background: this study was designed to determine and compare the stress, anxiety and depression levels in behcet’s disease (bd) patients and a control group of normal individuals. materials and methods: one-hundred and six patients with bd were selected as cases and controls were 106 age- and sex-matched participants referred to the shiraz dental school clinics due to dental problems. we collec...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the associations between anxiety and depressive symptoms in normal subjects and patients with mood and/or anxiety disorders, using the Japaneses version of Spielberger's STAI and the Zung SDS. METHODS The subjects for the present study were 60 normal subjects, 15 patients with anxiety disorders and, 12 patients with mood disorders meeting the DSM-IV diagnostic criter...

Background: Anxiety as a common symptom in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), can threaten their quality of life. This study aimed to compare the effects of aromatherapy using lavender and the Bensonchr('39')s relaxation technique on the anxiety of patients with ACS. Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, 96 patients with ACS were selected using consecutive sampling method from ...

The aim of this study was to study the relationship between trait and state anxiety with force control and adjustment of dominant hand’s angle in male athlete and non-athlete students. For this purpose, 200 students (100 athletes and 100 non-athletes) where randomly selected among all male bachelor students of Arak University in the academic year 2012-2013 by simple random method. The mea...

the prenatal period is a critical time for neurodevelopment and is thus a period of vulnerability during which a range of exposures have been found to exert long-term changes on brain development and behavior with implications for physical and psychiatric health. during fetal life, neurons proliferate, migrate and form connections, providing the structure of the developing brain. neurons reach ...

BACKGROUND Dental anxiety is a widespread problem in many populations. This problem can be a barrier to dental care and may lead to poor oral health. Dental anxiety may be related to psychological status. AIMS The aim of the present study was to assess the levels of dental anxiety, dental fear, Beck Depression, and state-trait anxiety according to age, gender and education level in patients a...

background existence the children with blood diseases in family could cause lots of stress and anxiety for parents, this stress among parents would negative effects on children's disease process and his response to treatment. materials and methods this is a descriptive-analytical study which carried out on 480 parents with children affected to blood disease referring to shafa hospital of a...

comparison of the effect of instrumental music and voices of holy quran on anxiety of woman before cesarean.     sharifi a [1] *, alipour a [2] , baharloei s [3]     received: 24 aug, 2012 accepted: 20 nov, 2012   abstract   background & aims : fear and anxiety before surgery characterized with the stress with arousal of the autonomic nervous system that causes physical and psychological change...