AIM The aim of the study was to examine the efficiency of psycho-education of candidates for the IVF in stress, anxiety and depression decreasing, and the impact of the psycho educative techniques on the successfulness of the treatment. METHOD A random sample of 64 candidates for IVF treatment is divided in two groups: control group without psycho-education (32 candidates) and intervention gr...

background: psycho-education is now considered as part of the integrated treatment for bipolar disorder. this study aimed to determine the efficacy of group psycho-education on medication adherence and global functioning of patients with bipolar disorder type i. methods: 45 patients with bipolar disorder type i were allocated one of the three groups of psycho-education plus pharmacotherapy, pha...

BACKGROUND Children with congenital heart diseases (CHD) are considered to be at high-risk for neurodevelopmental delay, but scant Indian data are available. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the neurodevelopmental status of children with CHD. METHODS We enrolled consecutive children aged 6-30 months with echocardiographically-confirmed CHD between June 2013 and January 2014. Children with clinically r...

The health-improving role of swimming, in comparison with other types physical exercises, consists the various effects water on human body, which is related to physical, thermal, chemical and mechanical properties environment. Staying environment has a positive effect development, functions blood circulation, breathing thermoregulation, stimulates activity central nervous system higher person. ...

OBJECTIVE Professionals in dementia-care ought to be able to work within a Bio-Psycho-Social model. The objectives were to examine whether dementia-care is delivered in a Bio-Psycho-Social way, to explore the influencing factors and to evaluate the factorial validity of the 'Bio-Psycho-Social-Dementia-Care scale'. DESIGN AND SETTING 413 healthcare-professionals completed the 'Bio-Psycho-Socia...

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