To the Editor: I am not a medical researcher, nor am I a medical doctor. I am, however, a spouse caregiver for my wife, who is now in moderate stages of Alzheimer disease (AD). My reading of the AD literature, my listening to other spouse caregivers, and my research on the effectiveness of current AD medications all tell me that doctors too often recommend that patients with AD continue taking ...

The appropriateness of the stress-coping and life transitions models for late life experiences was assessed by examining psychosocial correlates of spouse caregiving in association with widowhood. Data were from the Health Status of Older People (HSOP) survey of 1,000 people aged 65 and over living in the community in Melbourne, Australia. Caregiving was found to be a usual precursor to widowho...

Common explanations for the generally negative relationship between education and ethnic endogamy include (1) education makes immigrants and their children better able to adapt to native culture thereby eliminating the need for a same-ethnicity spouse and (2) education raises the likelihood of leaving ethnic enclaves, thereby decreasing the probability of meeting potential same-ethnicity spouse...

objectives: violence is a widespread problem that occurs all over the word among all ages, genders, races, educational level and socio- economic groups.  the aim of this study was to investigate modeling of different processes that could account for the link between experiencing spouse abuse in women and psychology, psychopathology, social and demographic factors. methods: data were gathered th...

making decision has become one of the most challenging responsibilities of managers in recent decades. finding the optimum solution for multiple criteria decision making problems is complicated. notably, multiplicity of decision making indices accompanied by variability in quantitative and qualitative measures aggregates the complexity of decisions. operations research (or) and multiple criteri...

Background: One of the body image concepts is spouse image of body. It has an important role in selfesteem, relationship satisfaction and women's sexual health. That is, women with more positive spouse image of body may be more confident that their partners will continue to accept them and thus have more sexual function. This study therefore aimed to compare the relationship of spouse imag...

Purpose: This study aimed to explain the family experiences of burn patients. Methods: was a qualitative with conventional content analysis approach. Purposeful sampling performed nine patients admitted unit Amir Al-Momenin Ali Hospital in Zabol, Iran, 2019. The data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interview. process is according steps proposed by Graneheim and Lundman. rigor trus...