BACKGROUND The incidence of type 1 diabetes is increasing worldwide. Since so little is known about work life of individuals with type 1 diabetes, we examined incidence and prevalence trends of type 1 diabetes among working-aged Finns. We also investigated the employment rate and how workers with type 1 diabetes perceive their health and work ability, and their intended retirement age. METHOD...

BACKGROUND Few studies on the breakfast consumption habits of medical students in China have been carried out. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of skipping breakfast and factors associated with skipping breakfast among medical students in Inner Mongolia of China, and to assist in the design of interventions to improve breakfast consumption habits of medical college s...

OBJECTIVE To identify the special needs of children with type 1 diabetes at primary school taking into account the perceptions reported by parents, children, and teachers. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey carried out at nine public hospitals with a cohort of 6- to 13-yr-old children. Parents were personally informed about the objectives of the survey and the necessity to involve thei...

0

several studies have been conducted in iran in order to investigate the prevalence of depression among infertile couples. however, there is a remarkable diversity among the results. this meta-analysis was conducted to estimate an overall prevalence rate of depression among infertile couples in iran.international and national electronic databases were searched up to june 2011 including medline, ...

in this study, the profitability of contrarian and momentum strategies were traded in mid- term based on trading volume. the stocks were categorized into three parts (high, middle and low) at the outset. then, the relationship between excess return with three components such as cross-sectional risk, lead-lag effect and time-series pattern were examined based on jegadeesh and titman approach.the...

background: electrophysiologic (edx) study is the most valuable method in grading the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome (cts), but it is invasive and painful. we evaluated the efficacy of ultrasound for this purpose. materials and methods: eighty-one wrists of 52 consecutive patients with clinical evidences of cts, confirmed and graded by edx as mild, moderate, and severe, were examined by ult...