the aim of this study is to explore the impact of choice theory and reality therapy interventions on couples` marital satisfaction. this study applied the single - subject method with ab design. the participants of the study were two couples who were selected as a purposeful sample to participate at the intervention program of 8 sessions of training of choice theory and reality therapy. in orde...

this study investigated the effect of sowing date and limited water allocation management for single irrigation on the grain yield of rainfed barley. the experiment was a split-split plot arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications from 2004 to 2006 at the main station of the dryland agricultural research institute at maragheh. the treatments comprised three sowing da...

Paired associative stimulation (PAS) is an intervention that modulates cortical plasticity. Motor imagery (MI) used in the rehabilitation of stroke patients. We aimed to evaluate possible synergistic effect associating both interventions for potentiating motor recovery poststroke. MIPAS a single-center, randomized controlled trial enrolled 24 hemiparetic poststroke participants. Three single-se...

there is an emerging consensus that caring and compassion are under threat in the frenetic environment of modern healthcare. enabling and sustaining compassionate care requires not only a focus on the needs of the patient, but also on those of the care giver. as such, threats and exhortations to health professionals are likely to have limited and perverse effects and it is to the organisational...

BACKGROUND The application of mobile health (mHealth) technology in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) is increasing worldwide. However, best practice and the most effective mHealth interventions have not been reviewed systematically. OBJECTIVE A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of mHealth interventions for RMNCH around the world were conducted to investig...

background: almost one third of the global population is living in developing south asia where disease occurrence is high especially in rural areas and people are unaware of water-borne diseases and cost of illness. methods: the quantitative approach involved questionnaire based study (n=50 households). the community awareness, the occurrence of water-borne diseases with related cost of illness...

healthcare decisions are often made under pressure, with varying levels of information in a changing clinical context. with limited resources and a focus on improving patient outcomes, healthcare managers and health professionals strive to implement both clinical and cost-effective care. however, the gap between research evidence and health policy/clinical practice persists despite our best eff...

BACKGROUND About 1 in 5 Medicare fee-for-service patients discharged from the hospital is rehospitalized within 30 days. Beginning in 2013, hospitals with high risk-standardized readmission rates will be subject to a Medicare reimbursement penalty. PURPOSE To describe interventions evaluated in studies aimed at reducing rehospitalization within 30 days of discharge. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, EM...

BACKGROUND Responding to the obesity epidemic requires robust evidence to help prioritize the allocation of scarce resources to preventive interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate interventions that promote healthy weight [defined as reduction in body mass index (BMI) or percentage body fat] in general populations (unselected by weight) using a comprehensive meta-analysis. Intervent...