study. for gathering the data, meta-cognition questionnaire and test anxiety inventory were us...

conclusions although differences between the two products were very close to each other, they reported similar effects on joint bleeds. further clinical studies should be performed by incorporating a standardized measurement in comparative efficacy of apcc and rfviia. results the mean of bleeding reduction in apcc and rfviia were 71.2% with ci 95% (lower limit 86.8% and upper limit 82%) and 72....

context resilience can be seen as an adaption to stress, such as that caused by health problems or disease, that attenuates the negative effects of stress. the present research performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to study resilience scores among adults diagnosed with chronic physical diseases. evidence acquisition electronic databases, including persian language (scientific informat...

background praziquantel, an antischistosomal compound, is used as first-line drug for chemotherapy of schistosoma japonicum since 1984. in this article, we conducted a systematic review and mete-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of different dosages of praziquantel (pzq) for treatment of schistosoma japonicum. evidence acquisition: a number of six articles published in peer-reviewed ...

abstract background: research shows that the age at menarche, as an essential element in the reproductive health of women, had been decreasing in the 19th and 20th centuries, and shows a huge variation across different countries. there are numerous studies performed in iran reporting a range of age at menarche. thus, this meta-analysis aimed to determine the overall mean age at menarche of the ...

the present study examined the effect of grouped meta-cognitive therapy on meta-cognitive beliefs of patients' anxieties suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. this research is a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group in which two groups of experiment and control are used. the present study population includes all state universities, islamic azad uni...